equine organism id week 4. rabies aka: n/a classification: viral (contagious bite)
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Equine Organism ID
Week 4
Rabies
• AKA: N/A
• Classification: Viral (Contagious Bite)
Rabies
Symptoms• In body 2-9 before symptoms
• Paralytic Form (Paralysis of throat and jaw)
• Excess salivation
• Pass to humans easily
Rabies
Treatment• Symptoms Fatal
• Unvaccinated Quarantine for 6mo; vaccinate at 5mo
• Vaccinated Rabies booster, observe for 45 days
Hendra Virus
• AKA: N/A
• Classification: Viral• Contaminated food from flying fox
urine
Hendra Virus
Symptoms• Australia (1994)
• Respiratory
• Neurological
Treatment• 70% positive death
• Pass to humans fatal
• Equinevac HeV vaccine• November 2012
• Available
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
• AKA: MRSA
• Classification: Bacteria
MRSA
Symptoms• Skin or nasal passages
• Colonized No symptoms
• Infected Symptoms
• **Surgery site or skin wound
• Infection/pneumonia
Treatment• Call vet
• Isolate animal
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