exam 2 pregnancy diagnosis Flashcards

1
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what is the goal of pregnancy diagnosis

A

100% accuracy, no false negatives or false positives

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2
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what are the options for diagnosing in general

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behavior, palpation, ultrasound, hormonal assays, rads

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3
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what is our big diagnostic method for bovine

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rectal palpation +- ultrasounds
abdominal palpation in small animal

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4
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why do we like US diagnostics

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high accuracy and can diagnose confidently early in gestation

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5
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what species do you not want to do hormonal assays

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be careful in dairy cows that are getting bred back within 90 days becuase the PAGs can be there from the last pregnancy

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what are the two hormonal assays that can be done on a bovine

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PAGs and Progesterone (but this is from CL. not as accurate)

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7
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what are the four cardinal signs of bovine palpations

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membrane slips (35d)
amniotic vesicles (35 d)
placentomes (75d)
fetus (65d)

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8
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what species do we often perform manual reduction of twins

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equine and camelids

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9
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when can we transrectal a fetus in a camelid

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after day 12 but after 3 weeks in alpacas and llamas

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10
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what is the most common way we check a porcine for pregnancy

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behaviorally. run the boar and see around 21 days

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11
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when can we start to detect feti in a dog

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day 22 (or 28)

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12
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what is our hormonal assay detect in a canine

A

relaxin

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13
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when can we palpate feline feti

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days 25-30. string of pearls

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