question 15\n1 pts\nclinical signs of _____ in the horse include anxiety, gagging, excessive salivation, and…

question 15\n1 pts\nclinical signs of _____ in the horse include anxiety, gagging, excessive salivation, and feed and saliva coming from the nostrils.\naspiration\nvomition\nchoke\nregurgitation\n\nquestion 16\n1 pts\npotomac horse fever (phf) is a serious infection that infects horses in the united states. of the following, which answer is incorrect with regard to phf?\nthe causative agent in phf is neorickettsia risticii.\nfresh water insects are involved in the life cycle of the causative agent.\ndiagnosis requires culture of the bacteria from a blood sample.\na fresh water snail is involved in the life cycle of the causative agent.
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Brief Explanations:
For Question 15, choke in horses is characterized by the symptoms mentioned like anxiety, gagging, excessive salivation and feed - saliva from nostrils. Aspiration is inhaling foreign material into the lungs, vomition is vomiting which is rare in horses, and regurgitation is the return of food from the esophagus or stomach without the forceful expulsion of vomiting. For Question 16, Neorickettsia risticii is the causative agent of Potomac Horse Fever (PHF), freshwater insects and snails are involved in the life - cycle of the causative agent. Diagnosis of PHF is not typically done by culturing bacteria from a blood sample as the organism is difficult to culture.
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Question 15: C. choke Question 16: C. Diagnosis requires culture of the bacteria from a blood sample.