camelids, pigs and others

Question 1

what is normal flora for a citicine fecal gram stain?

Answer 1

70% G+ rods

30% G+ cocci

Question 2

what must you avoid during a beak trim

Answer 2

beak tip organs

Question 3

what feathers do you trim in a wing trim?

Answer 3

feathers 1-7

Question 4

where do you place an intraosseous catheter in a bird less than 500g

Answer 4

proximal tibial tarsus

Question 5

where do you place an intraosseous catheter in a bird greater than 500g?

Answer 5

distal ulna

Question 6

what do you never give a bird on their skin?

Answer 6

steroid

Question 7

what do you never give a bird in their eye?

Answer 7

atropine

Question 8

how much blood can you take from a bird

Answer 8

10% of Blood volume = 1% of Body weight

Question 9

when is it ok to use corticosteroids?

Answer 9

head trauma (only once)

Question 10

what type of tube should you use for avian tracheal intebation

Answer 10

uncuffed tube

Question 11

what WBC is most common in most birds?

Answer 11

hetrophil

Question 12

what is the most common intracellular blood parasite in birds?

Answer 12

leucocytozoon

Question 13

is BUN a useful parameter in a chem panel?

Answer 13

no

Question 14

what is the best parameter for kidney function in a bird?

Answer 14

uric acid

Question 15

a young bird comes in very sick. because the bird is so young what should be at the top of your rule out list.

Answer 15

Avian polyoma virus

Question 16

an older (10 month old) bird comes to your clinic. it has a large amount of feather loss and is very sick. what should be your primary rule out?

Answer 16

Psittacine beak and feather disease

Question 17

psittacine beak and feather disease is what type of virus?

Answer 17

circivirus

Question 18

a client informs you that they bought 3 birds from the pet store 2 days ago and today they woke up and 2 of the birds were dead. What disease should you be most concerned about for the remaining bird? what should you treat it with?

Answer 18

pacheco’s diseas

acycovir

Question 19

what type of virus is pacheco’s disease?

Answer 19

herpes

Question 20

what zoonotic and reportable bacteria are you most concerned with if a bird comes in with an upper respiratory tract disease?

Answer 20

chlamydiophilla psittaci

Question 21

what zoonotic fungus are you most concerned with if a bird comes in with an upper respiratory tract infection?

Answer 21

aspergillus funigaus

Question 22

what blood sucking mite is red and hides in nests and is nocturnal?

Answer 22

dermanyssus gallinae

Question 23

what blood sucking mite lives on the host it’s entire life and will cause death?

Answer 23

ornithonyssus sylviarum

Question 24

in old world camelids what types of clostridium perferingens are found

Answer 24

types C and D

Question 25

in new world camelids what types of clostridium perferingens are found?

Answer 25

Types A, C and D

Question 26

pigs have large abdominal fat and thin abdominal muscles. these anatomical features provide good reason to preform what type of spay on a sow?

Answer 26

flank spay

Question 27

on a large older sow is an overoectomy or an ovohisterectomy prefered?

Answer 27

overoectomy

Question 28

what should you be concerned with when a pig is under anestesia?

Answer 28

malignat hypothermia

Question 29

what anatomical feature make intabating a pig

Answer 29

laryngeal diverticulum

Question 30

should you trim or cut off a pigs tusks?

Answer 30

TRIM

Question 31

when nutering a pet pig is a farm nuter appropriate?

Answer 31

NO