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Diarrhoea Flashcards

1
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Complications of diarrhoea

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Depression
Colic
Fever
Hypovolemia
SIRS
Laminitis
Secondary infection

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2
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How to you provide probiotics to horses

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Faecal transfaunation via NG tube

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3
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3 example causes of diarrhoea

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Cyathostomiasis
Sand enteropathy
Lawsonia intracellularis

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4
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Treatment of sand enteropathy

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Psyllium

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5
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Treatment for Lawsonia intracellularis

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Doxycycline

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6
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Treatment for right dorsal colitis

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Misoprostal/psyllium may be useful

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7
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Cyathostomiasis treatment

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Moxidectin

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8
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When do you isolate

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With 2/3 of
Pyrexia
Neutropenia
Diarrhoea

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9
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Treatment for mild D+ and normovolaemic (adult)

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Grass/pelleted diet. No grains
Biosponge
Monitoring

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10
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Treatment groups for acute D+

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Fluids
Anti-inflammatories
Analgesia
(Antimicrobials)
Probiotics
Adsorbents
Nutrition

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11
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Ideal diet for diarrhoea

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Pelleted diet

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12
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Gut Adsorbent

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Di-Tri Octahedral Smectite (biosponge)

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13
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Do you use antimicrobials with diarrhoea?

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If neutropenic or septic

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14
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Cause of Right dorsal colitis

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NSAID toxicity (over licensed doses)

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15
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Cause of antimicrobial associated colitis

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Disruption of GI flora letting pathogenic bacteria proliferate

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16
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Risk factors for sand enteropathy

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Sandy pasture
Feeding on the ground
Overgrazing

17
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When does diarrhoea from cyathostomiasis occur

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Spring with mass larvae emergence

18
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What periods are neonatal diarrhoea divided into

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0-10 days and 10 days - 6 weeks

19
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Most common cause of diarrhoea under 10 days

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Foal heat diarrhoea

20
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Gram positive neonate bacterial diarrhoea

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Clostridium species

21
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Fungal causes of neonate diarrhoea

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Candida/Mucor spp

22
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Risk factors for neonatal diarrhoea

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FPT
Poor hygiene
High stocking density
Antimicrobial use
Milk replacement

23
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Non infectious causes of foal diarrhoea

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Foal heat
Secondary to meconium impaction
Feeding errors
Gastric ulcers
Sand enterocolitis
Antibiotic induced

24
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Top protozoal cause of diarrhoea in foals

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Cryptosporidium

25
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Viral causes of foal diarrhoea

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Rotavirus and coronavirus

26
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Causes of chronic diarrhoea in the young horses

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Salmonella spp
Cyathostomiasis
Right dorsal colitis

27
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What two diarrhoea types are different between young horses and adults

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Equine proliferate enteropathy (Lawsonia intracellularis)
And
Rhodococcus equi

28
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How does Lawsonia intracellularis present in the young horse

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2-8 months
Enteropathy of the small intestine
Weight loss +++
Severe hypoalbuminemia

29
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How does Rhodococcus equi present in the young horse

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Respiratory disease
Sometimes diarrhoea

Year 4 equine (20 decks)

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