BB Ch11b Flashcards
Describe Giardia.
A binucleate flagellate protozoan.
- What causes the excystation of the Giardia cyst?
The pH change from the stomach (acid) to the duodenum (neutral).
- In the dog, what are the intestinal coccidia associated with enteropathy?
- Cystoisospora canis, C. ohioensis, C. burrosi, and C. neorivolta.
- True or False. Diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, and lethargy are clinical signs of intestinal coccidia.
True, but most infections are subclinical
- How is coccidiosis transmitted?
By fecal-oral transmission or by indirect contact.
- What predisposing factors can cause illness in animals infected with coccidia?
Immunodeficiency, malnutrition, or concurrent disease.
- What is the most common ascarid of the dog?
Toxocara canis
- Name another ascarid that infects both dogs and cats.
Toxascaris leonina
- List the routes of transmission of T. canis.
Transplacental transmission (migration), transmammary transmission, (migration), fecal-oral transmission, and indirect transmission from an intermediate host.
- List complications of T. canis infection.
- Heavy worm burdens can result in intestinal obstruction, intestinal perforation, or intussusception. Lung migrations of larval worms can cause severe lung parenchymal damage and fatal pneumonia.
- What is the infective stage of T. canis?
3rd stage larva (L3).
- What are the 3 possible routes for larval migration after ingestion of infective T. canis eggs?
- Liver-lung migration
- Somatic tissue migration
- Intestinal wall migration
- What is the most common and pathogenic hookworm of the dog?
Ancylostoma caninum.
- What are the other hookworms found in dogs in the US?
- A. braziliense and Uncinaria stenocephala.
- What are the clinical signs associated with A. caninum infestation?
- Bloody diarrhea, anemia, lethargy, anorexia, dehydration, vomiting, and poor weight gain.
- True or False. Transplacental migration and transmammary migration does not occur with A. caninum.
- False. Transplacental migration and transmammary migration does occur with A. caninum.
- What is the prepatent period for A. caninum?
3 weeks
- What is the cause of the severe pathogenicity of A. caninum when compared to other hookworms?
It is the direct result of the consumption of blood and body fluids.
- In what breed is lymphocytic thyroiditis the major cause of hypothyroidism and appears to be familial?
- Beagle
- Hypothyroidism causes clinical signs in many organ systems. What metabolic, neurologic, and dermatologic abnormalities are seen with this disease?
Metabolic: Obesity, lethargy, cold intolerance, & constipation.
Neurologic: lameness, foot dragging, paresis.
Dermatologic: alopecia, hyperpigmentation, seborrhea, & pyoderma.
- What breeds of dogs seem to have an higher incidence of hypothyroidism as compared to other breeds?
- Doberman pinschers and golden retrievers.
- True or False. The measurement of serum T3 levels is a good indicator of hypothyroidism.
- False. The measurement of serum T3 levels is an unreliable indicator of hypothyroidism.
- How is hypothyroidism diagnosed?
Initiial screen of total T4 in dogs with clinical signs of dz - if total T4 is normal, hypothyroidism is unlikely
Follow up with free T4 + TSH +/- TgAA in suspect cases
Low free T4 +/- high TSH +/- high TgAA may warrant a trial of levothyroxine
Information updated from BB using IDEXX guide
- What is the treatment of choice for hypothyroidism?
- Sodium levothyroxine (L-thyroxine).
- What is obesity?
- Body weight 20-25% over the ideal.
- Which breeds of dogs appear to be predisposed to obesity?
- Labrador retriever, Cairn terrier, dachshunds, basset hounds, golden retrievers and cocker spaniels.
- What solutions are most often recommended for wound lavage?
- 0.05% chlorhexidine diacetate in water and 1% povidine-iodine in saline.