Vesicular Stomatitis: How much do you know? (free quiz)

1. Taking care of an animal infected with vesicular stomatitis includes (check all that apply):

providing prescribed antibiotics if lesions become infected

cleaning lesions

giving it ample fluids, intravenously or via stomach tube, if needed

putting ointment on blisters

providing ample exercise

rinsing the infected animal’s mouth with salt water or diluted antiseptics

giving prescribed painkillers

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2. What lesser-known animals can get vesicular stomatitis?

fish

cats

dogs

sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas

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3. Horse shows may require what in areas where vesicular stomatitis is a concern?

all horses to have proof of vaccinations

your horse to be inspected upon arrival by qualified personnel

all horses to have proof of deworming

all horse trailers to park at least 100 feet apart

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4. In areas where vesicular stomatitis is a concern, who should you contact for state health entrance and return requirements before you travel with your animal?

Centers for Disease Control

the state veterinarian

county health department

Facebook friends

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5. Animals with vesicular stomatitis in their mouths will do what?

bite

drool

stagger

colic

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6. There is a specific treatment to stop the vesicular stomatitis virus.

True

False

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7. People can get vesicular stomatitis from handling infected animals.

True

False

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8. Bute or banamine used improperly to ease the pain of an animal infected with vesicular stomatitis can cause what?

liver damage

kidney damage

brain damage

ulcers

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9. When controlling insects to prevent vesicular stomatitis, do not use what on horses or cattle?

DEET

pyrethrins

phenylbutazone

antibiotics

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10. Animals can get vesicular stomatitis from what? (Check all that apply.)

sand flies

biting midges

the air

surfaces recently contaminated by the virus

group water troughs, feed buckets

contact with ruptured blisters

black flies

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11. When an animal gets vesicular stomatitis, it must be reported to federal and state animal health officials.

True

False

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12. Vesicular stomatitis usually causes what around the tongue, lips, mouth, nose, udder, sheath or coronary bands of the animal?

 

a rash

acne

eczema

blisters

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13. Vesicular stomatitis is what?

a virus

a fungus

a bacterial infection

an abscess

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14. If an animal has a confirmed case of vesicular stomatitis, the facility in which it resides will be quarantined until the last lesion has healed.

True

False

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15. How long is an animal infected with vesicular stomatitis contagious?

until it no longer has a fever

until all lesions have healed

21 days

3 months

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16. The best way to prevent vesicular stomatitis is to what?

isolate infected animals

provide clean water

vaccinate for the disease

control insects

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17. Vesicular stomatitis primarily affects what?

cats and dogs

humans

fish

horses, cattle and pigs

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18. From a human perspective, having vesicular stomatitis would be like having a mouthful of what?

hot peppers

abscessed wisdom teeth

painful canker sores

surgical incisions

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19. Vesicular stomatitis of the coronary band can cause what?

death

peeling of the hoof wall

laminitis

lameness

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20. How can vesicular stomatitis be spread?

by moving infected animals

through the air

commercial feed concentrates

moldy hay

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21. Most of the time, vesicular stomatitis is an uncomfortable disease, but not life-threatening.

True

False

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22. Lesions from vesicular stomatitis cause a great deal of what?

disorientation

pain

lymph gland swelling

blood loss

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