Feline Flashcards
Cats present icteric have blood smear with round stuff in the middle, caused by ticks
cytauxzoon felis
In order to raise PCV 1% need how much packed red blood cells
1 mL/kg
What condition in a cat caues ptyalism and copper-colored iris
PSS
this fungal organism is cigar-shaped and often associated with roses
sporotrichosis
Basal cells are ____ tumors
epithelial
Round cell tumors
lymphoma, mat cell, plasma cell, histiocytoma, TVT, melanoma
Best way to identify strongyloides stercoralis
Baermann fecal technique
plantigrade stance with hocks dropped to the ground is typical of ____
diabetic nephropathy
How do you confirm FIP in pleural fluid
Rivalta’s test
Treatment for otodectes (ear mites)
milbemycin
Estrus in cats lasts and inestrus lasts
7 days, 21 days
Can nocardia acid fast stain?
Yes
causes severe chemosis
chlamydia felis
Medication for hypertension
amlodipine
systemic hypertension is typically due to
renal disease or hyperthyroidism
Hormone responsible for mammary hyperplasia
progesterone
Castration of males is best for what behavior
roaming
Treatment for calicivirus
clindamycin and sucralfate
Treatment for mammary carcinoma
unilateral chain mastectomy
feline lungworm
aelurostrongylus abstrusus
How should you treat a cat with heartworm
Corticosteroids
Taurine deficiency in cats causes
central retinal degeneration
Transmission of FIP
fecal-oral
Which demodex is itchy and contagious
demodex gatoi
Which demodex do you need a superficial skin scrape
demodex gatoi
Insulin most similar to feline insulin
bovine insulin
Recommended insulin for ketoacidosis
humulin-R
Insulin for long term control of diabetes in cats
glargine or PZI
How to treat polycycstic kidneys
fluids, low protein diet, gastroprotectants
Treatment for strychnine (snail bait) toxicity
methocarbamol
Treatment for lymphoma
chlorambucil and prednisolone
Main vector for tularemia
Ticks
Chemo drug that causes fatal pulmonary edema in cats
Cisplatin
causes oxidative damage and methemoglobinemia
acetominophen toxicity
treatment for acetominophen toxicity
acetylcysteine and S-adenosylmethionine
Treatment for uncontrolled diabetes
External beam radiation
Rarely infects cats
sarcoptes
incomplete expansion of the lung
atelectasis
ocular manifestations of herpesvirus in cats
corneal ulcer, conjunctivitis, corneal sequestrum, eosinophilic keratitis
Signs in cat with glaucoma
fundic changes, buphthalmos, mydriasis
Used to revere xylazine
yohimbine
Do cats need treatment for eimeria
no
performed in cats that are PU/PD, after ruling out all other causes and determine if it is diabetes insipidus or psychogenic polydipsia
DDAVP
Artery that prevents too much removal of colon
ileocolic
Breathing pattern of feline asthma
expiratory push
Side effect is severe pruritus
methimazole
Causitive agent of feline infectious anemia
mycoplasma haemofelis
How to treat cryptococcus
fluconazole
causes retinal degeneration in cats
taurine deficiency
used to treat hypertonicity of urethral muscle following being blocked
phenoxybenzamine
used to treat urinary incontinence from urethral hypotonicity
phenylpropanolamine
antidepressant
amitriptyline
develops following being blocked and causes uncontrollable shaking
hypocalcemic tetany
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Dental formula
3131 3121
surgery for megacolon
subtotal colectomy
How to treat toxoplasma Gondi
Clindamycin
Electrolyte abnormality of ventral cervicAl flexion
Low potassium