6 Flashcards
What is the best treatment option for urethral prolapse in dogs?
Urethropexy with concurrent castration
Which sound represents vibration of blood during ventricular contraction and closure of the AV valves?
S1
How do you treat avian fowl pox/ avian diphtheria?
Mosquito control and vaccinate chicks with a single immunization
What plant, eaten by pregnant cows, causes cleft palates, arthrogryposis, and crookes spines in calves?
Lupine
How do you treat Listeriosis?
Penicillin
What do you expect to see on CBC of a horse with hemolytic anemia that has been going on for 10 days or more?
Normocytic, normochromic anemia
In an animal with pleural effusion, which radiographic view will give you the best view of the heart?
VD
How do you treat malabsorption syndrome/runting-stunting syndrome in chickens?
Cull affected birds daily
How do you abort a cow between 5-8 months gestation?
PGF2-a and dexamethasone
How do you dx west nile virus?
Serum IgM capture ELISA
A horse with patchy areas of erythema, scaling, and alopecia along the ventral midline and a diamond-shaped lesion of erythema and scaling along the forehead has what?
Onchocera
What is the causative agent of RMSF?
Rickettsia rickettsii
A cat with lethargy and bradycardia after receiving an enema likely has what electrolyte abnormality?
Hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia
Small dogs are more likely to get what type of PSS?
Single extra-hepatic PSS
What is the effect of PGF2-a during anestrus in cattle?
No effect
A windswept foal will have which combination of angular deformity?
Valgus deformity of one limb + varus deformity of contralateral limb
What is the most common early sign of lidocaine toxicity in dogs?
CNS depression
What is the etiologic agent of scrapie in sheep?
Prions
Lambs with domed heads, short limbs, thick trunks, and fine hairy wool likely have what diesase?
Border Disease virus
What is the advantage to having bulls with large testicles?
Female offspring reach maturity at an earlier age
How do you treat purpura hemorrhagica?
High doses of dexmethasone + penicillin
Loss of cobblestone appearance and hypopigmentation of the nasal planum and philtrum of a dog is caused by what?
Discoid lupus erythematosus
If concerned about the liver function of a neonatal foal, which abx does not undergo extensive hepatic metabolism?
Ampicillin
What is the dental formula of sheep?
2 (I 0/4, C 0/0, P 3/3, M 3/3)
What is the appropriate tx of a horse w/2* AV block?
No tx necessary (normal for slow HR)
What is the most common cause of diffuse papules and occasional pustules (folliculitis) along the dorsal trunk of a Rhodesian Ridgeback?
Staphylococcus
What does 90% oxygen saturation mean for an anesthetized patien?
Arterial O2 pressure is 60mmHg (don’t let it drop any further)
What enzyme is the most liver specific in the sow, sheep, horse, and goat?
Sorbitol dehydrogenase
In horses, what disease is an immune complex disorder usually assoc. w/presence of Strep equi antigens and antibodies in high levels?
Purpura hemorrhagica
What congenital cardiac defect is most common in cows?
VSD
Which mite species is species-specific?
Demodex
Where do nephrosplenic entrapments occur in the horse?
Between spleen and L kidney
What is the most common signalment for strangulating lipomas in horses?
Mid- to older (15-20yo) geldings
What is the definitive host for the causative agent of EPM?
Opossum
How do yout reat synovial/articular gout in birds?
Systemic allopurinol
What’s the most important treatment for struvite calculi resolution?
Acidifying diet
How do you treat IMHA?
pRBC transfusion + immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids
How do you treat IMHA?
pRBC transfusion + immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids
What tumor is occasionally seen with megaesophagus?
Thymoma
Causes anemia, enteritis, coughing, and dermatitis in young failure to thrive dogs
Hookworms and intestinal parasites
