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  1. A Thoroughbred racehorse presents with exercise intolerance and dark red-brown urine after intense exercise. CK is markedly elevated. What is the most likely diagnosis?

    Answer: Exertional rhabdomyolysis (tying-up)

    Exertional rhabdomyolysis causes muscle breakdown leading to markedly elevated CK, myoglobinuria (dark urine), and exercise intolerance in horses.

  2. What is the recommended first-line treatment for hypocalcemia (milk fever) in a recumbent dairy cow?

    Answer: IV calcium borogluconate infused slowly

    IV calcium borogluconate infused slowly is the standard treatment for clinical hypocalcemia, restoring serum calcium rapidly; cardiac monitoring is essential during infusion.

  3. Which parasite is the primary cause of 'bottle jaw' (submandibular edema) in sheep and goats in the southeastern United States?

    Answer: Haemonchus contortus

    Haemonchus contortus (barber pole worm) causes severe blood-sucking abomasitis leading to hypoproteinemia and submandibular edema (bottle jaw) in small ruminants.

  4. A beef cow is found with a protruding red mass from the vulva after calving. The mass is approximately 30 cm diameter, edematous, and has visible caruncles. What is the diagnosis?

    Answer: Uterine prolapse

    Uterine prolapse is identified by the presence of caruncles (cotyledons) on the exposed tissue and occurs shortly after parturition, requiring immediate replacement or amputation.

  5. Which vaccine component is most important for preventing type C enterotoxemia (overeating disease) in sheep?

    Answer: Clostridium perfringens types C and D toxoid combined

    CDT vaccine (Clostridium perfringens types C and D plus tetanus toxoid) is the core small ruminant vaccine, providing protection against overeating disease and tetanus.

  6. A horse with Cushing's disease (PPID) is most likely to test positive on which diagnostic test?

    Answer: Basal ACTH elevated, especially in fall

    Elevated basal ACTH, particularly during the fall seasonal rise (August-October), is the most practical and sensitive diagnostic test for equine PPID.

  7. A dairy herd has multiple cows with chronic weight loss, intermittent diarrhea, and hypoproteinemia. Fecal PCR is positive for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. What is the condition?

    Answer: Johne's disease (paratuberculosis)

    Johne's disease is caused by MAP and produces granulomatous enteritis leading to protein-losing enteropathy with chronic diarrhea and progressive weight loss in adult cattle.