Dr. Illanes Case Study- Wildlife- NOT ON THE TEST

Question 1

Answer 1

“moose measles”- the adult parasite taenia ovis krabbie- a tapeworm found in wolves

Question 2

moose

Answer 2

sarcocystis krabbei

tapeworm that is present in wolves- you shouldn’t be concerned about this

Question 3

W08-1UC; 3 year-old bighorn ram Sheep River Provincial Park, Alberta

History: April 23 was seen slightly isolated from the flock. April 24 slightly depressed. Head down, eyes glazed but still alive. Found dead April 25, 9am.

Answer 3

lots of fibrin on the surface on the lung

Mdx: fibrono-hemorraghic pneumonia

picture below: embolic pneumonia

Question 4

Answer 4

Protostrongyles(lungworm in sheep)

Question 5

Answer 5

Characterisitic of stronglyes in sheep

final dx: fibrino- suppurative plueropneumonia

Question 6

Can you mix domestic and Big Horned Sheep?

Answer 6

Domestic sheep carry things in respiratory tract flora that have big impact in Big horn sheep.

Question 7

Main agent of bighorn pneunomina?

Answer 7

Mycoplasam ovipenumoniae has been identified as the parimary agent of epizootic bighorn in western US. domesetic sheep carry M. ovipenumoniae at high prevalence

Question 8

In a stomach of a snake

Answer 8

proliferative gastrisis or hyperplasia gastritis

Cryptosporidium- all the little dots

pic at bottom: Eosinophilic Intracytoplasmic Inclusion Bodies- also are in the brain; so there was an encephalolitis

Question 9

Answer 9

classical sign- bulging; classic cryptopsporiduosis

chronic profliferative hyperplastic/hypertropic gastritis with intralesional protozoal parasties(crypto. serpentis)

inclusion body disease of boids(arenavirus)- involvment of muliple organs

clinical signs that you will see- star gazing