Canines

Question 1

Class A licensee

Answer 1

breeders who raise all animals on their premises from a closed colony

Question 2

Class B licensee

Answer 2

purchase the animal from other individuals and resell the animals to research facilities
Includes unadopted animals from municipal pounds

Question 3

Class C licensee

Answer 3

shows or displays animals to the public

Question 4

NOT-OD-14-034:

Answer 4

Issued in 12/2013
Policy in effect 2015 (fiscal year)
Prohibits procurement of dogs from Class B dealers using NIH grant funds
Dogs on NIH-funded studies must be obtained from Class A vendors, privately owned colonies, or client-owned animals

Question 5

Conditioned dog from Class B dealer

Answer 5

Obtained from a Class B dealer who has held the dog for at least 30 days
Vaccinated, dewormed
Long-term or terminal studies

Question 6

Dog records as dictated by AWR

Answer 6

Date of acquisition
USDA number, age or date of birth, species, breed, sex
Color and any distinctive markings
Any identification number or mark assigned by research facility
Records, including research, transportation, and euthanasia shall be kept for at least 3 years after protocol has ended
Tag shall be kept for 1 year

Question 7

PHS dog space policy

Answer 7

<15kg 8 sq ft
15-30kg 12 sq ft
>30kg ≥24 sq ft

Question 8

Exercise requirements for dogs as according to AWR. Dogs must be exercised it…

Answer 8

Individually housed dogs if primary enclosure is less than 2 times the required floor space for that dog

Group-housed dogs if primary closure is less than 100% of the required space for each dog if housed separately

Question 9

Core vaccine guidelines

Answer 9

Rabies at 12 weeks, DHPP at 6-8 weeks. Repeat DHPP q 3-4 weeks until 16 weeks of age. Repeat both Rabies and DHPP 1 year later, then q 3 years

Question 10

Dog estrous cycle

Answer 10

Seasonally monoestrous, spontaneous ovulator

Question 11

Dog placentation

Answer 11

Endotheliochorial, zonary

Question 12

Bacterial causes of canine infectious tracheobronchitis

Answer 12

Bordetella bronchiseptica, Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus

Question 13

Viral causes of canine infectious tracheobronchitis

Answer 13

canine parainfluenza virus, canine influenza virus, canine respiratory coronavirus, canine adenovirus type 2, canine herpesvirus, canine reovirus types 1-3,

Question 14

Stain for Campy

Answer 14

Warthin-Starry

Question 15

Name 2 GI viruses

Answer 15

Parvovirus

Coronavirus

Question 16

Dog ascarids

Answer 16

Toxacara canis, Toxascaris leonina, Baylisascaris procyonis

Question 17

Canine hookworms

Answer 17

Ancylostoma caninum, Ancylostoma braziliense, Uncinaria stenocephala

Question 18

Canine whipworms

Answer 18

Trichuris vulpis

Question 19

Canine cestodes

Answer 19

Diplydium caninum, Taenia pisiformis

Question 20

Ticks

Answer 20

Rhipicephalus, Dermacentor, ixodes

Question 21

Dermatophytes

Answer 21

Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Question 22

Describe interdigital cyst

Answer 22

Chronic pyogranulomatous inflammatory lesion (not a true cyst)

Question 23

Gray collie syndrome

Answer 23

Cyclic hematopoiesis - Repeated production and arrest of all hematopoietic lines in the bone marrow at 10-14 day intervals. Affected animals live less than 3 years

Question 24

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy occurs with mutation from which gene?

Answer 24

DMD

Question 25

DMD naturally occurs in which breeds?

Answer 25

Goldens, labs, GSPs, Corgis, Boxers, etc

Question 26

Pathogenesis of DMD

Answer 26

DMD encodes dystrophin -> progressive muscle loss and necrosis -> replacement by fatty/fibrous tissue

Question 27

Which dogs get canine lipid storage disease?

Answer 27

Fox terriers