IACUC Learning Module - Cattle

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CATTLE Module To allow greater flexibility for research staff, the Department of University Animal Care has prepared this "self-instruction" module in Cattle. Please read the following general information and complete the quiz. In order to become certified you must receive at least an 85%.

• INTRODUCTION
• CATTLE HOUSED AT THE FARMS VERSUS UNIVERSITY ANIMAL CARE (UAC)
  • Summary : Standards to Follow for Cattle Kept at the University of Arizona
• RESPONSIBILITIES OF VARIOUS PERSONNEL
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
  • University Animal Care (UAC)
  • Farm Animal Veterinarian
  • Animal health care consists of two parts:
    • Veterinary Care
    • Animal Management
• OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES
  • STEPS TO PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION FROM ANIMALS TO MAN
    • RAW MILK
    • BRUCELLOSIS
    • Q FEVER
    • TETANUS
    • RABIES
    • TUBERCULOSIS
    • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM
    • TOXOPLASMOSIS
    • CAMPYLOBACTER
    • LEPTOSPIROSIS
    • COLIBACILLOSIS
• GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
  • Feed and Water
  • Observation of Animals
  • Common signs of an ill or injured animal
  • Emergency Veterinary Care
  • Situations Needing Frequent Observation
  • Sick or Injured Animals
  • Animal I.D.
  • Floor Area
  • Waste
  • Vermin
  • Air
  • Temperature
  • Handling
  • Transport
  • Drug Use
  • Surgery
    • Anesthesia
  • Quarantine
• BEHAVIOR AND HANDLING - CATTLE
• ANIMAL HEALTH CONCERNS
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX 1 - STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
  • Research Cattle/Cannulated Cattle
  • GUIDELINES FOR COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS
    • Calving Problems
    • Prolapsed uterus
    • Milk fever
    • Retained placenta
    • Mastitis
    • General health problems
    • Cattle on treatment
    • Unexpected animal death
    • General Information
    • Herd Health Program
    • Foot Care
    • Milking Procedure
  • COWS IN RESEARCH
  • SPACE ACCOMMODATIONS
  • DISEASE CONTROL
  • IMPORTANT PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA
• APPENDIX 2 - COMMON DISEASE PROBLEMS OF BEEF CATTLE
  • CALVES
    • Diarrhea
    • Pneumonia
    • Environmental Stress
  • GROWING CATTLE
    • Clostridium species infection
  • PREGNANT CATTLE
    • Vaginal/rectal prolapse
    • Ketosis/pregnancy toxemia
    • Dystocia
    • Bruises, lacerations and rupture of the birth canal
    • Uterine Prolapses
    • Obturator paralysis/downer cow
    • Retained Placenta
    • Grass tetany
    • Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)
    • Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD)
    • Leptospirosis
  • USDA REGULATED DISEASES
    • Brucellosis
    • Tuberculosis
• Physiological Data
• Blood Values mg/100 mi
• CATTLE QUIZ & Evaluation

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