disorders of the gi Flashcards
transmission for canine parvo v
- •Affinity for rapidly dividing cells
- Intestines -crypt necrosis, vomiting, diarrhea
- Bone marrow –neutropenia (immunosuppression)
- •Transmission: fecal –oral, Highlycontagious
- •Survival for months in environment (fomites
signalment for parvo
Age -puppies 6 weeks to 6 months
any breed can get it
cs of parvo
Vomiting
•Diarrhea
•Fever
•Anorexia
•Depression
•Dehydration
•Death (hypovolemia; sepsis)
•Heart signs
Myocarditis if infected in utero or before 8 weeks
dx for parvo
- Sudden onset, clinical signs
- •Age + exposure
- •Leukopenia, neutropenia
- •Lymphopenia, hypoalbuminemia
- •Radiography (gas distention, ileus)
- •Ultrasound (intussusception)
- •Fecal antigen immunoassay (SNAP, ELISA)
- False positive ??(5-15 days post modified live vaccine)
- False negative (early, late in disease: 5-7 days)
common mistakes made with tx for parvo
- Inadequate fluid therapy
- •Overzealous fluid administration
- •Unrecognized sepsis
- •Unrecognized concurrent GI disease
- Parasites
- Intussusception
px for parvo
Most live if:
Supported long enough
Treated in a timely fashion
Survive first 4 days
•Can be fatal
-ve px indicators for parvo
Very young puppies
Septic shock
Breed differences??–crap
etiology for histoplasmosis
Histoplasma capsulatum
•Mycotic infection
•GI, respiratory, reticuloendothelial systems, bones, eyes
•Mississippi, Ohio river valleys
cs of histoplasmosis
- Dogs
- •Diarrhea (+/-blood, mucus)
- •Weight loss
- •GI histo: colon is usually target organ
- •Diffuse, severe granulomatous, ulcerative colitis
- •Can cause PLE(prot. losing enter)
- •Can involve SI
target organ for gi histoplasmosis
- colon
- u see
- hemato chezia,
- straining ,
- aurgency to defecate
LI dz causing PLE
- lymphantegia,
- histoplasmosis,
- lymphoma,
- inflamatory bowl diz
dx for histoplasmosis
- History (chronic large bowel diarrhea, PLE)
- •Identification of organism
- Cytology
- Histopathology
- •Colonic biopsy, rectal scraping (cytology)
- •Fundic exam (active chorioretinitis)
- •Other systemic involvement
- Liver, spleen, lungs, hilar lymphadenopathy
tx for histoplasmosis
- Itraconazole
- •Amphotericin B & Itraconazole
- •Long term therapy (4 –6 months
px for histoplasmosis
- Dogs may do well if treated early
- •Multiple organ system involvement
- Worsens prognosis
- •CNS involvement
- Poor prognosis
cs of giardia
Dogs > cats
- •Asymptomatic
- •Small bowel diarrhea
- Can be large bowel diarrhea too!!
- •May be self limiting
- •Acute, chronic, or episodic
dx for giardia
- Fecal ZnSO4 flotation-centrifugation
- •Fecal immunoassay
- SNAP (Idexx)
- Microplate ELISA
- IFA
- Rx trial
- Fenbendazole
- Metronidazole
- •Fecal smear
- Trophozoites
tx for giardia
- Fenbendazole (Panacur)
- •Febantel (Drontal Plus)
- •Metronidazole
- Less effective and more side effects
- Generally good
- •Can be difficult to eliminate in some animals
- Drug resistance
- Immunodeficiency
- Concurrent disease present
- Reinfection common (cysts resistant in environment)
- Other protozoal organisms mistaken for Giardiapx for giardia
clinical presentation of trichiminoasis
- Tritrichomonas foetus
- •Venereal disease of cattle
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Large bowel diarrhea
- •Chronic, waxing & waning
- •Occasionally containing blood and mucus
- •Mild L-P colitis
signalment for feline trichiminniasis
Young cats, purebreds
Multi -cat housing
31% of show cats
cat present with Anus which appear inflamed and painful and Involuntary dribbling of feces or rectal prolapse.
whats your suspicion
- feline trichiminoasis
- Cats are healthy otherwise
- Consistency of diarrhea typically improves with abx
- •Quickly resumes when treatment is discontinued
dx for feline trichiminoasis
Fecal PCR assay
Detects 80% -90% of cases
•Culture (In Pouch-TF)
Detects 30% -50%
•Fecal microscopy
Detects only 14%
Often mistaken for Giardia
which dz is often mistaken for giardia
feline trichiminiasis
tx for feline trichimianosis
- Refractory to most common antibiotics
- •Ronidazole
- Only effective treatment known
- Spontaneous resolution often occurs (2-3 years)
enterotoxic effect of clostridium perfringins
Permeability (inc)
•Absorption (dec)
•Cytotoxicity
clinical features of clostridial perfringins
Large bowel diarrhea
•Acute, chronic, or recurrent
•May be self limiting
•Watery to semiformed
•Variable mucus, blood, tenesmus
•Acute HGE
•Nosocomial
•High -density housing
dx for cl. perfringins
- Fecal endospores
- Not confirmatory
- •Fecal toxin assay
- ELISA (TechLab)
- PCR genotyping
- •Fecal culture
- Not reliable
tx for clos.perfringins
- Usually good
- •Some need long term tx
- Tylan
- •Fiber supplementation often helpful (chronic)
cs of campylobacter
Subclinical carrier
•Large bowel diarrhea
•Watery diarrhea
•Often self limiting
•Young animals
•Crowded conditions
dx for campylobacter
- Fecal microscopy
- Wet mount: darting motility
- Gram stain: “W” or gull-wing shape
- •Fecal culture, Fecal PCR
dx for camphylobacter
Erythromycin (10 –15 mg/kg PO q 8 hrs)
•Tx 1 –3 days beyond resolution of signs
px for campylobacter
Erythromycin (10 –15 mg/kg PO q 8 hrs)
•Tx 1 –3 days beyond resolution of signs
etiology for salmonela poisoning
Neorickettsia helminthoeca
•Fluke (N. salmincola) carries organism
•Dog ingests raw fish (salmon) infected with fluke
•Rickettsia spreads to intestines, lymph nodes
•Pacific northwestern U.S.
Snail intermediate host for N. salmincola
clinical features of salmon poisoning
Dogs
•Fever
•Anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea (small bowel, +/-blood)
•Generalized lymphadenopathy
•Thrombocytopenia, lymphopenia, eosinophilia
•Hypoalbuminemia, elevated ALP
dx for salmon poisoning
- Presumptive
- History -consumption of fish, exposure to streams/lakes)
- •Definitive
- N. salmincolaova in feces
- N. helminthoecaorganism in cytology (FNA of lymph node)
tx for salmon poisoning
- Supportive care
- •Tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline
- •Elimination of fluke (praziquantel)
px for salmon poisoning
Most respond well
•Fatal if left untreated
clinical features of protothecosis
- Dogs (cats)
- •Skin, colon, eyes, other body systems
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•Large bowel diarrhea
- chrnic n can be a wasting dz
- •Weight loss, ADR
- •Collies overrepresented
tx for protothecosis
- Identification of organism
- •Cytology (rectal cytology)
- •Histopathology (colonoscopy)
tx for protothecosis
Amphotericin B, Azoles
•Equivocal efficacy