camelids, pigs and others Flashcards
what is normal flora for a citicine fecal gram stain?
70% G+ rods
30% G+ cocci
what must you avoid during a beak trim
beak tip organs
what feathers do you trim in a wing trim?
feathers 1-7
where do you place an intraosseous catheter in a bird less than 500g
proximal tibial tarsus
where do you place an intraosseous catheter in a bird greater than 500g?
distal ulna
what do you never give a bird on their skin?
steroid
what do you never give a bird in their eye?
atropine
how much blood can you take from a bird
10% of Blood volume = 1% of Body weight
when is it ok to use corticosteroids?
head trauma (only once)
what type of tube should you use for avian tracheal intebation
uncuffed tube
what WBC is most common in most birds?
hetrophil
what is the most common intracellular blood parasite in birds?
leucocytozoon
is BUN a useful parameter in a chem panel?
no
what is the best parameter for kidney function in a bird?
uric acid
a young bird comes in very sick. because the bird is so young what should be at the top of your rule out list.
Avian polyoma virus
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?
Psittacine beak and feather disease
psittacine beak and feather disease is what type of virus?
circivirus
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?
pacheco’s diseas
acycovir
what type of virus is pacheco’s disease?
herpes
what zoonotic and reportable bacteria are you most concerned with if a bird comes in with an upper respiratory tract disease?
chlamydiophilla psittaci
what zoonotic fungus are you most concerned with if a bird comes in with an upper respiratory tract infection?
aspergillus funigaus
what blood sucking mite is red and hides in nests and is nocturnal?
dermanyssus gallinae
what blood sucking mite lives on the host it’s entire life and will cause death?
ornithonyssus sylviarum
in old world camelids what types of clostridium perferingens are found
types C and D
in new world camelids what types of clostridium perferingens are found?
Types A, C and D
pigs have large abdominal fat and thin abdominal muscles. these anatomical features provide good reason to preform what type of spay on a sow?
flank spay
on a large older sow is an overoectomy or an ovohisterectomy prefered?
overoectomy
what should you be concerned with when a pig is under anestesia?
malignat hypothermia
what anatomical feature make intabating a pig
laryngeal diverticulum
should you trim or cut off a pigs tusks?
TRIM
when nutering a pet pig is a farm nuter appropriate?
NO
