11 Flashcards
How do you treat Scrapie?
Cull affected animals and breed for resistant flock
How do you treat Anaplasmosis?
Oxytetracycline
How is Anaplasmosis transmitted?
Ticks
Which dog breed is strongly predisposed to atopic dermatitis?
Westies
How do you dx Sarcoptes?
Pinna-pedal reflex, clinical signs, superficial skin scrape
Polychromasia is typically a sign of _____ in cats
Regenerative anemia
What supplement results in an increased produciton of less inflammatory eicosanoids?
Omega-3 fatty acids
Calves that are fed milk replacers containing linseed oil, soybean oil, fish oil, and corn oil are predisposed to what deficiency?
Vitamin E deficiency
What GI parasite other than Strongylus, Gasterophilus, Oxyuris equi and Anoplocephala perfoliata is important in young horses under 1yo?
Parascaris equorum
Babesia affects which cells?
RBCs
Is canine scabies zoonotic?
Yes
Which equine encephalomyelitis has the least mortality in horses showing clinical signs?
Western equine encephalomyelitis
In cattle, pododermatitis circumscripta involves a lesion at the _____
Sole/bulb junction
Which breed of dog is predisposed to Cushing’s?
Dachshund
Extreme rapid weight loss and green watery diarrhea with normal TPR is caused by what?
Paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease)
How do you vaccinate for Marek’s disease?
18d in-ovo or SQ in hatchlings
What phosphorus levels will result in hemolysis?
Less than 2/0 mg/dL
How do you treat Eimeria in calves?
Amprolium
Achromotrichosis is a result of which enzyme not working properly?
Tyrosinase
Accumulations in the ear d/t squamous metaplasia and 2* infection can result from what deficiency in turtles?
Vitamin A deficiency
Cowdry type-A intranuclear inclusion bodies are a sign of what disease in birds?
Pacheco’s disease
A large number of larvae in the abomasal mucosa suggest what?
Type 2 ostertagiasis
What are the common sites for angular limb deformities to occur in premature foals?
Carpus and tarsus
Large bladder stones in the presence of UTI and alkaline urine are usually _____
Struvite
Magnesium ammonium phosphate crystalluria suggests what type of uroliths?
Struvite
What diet to you prescribe to a megaesophagus dog?
High-calorie
What is not a corneal ulcer treatment option in a beef cow?
Chloramphenicol
What is a side effect of TMS?
KCS
Why might a 3wk old calf on milk replacer become depressed, grow poorly with a rough hair coat, and deveop white, putty-like feces?
Dysfunction of the esophageal groove
How do you treat chronic laminitis that is refractory to medical management?
DDF tenotomy
“Signet-ring” appearance of RBCs suggests what disease in birds?
Avian malaria
Avian malaria is caused by what organism?
Plasmodium
How many maxillary incisors do ruminants have?
0
What abx do you add to pig feed to treat Salmonella choleraesuis?
Neomycin
White plaques on the vagina of a cow indicates what disease?
Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis
What disease is characterised by high fever and tarsal swelling?
Familial Shar-Pei Fever
What is the oldest tooth in a horse?
PM1
