canine clinical signs

Question 1

• GI: 
	- Fever
	- Anorexia
	- Vomiting
	- Diarrhea
• Respiratory:
	- Serous ocular and nasal discharge
	- Coughing
• Dermatologic: 
	- “Hard Pad”: hyperkeratotic foot pads.
	- Hyperketatosis of nasal skin.

Answer 1

Canine Distemper

Question 2

• Sore throat, coughing, pneumonia: virus affects tonsils and larynx first
• Kidney +/or Liver can be affected leading to failure: seizures, increased thirst, V +/or D
• Death can be sudden, as soon as 24 hrs after initial signs
• Worse in patients less than 1 yr

Answer 2

Canine Hepatitis

Question 3

• Affects lymphoid tissue in all parts of the body.

* Affects the CNS

Answer 3

Canine Distemper

Question 4

• Fever of 103-104
• Shivering and muscle tenderness
• Vomiting, dehydration, depression
• Kidney +/- liver failure
• Majority of cases are subclinical not resulting in organ failure

Answer 4

Leptospirosis

Question 5

• Anorexia
• Depression
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea: watery and streaked with blood.
• CBC: low WBC (<2,000/microliter)
• Destroys cells lining the intestinal tract

Answer 5

Canine Parvovirus

Question 6

• Causes diarrhea and vomiting

* Seen sometimes in conjunction with Parvo virus. Usually both are more severe in this case.

Answer 6

Canine Enteric Coronavirus

Question 7

Mild, self-limiting disease of the upper respiratory tract
• Harsh cough.
• Mild fever.
• Cough can be elicited on tracheal palpation.

Answer 7

Infectious Tracheobronchitis

Question 8

• Cornea may appear cloudy or bluish due to edema w/in the corneal cells : ‘___ Blue Eye”

Answer 8

hepatitis

Question 9

• Neurologic:

- Twitching
- “Chewing Gum” convulsions.
- Seizures
    - Ataxia

Answer 9

distemper