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While you are processing a group of yearling Angus heifers for their prebreeding booster vaccination you note that 2 heifers have multiple round areas of hair loss with white flakey skin mostly on their face and along their neck. You tell the owner that you believe this to be:  

You examine a 6-year-old, wet mare for breeding soundness. Which of the following findings would be most concerning?

You are testing a male dog you suspect may be a bilateral cryptorchid.  Which of the following diagnostic findings would be most reliable that the dog is indeed a cryptorchid?

At what temperature/humidity index (THI) does a dairy cow begin to feel the effects of heat stress?

Which of the following would be the most practical way to determine if premature placental separation is/has occurred at the time of equine parturition?

Which of these most accurately describes Clostridium spp.?

You are presented with a 5-year-old castrated male pygmy cross goat who has a 2 day history of anorexia, depression, excessive straining, and vocalization.  Temperature is 102.1°F, heart rate is 120 beats/min, and respiratory rate is 40 breaths/min.  On physical exam, the wether is depressed, and appears to be approximately 5% dehydrated.  Additionally, you notice significant ventral abdominal edema that extending from his sternum to his scrotum that is painful on palpation.  What is your diagnosis for this wether?

____________is a protozoal organism that causes embryonic loss, is transmitted at the time of breeding and is primarily controlled by ____________>

You are asked to examine a 4 year old Walking Horse stallion and that has an enlarged scrotum and is showing signs of severe colic. His heart rate is 75 BPM and he requires large doses of xylazine which only transiently controls his discomfort. Which of the following conditions would be most likely in this case?

You are called to evaluate a beef cow with unilateral purulent nasal discharge that has been going on for about a month.  The owner has given her a single dose of oxytetracycline, and he thinks that after that the discharge decreased a bit, but after 2 or 3 days it was as bad as before treatment.  No other cattle in the group have any signs of respiratory disease. Which is the most appropriate list of differential diagnoses for this case?