Canine Infectious Diseases Flashcards
What are the 2 main human tapeworms?
Tameka Saginaw a and Tameka solium
What is cysticecus cellulosae
Larval stage of taenia solium
Where would you find cysticercus sellulosus
Muscle of infected pork
Describe the lifecycle of taenia solium
Eggs passed in faeces and spread onto pasture where they can survive for 9 months
Ingested by pigs and enter blood stream and cysts form in humans ingest the cysts in undercooked pork and then heads attach to intestine so the tapeworm is in the intestine of the human
What are the 4 core vaccines for dogs
distemper, hepatitis, parvovorus and parainfluenza and leptosporosis
when would you vaccinate a puppy
2 vaccines between 8-12 weeks
what family of viruses does distemper belong to
paramoxyviridae
why is distemper virus rare in dogs in the UK
due to vaccination
How is distemper virus spread and there does it replicate in the body
spread by aerosol and rep;licates in the tonsils and respiratory tract causing viraemia
what are 3 agent of kennel cough that there are vaccines available against
bordetella, parainfluenza and adenovirus
what is the incubation period for kennel cough
3-5 days
what are the signs associated with distemper and in what order to they appear
first see ocular nasal discharge becoming mucopurulent
then soft productive cough and then vomiting and diarrhoea
what other signs can be seen with distemper virus? other than the main 3
neurological signs - unable to walk properly, ataxia, seizures etc
how is distemper diagnosed
based on 3 typical signs of discharge, coughing and V&D
leukopenia followed by neutrophilia
eosinophilic inclusions in conjunctival smears - inclusion bodies within WBCs
what is canine adenovirus 1 also known as
infectoious canine hepatitis
