15 Flashcards
Which E. coli is most commonly found in post-weaning diarrhea in pigs?
F4 (K88)
What is the body’s compensatory mechanism to deal with rising phosphorus concentrations in chronic renal failure patients?
2* hyperPTH
What are the most frequently isolated bacteria in cat bite abscesses?
Anaerobes
What radiographic view do you to dx a GDV?
R lateral
What will you find on a CSF tap of a cow with Listeriosis?
Mononuclear pleocytosis
What is the most common mode of transmission for Strongyloides ransomi in pigs?
Transcolostrally
What are the usual typical causes of emphysematous cystitis?
Cushings, DM, chronic UTI, bladder stones
How do you treat pemphigus vulgaris and what is the long-term prognosis?
2-4mg/kg Pred BID + azathioprine with poor prognosis
What is the most likely bladder stone to form in an animal with a PSS?
Urate
Renal carcinomas are associated with _____ which causes elevations in hematocrit as a paraneoplastic syndrome
Erythropoietin secretion
Why are Dalmations predisposed to urinary tract obstructions?
Genetic defect in making allatoin from urates (low solubility of urates)
What cytokine is most typically assoc. w/SIRS?
IL-1
What California plant causes collapse and sudden death?
Yew
How do you treat Eimeria spp. in young calves?
Amprolium
What is your top ddx for a group of 80lb pigs with a history of acute outbreak of sudden death and blood tinged fluid coming out of the dead pigs’ nostrils?
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
What urine pH promotes Ca carbonate urolith formation?
Alkaline urine
What is the effect of an auriculopalpebral nerve block in a horse?
Disrupts motor innervation to orbicularis oculi
What hyperT medication’s side effects includes facial excoriations and severe pruritis in cats?
Methimazole
What hormone would a perianal adenoma be responsive to in a dog?
Testosterone
Reticuloendotheliosis in chickens and turkeys causes what?
Lympoma
How do you treat Giardia?
Metronidazole
A 23yo horse is most likely to have what type of valvular regurgitation?
Aortic regurgitation
Which aminoglycoside is most nephrotoxic to horses?
Neomycin
In an occult HW infection in a dog, what would the results of a Knott’s test and HW antigen test most likely be?
Knott’s negative, antigen positive
Air bronchograms on thoracic radiograph indicate what?
Uniform lung consolidation
What diet do you prescribe to an animal with struvite bladder stones?
Acidifying diet
Ivermectin is INeffective against what?
Trematodes
What test should all diabetic patients receive upon initial diagnosis and why?
Urine culture b/c they are prone to UTI
How do you treat Ancylostoma?
Fenbendazole
Where in the GIT is cobalamin (Vit B12) absorbed?
Ileum
