16 Flashcards
What is the most common vector of Thelazia lacrymalis in horses?
Musca autumnalis
Where is the proper location to place an esophagostomy tube?
Left side of neck
What is the most effective way to reduce the risk of aminoglycoside toxicity?
Adequate hydration
Osteoarthritis of the distal intertarsal joint and/or tarsometatarsal joint
Bone spavin
Synovial distention of the tarsocrural joint
Bog spavin
What antibiotic is contraindicated in a horse with renal disease?
Gentamicin
A macaw with an erythematous and proliferative prolapsed cloacal tissue likely has what lesions?
Cloaca papilloma
Hypoadrenocorticism animals with hyperkalemia have what ECG abnormality?
No P wave, wide QRS
What does aberrant migration of microfilaria in horses with Onchocerciasis cause?
Uveitis
How do you treat respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma bovis?
Tulathromycin
What is an approved treatment and control for swine respiratory disease?
Ceftiofur
What lesion is associated with Haemophilus parsauis (Glasser’s disease)?
Polyserositis
How do you treat H. parasuis (Glasser’s disease)?
Ceftiofur
How do you treat a cat with Dirofilaria immitis microfilaria?
Corticosterioids
How do you treat an insulinoma in a ferret?
Pred and diazoxide
What diet do you prescribe to a ferret with an insulinoma?
High protein, low carb
In the feline eye, where is aqueous produced?
Ciliary body
What is the treatment of choice for hypoT?
Sodium levothyroxine (Soloxine) - a synthetic T4
What dog breed is predisposed to copper toxicosis?
Bedlington Terriers
A spherical brown egg with a single-cell zygote belongs to which equine parasite?
Parascaris equorum
In very young dairy calves, this disease causes otitis media with aural discharge, head tilt, nystagmus, and even facial nerve paralysis.
Mycoplasma bovis
This disease causes respiratory disease and arthritis and tenosynovitis in older calves
Mycoplasma bovis
What is the toxic principle of bracken fern?
Toxic glycoside (ptaquiloside) + thiaminase
What disorder might occur in cattle with chronic ingestion of bracken fern?
Bone marrow suppression
How do you treat degranulation associated with mast cell tumors (other than tumor removal)?
Famotidine (H2 antagonist)
How do you treat a tapeworm infection in a cat?
Praziquantel (Droncit)
What parasite appears flat and white and small, typically resembling a grain of rice?
Tapeworms
How do you treat for Strongyloides westeri?
Tx post-partum mares w/ivermectin
What parasite produces an oval-shaped, thin-shelled embryonated egg in horses?
Strongyloides westerii
What is the treatment of choice for Trichuris vulpis (whipworm) in dogs?
Fenbendazole
