Miscellaneous Non- Infectious Diseases 4-H Veterinary Science Extension Veterinary Medicine Texas AgriLife Extension Service College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Texas A&M System

Objectives Describe diseases of the endocrine system Describe stress disorders Discuss heat exhaustion and heat exertion Discuss types of burns, cuts, fractures and sprains

Review Non-infectious diseases Nutritional diseases Reproductive problems Chemical poisoning Toxicity of insecticides Poisonous plants Miscellaneous non-infectious diseases

Physical Disorders Stress Hyperthermia Heat exhaustion Burns Hypothermia Trauma

Stress Environment Affects all animals Unable to adapt Affects Behavior Vices Health Productivity Growth Disease resistance

Heat exhaustion Affects Hard working animals Intense heat Normal body temperature Symptoms Weakness Muscle tremors Collapse Electrolyte imbalance

Prevention Keep cool Fans Open facilities

Burns Exposure Sun  Non-pigmented skin  Photosensitization Corrosive chemicals Hot liquids Objects Flames Friction Electricity Mild to Severe

Hypothermia Exposure Prolonged cold weather Body temperature < 90°F Grave < 50°F Affects all Newborns Pigs and lambs Frostbite Affects extremities Damages skin Burns Hypothermia Prevention

Trauma Causes Open wounds Puncture wounds Fractures Sprains Complications Initially  Hemorrhage Later  Infections

Medical attention Soft tissue wounds Radiographs Lameness evaluation  Due to sprains Symptoms Hot and swollen areas

Endocrine System Disorders Excess hormones Deficient hormones Hormonal imbalance

Symptoms Alopecia Hair loss Seizuers Excess urination Polyuria Rapid weight loss Fractures

Causes Hyperfunctions Hypofunctions Diagnosis Blood tests Diagnostic imaging Exploratory surgery

Cardiovascular Disorders Circulatory shock Inadequate circulatory output (reduced blood volume) Internal bleeding Burns Intestinal obstruction Prolonged urination Persistent vomiting and diarrhea

Bacterial infections may be a factor Symptoms Weak rapid pulse Soft heart sounds Pale, cold dry mucous membranes Cold skin Collapse Coma

Digestive and Urinary Disorders Problems Dogs Anal sac impactions Horses Lampas of the mouth Colic Laminitis Cattle Bloat Hardware Displaced abomasum

All animals GI tract obstructions  Choke  Hair ball  Foreign body  Impaction Constipation Kidney failure Urinary calculi

Anal sac impaction

Hardware disease

Bloat

Displaced abomasum

Colic

Laminitis

Hair ball

Urinary calculi

Neoplasms Cancer Benign Malignant Development Anywhere Diagnosis Observation Diagnostic imaging Biopsy Exploratory surgery