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A local sheep farmer calls you to investigate an eye problem he is having in his lambs. The lambs are mostly 2-3 days old and the problem seems to affect both eyes. The eyes have excessive tearing and the lambs hold their eyes almost closed. It is hard to visualize the eyes but the corneas do appear cloudy. The owner thinks that the problem starts when they are about 1 day old. He has treated with antibiotics but hasn’t seen any improvement. You are suspicious that this is a case of:

Infection with ___________ will often lead to birth of a congenitally infected lamb that may exhibit skeletal deformities and mild to severe tremors.

An 8 month old Alpine doe kid develops bilaterally enlarged carpi over a one month period. The enlargements are firm, cool to the touch and nonpainful. The most likely etiology is:

On which of the following days would a bitch in estrus have likely ovulated?

You examine a 9 year old unilateral cryptorchid dog who has progressive bilateral alopecia, gynomastia, and a penduluous prepuce. Which of the following is most likely in this case?

You are presented with 8 day old calf with altered mentation. You have diagnosed septicemia and suspect the calf may have meningitis. What other causes should you rule out/correct before proceeding with a CSF analysis?

A backgrounding operation in northern Mississippi is expecting a shipment of 400 lb bull calves purchased from a sale barn in Western North Carolina. It will take approximately 9 hours to truck the calves directly from the sale barn. This lot of calves has been put together by an order buyer over 2 days. As the consultant for the operation, you give the manager the following advice:

Which of the following would be best utilized as part of the pre-breeding examination of heifers to decrease the incidence of dystocia?

You are presented with a 12 day old Angus calf. The owner reports a history of watery diarrhea over the last 3 days. At presentation, the calf is comatose, 12% dehydrated with a rectal temperature of 97?F. You really want to perform bloodwork on this calf to assist with appropriate treatment, but the owner declines authorization for bloodwork. Being an astute clinician, you suspect the following bloodwork abnormalities and plan to treat with what fluids?

Which of the following is considered a non-surgical method for castration?