Diseases of the Sinuses Flashcards
1
Q
Who gets sinusitis?
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- Cattle > sheep, goats, and camelids
2
Q
Cornual sinusitis cause most often
A
- Post-dehorning
3
Q
Maxillary sinusitis cause most often
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- Tooth root abscess
4
Q
Frontal sinusitis cause most often
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- Extension of the cornueal
5
Q
Etiology of sinusitis
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- Usually mixed infections
6
Q
Clinical signs of sinusitis
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- Non-specific
- Anorexia, lethargy, fever
- Nasal discharge
- Swelling
- Changes in air flow
- Ozena
- Stridor
- head tilt
- Head ache
- Dull percussion
7
Q
Ddx for sinusitis
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- Fractures, tumors, actinomyces
- Lymphosarcoma
- Retrobulbar abscesses
8
Q
Diagnosis of sinusitis
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- PE (Percussion, things coming out), radiology, CT
9
Q
Treatment of sinusitis
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- Establish drainage
- Systemic antimicrobials
- Cornual/ dorsal frontal sinusitis flush with peroxide and apply the lactating cow mastitis ointment
10
Q
Bots of sheep, goats, and camelids
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- Oestrus ovis
11
Q
Bots of camelids
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- Cephenemyia
12
Q
When are nasal bots active?
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- Warm weather
13
Q
Signs of nasal bots
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- Head shaking, sneezing, snorting, nasal discharge, weight loss
14
Q
Diagnosis of nasal bots
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- History, clinical signs, response to therapy
- Look in the water trough, as they will sneeze them into the trough
15
Q
Treatment of nasal bots
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- Ivermectin
