7- Which vaccines should I use?

Question 1

Define a parenteral vaccine

Answer 1

administered or occurring elsewhere in the body other than the mouth and alimentary canal (GIT)

Question 2

What are the core vaccines for dogs

Answer 2

Canine distemper virus
Canine adenovirus type 2
Canine parvovirus type 2
Leptospira interogans (under USA not a core)

Question 3

What are the 2 infectious organisms that causes kennel cough?

Answer 3

Bordetella bronchiseptica
Canine parainfluenza virus

Question 4

Name the core vaccines used in cats?

Answer 4

Feline parvovirus (FPV)
Feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV1)
Feline calicivirus (FCV)

Question 5

Which 2 infectious organisms cause ‘cat flu’?

Answer 5

Feline herpesvirus (FHV1)
Feline calicivirus (FCV)

Question 6

What diseases does the rabbit vaccine cover?

Answer 6

RHDV1 & 2 (Rabbit haemorrhage disease virus)
Myxomatosis

Question 7

What common vaccines are given to horses?

Answer 7

Equine influenza
Tetanus

Herpesvirus, strangles

Question 8

What is a DIVA test

Answer 8

test which allows differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals - diagnostic test for antibodies to protein not present in the vaccine