animal health and clinical diagnosis Flashcards
focal point of investigating animal disease
-make a diagnosis
- using clinical examination of individual or group of animals
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three aspects of clinical examination
- animal
- environment
-history
most important clinical examination
history
what to do for tratment and mitigation strategies
-medical treatment
-husbandry practices
-slaughter
-cal provincial and federal vets (governing bodies for reportable diseases)
- modifying ur business structure (more cows, less pigs)
- sell the farm: out of business and move into another industry
how to make decision to treat or not treat
multiply value as patient (surviveal, salvage, emotional attachment) by %probability of survival with treatment then minus cost of treatment (care and after care labour) = NET PRESENT WORTH (dollars) or emotional credits
quadruple S’
-sick sheep seldom survive
market respiratory failure
-$50 treatment
=not worth–> if treated and recover the animal wont be productive in future ==> termination
9 body systems
1.respiratory
2. cardiovascular
3. musculoskeletal
4. neurological
5. gastrointestinal
6.integument (skin)
7. endocrine/metabolic
8.urogenital
9. hematology/immunology
VINDICATE
-Vascular
-Infectious
-Neoplasia
-Degenerate
-Inflammation/idiopathic
-Congenital
-Autoimmune
-Traumatic
-Endocrine/metabolic
DAMIT-V
-Degenerative
-Autoimmune, abnormality (congenital)
-Metabolic, endocrine
-Infectious, inflammatory, idiopathic
-Traumatic, tumour, toxin
-Vascular
what causes edema
-too much fluid leaving blood vessel (oncotic pressure)
