22 Flashcards
How do you surgically treat persistent SDFT and DDFT contracture?
Distal and proximal check desmotomy
Gram-positive branched filamentous rods in a foul-smelling purulent thoracocentesis sample are likely what orgnaisms?
Nocardia and Actinomyces
What causes myelomalacia of the lower spinal cord that results in pelvic limb incoordination and urine dribbling when ingested by horses?
Sorghum
What infectious agent causes clinical presentation of pigs most similar to Glasser’s disease (H. parasuis)?
Strep suis
How do you treat Glasser’s disease (Haemophilus parausis)?
Inject all pigs with cefitofur
What is normal SCC for dairy cow milk?
100k-200k
In what species do glucocorticoids cause increased serum ALP?
Dogs
What is the prognosis for EPM/
Many horses improve with treatment but few make complete recovery
A hors with ataxia, spastic gait, knuckling of left legs and atrophy of muscles on the right side of the face can be caused by what disease?
EPM
What is NOT a treatment option for glomerulonephritis?
Long term furosemide administration
What is furosemide indicated for in horses?
Oliguric renal failure
What organism can be eradicated by treating infected clinically affected cows and also by dry cow therapy w/intramammary abx?
Strep agalactiae
What diagnostic test will be most helpful in confirming acromegaly in a cat?
MRI of the brain
Weigh gain, prognathism, organomegaly, and DM that is difficult to control are all clinical signs of what disease?
Agromegaly
Condition resulting from a growth hormone secreting pituitary tumor
Agromegaly
Necrotizing bronchitis in swine is almost pathognomonic for what infection?
Influenza virus
Which value is usually increased in canine hyperadrenocorticism?
Serum cholesterol
What is praziquantel used to treat in horses?
Tapeworm
What is the most useful test to rule in or out a Mycoplasma infection?
PCR
How do you treat Strongylus vulgaris?
Ivermectin
Colic w/assoc. painful mass @ root of mesentery is suspicious for what disease?
Verminous arteritis
What organism causes verminous arteritis in a horse?
Strongylus vulgaris
Why is amputation only “rarely curative” of OSA?
90% develop pulmonary mets within a year even with amputation
What is the most effective way of controlling proliferative enteritis in swine?
Vax against Lawsonia intracellularis
What barbiturate has the shortest duration and time to onset of action?
Thipental
How do you treat turkeys with Erysipelas?
IM sodium penicillin
What diet do you prescribe to a dog with struvite crystals?
Acidifying diet
What is a consequence of insulin deficiency regarding DM?
Impaired energy utilization
