19. Woodchucks, Squirrels, Prairie Dogs Flashcards

1
Q

Order and suborder of woodchucks

A

Order Rodentia, suborder Sciuromorpha

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2
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Woodchuck gestation time

A

30-33 days

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3
Q

Woodchuck hepatitis virus is a model for which human dz?

A

Hepatitis B virus (HBV)

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4
Q

WHV is a member of which virus family?

A

Hepadnavirus

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5
Q

C/S of chronic WHV infection

A

Hepatic encephalopathy, immune-mediated glomerulonephritis, edema/ascites, hepatocellular carcinoma

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6
Q

Cardio diseases of woodchucks

A

Cardiomyopathy -> CHF

Aortic rupture

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7
Q

Misc common dz of woodchucks

A

Diaphragmatic hernia

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8
Q

Hibernating woodchuck is a model of what human dz?

A

Panhypopituitarism

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9
Q

Richardson’s ground squirrel

A

Urocitellus richardsonii

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10
Q

13-lined ground squirrel

A

Ictodomys tridecemliniatus

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11
Q

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

A

Spermophilus lateralis

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12
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California ground squirrel

A

Spermophilus beechyi

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13
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3 viral diseases of squirrels

A

Ground squirrel hepatitis virus
Western equine encephalitis virus
Rabies virus

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14
Q

Hepatic carcinoma in squirrels is caused by what virus?

A

GSHV

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15
Q

Gestation period of prairie dogs

A

34-47 days

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16
Q

Prairie dogs are a vector for which zoonotic disease?

A

Monkeypox

17
Q

Monkeypox transmission from prairie dogs to humans happens how?

A

Mucocutaneous and respiratory

18
Q

Monkeypox clinical disease in prairie dogs

A

Bronchopneumonia, enteritis, lymphadenopathy

19
Q

C/S of tularemia in prairie dogs

A

Sudden death, nonspecific signs with hepatic or resp involvement.

20
Q

Gross pathology of tularemia in prairie dogs

A

White pinpoint hepatosplenic lesions and purulent bronchopneumonia

21
Q

Prairie dogs are susceptible to outbreaks of what zoonotic disease?

A

Yersinia pestis (plague)

22
Q

Most common research use of prairie dogs

A

Pathophysiology of gallstone formation