9 Flashcards
What is cricopharyngeal achalasia?
Pharyngoesophageal sphincter fails to relax
How do you treat an acute episode of HYPP?
IV 0.9% NaCl and 5% dextrose
What findings gives a feline head trauma patient the worst prognoxix?
Mydriasis and negative PLR bilaterally
What agent migrates in another body part outside the GIT in its life cycle?
Hypoderma
How do you treat Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in pigs?
Inject all pigs with enrofloxacin
A cow with LDA is likely to have ______ in her urine
Ketones
What zoonotic pathogen is most likely to be acquired via raw goat milk?
Brucella melitensis
What is the prognosis of lymphocytic portal hepatitis?
Good, MST >2yr
What is considered a hepatic leakage enzyme in the dog?
AST
What is the recommended treatment for ocular lymphoma in a cow?
Euthanasia (meat from lymphoma cattle cannot be used)
How do you treat lead poisoning?
Ca-EDTA
A DSH w/hematuria, strangiuria, and pollakiuria but is otherwise healthy likely has what condition?
FLUTD/Feline idiopathic cystitis
This abx causes cartilage abnormalities in growing puppies
Enrofloxacin
What agent causes morula formation in neutrophils?
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
What is the poultry red mite and what clinical sign do they cause?
Dermanyssus gallinae cause anemia
What is a viable alternative to a glucose curve in a stressed cat?
Single serum fructosamine level
What agent causes formation of morulae in canine monocytes?
Erlichia canis
What is the most common epulis/gingival mass found in dog mouths?
Focal fibrous hyperplasia
How do you treat Giardia?
Fenbendazole
A post-partum doe has a firm udder and minimal milk flow. what’s the likely dx?
CAEV
Gull-shaped gram-negative rods
Campylobacteria
What is the treatment of choice for toxoplasmosis in a cat?
Clindamycin
How do you treat an APP outbreak in swine?
Inject all pigs w/enrofloxacin
Bluetongue will primarily affect which species with clinical signs of illness?
Sheep
What is the content of a renal failure diet for cats ?
Low protein and low phosphorus
What anatomical structure of the eye do cataracts occur on/in?
Lens
What adverse effect do phenothiazines have in dogs?
Hypotension
Macaw wasting disease is also known as _____
Proventricular dilation syndrome
How do you treat acute copper toxicity in sheep?
D-penicillamine (increases urinary copper excretion)
What toxin does moldy sweet clover contain?
Dicumerol (affects coagulation cascade)
Where do you perform a lumbosacral CSF tap in a cow?
Between L6 and S1
Drastic changes in chicken feed should be avoided to prevent which condition?
Necrotic enteritis (Clostridium perfringens)
How do lupine alkaloids affect cattle?
Teratogenic
Which type of urolith occurs most commonly in sheep grazing lush clover pastures?
Ca carbonate
What drug’s common name is Prozac?
Fluoxetine
