d) w/c 7-Oct-13 Flashcards
What colour drenches are benzimidazoles?
White drenches
Which drug is commonly used to treat Fasciolosis?
The benzimidazole, triclobendazone
Why property of white drenches e.g. fenbendazole means they are only used an oral drenches?
Low water solubility. Lead to death by inhibiting glucose uptake
What type of drug is Pyrantel and how does it kill the parasite?
Pyrantel is a yellow drench i.e. a Imidazothiazole. It kills the parasite as a cholinergic agonist; causing a rapid and reversible spastic paralysis. Also levamisole broad spectrum against nematodes
What is the difference in the way Imidazothiazoles and Macrocytic Lactones cause paralysis?
Imidazothiazoles: Spastic paralysis by acting as a cholingeric agonist
Macrocytic Lactones cause flaccid paralysis by opening glutimate-choloride channels in post-synaptic membrane
Ivermectin is an example of a
Avermectin (group of Macrocytic Lactone) ‘clear drench’
Difference between prophalaxis and metaphylaxis?
Prophyaxis: Preventing pasture contamination
Metaphylaxis: Protection of animals grazing contaminated pasture
White, yellow and clear drenches all act as nemotocides. What extra population can macrocytic lactones target that the other two cannot?
ML’s e.g. the avermectin- ivermectin can control arthropods.
Which narrow spectrum anthelmintic causes death the same was as the Imidazothiazoles?
Imidazothiazoles cause death by spastic paralysis (by opening the glutimate-chloride channels.
The narrow spectrum cestodicide, Praziquantel causes a spastic paralysis by destroying the tegument, therefore allowing the influx of calcium.
What are salicylanilides, how do they work? Why can’t they be used in beef or milk cattle?
Salicylanilides are fluckicides that cause starvation by uncoupling oxidative phosphorylation (therefore decreased phosphate compounds= starvation)
c.f. with benzimidazoles which cause starvation by decreasing glucose uptake.
Cannot be used in beef or milk cattle because they bind to plasma proteins and have a long plasma half life.
Which worm populations are most resistant in a) sheep b) cows and c ) horses
SHEEP: Haemonchus in south hemisphere. In UK widespread BZ resistance
COWS: Cooperia ML resistance
HORSES: BZ against cyathostomins
Clinical signs of Colic
Pawing, trying to go down, rolling (sawdust?), abrasions, recumbant, muscle fasciculations, looking at flanks, kicking abdomen, sweating
DDx of Colic
Laminitis- Recumbant
Botulism- Recumbant
Neurological disease - Recumbant
Musculoskeletal pain - ‘tieing up’
What procedure should you also do when you visit a horse with suspected colic?
Pass a nasogastric tube.
Horses cannot vomit therefore stomach doesn’t rupture.
IF YOU GET REFLUX DON’T GIVE ANYTHING VIA THE TUBE
Example of a very effective analgesic for colic pain in horses
Dotomidine.
If given and horse still painful =serious
Can be useful diagnostically.
Older horses are more likely to get one type of colic?
Colic caused by a strangulating lipoma
6 categories of non- strangulating lesion
Spasmodic colic, Impaction, displacement, enteritis/ileus (failure of peristalsis), typhlocolitis, peritonitis.
Enteritis: Small intestine
Typhlocolitis: Large intestine
(tie-flow-colitis)
Which type of strangulation lesion can stallions get but not mares?
Inguinal/ Scrotal hernia
How does volvulus occur in the small intestine?
Around the root of the mesentery
Three types of large intestine intussusception
Caeco-colic, ileo-caecal, caeco-caecal
There is more surgical treatment for (small/large intestine) therefore if suspect a problem here REFER!
Surgical list for small intestine much longer
Few on large intestine list: Colon torsion, non resolving displacement/impactions
Is ultrasound imaging more useful for viewing the small intestine or large intestine
Small intestine. Cannot pass through gas in large intestine.
Abdominocentesis with a nucelated cell count of 100x 109/l would be suggestive of medical/surgical colic?
Medical = peritonitis.
Surgical colic: Haemorrage, abdominocentesis nucleated cell 25g/l
What is pyelonephritis?
Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis