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1
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What skin reactions are cats with hypersensitivities likely to show?

A

Eosinophilic granuloma complex

  • Painless ulcers
  • Eosinophilic plaques
  • Eosinophilic granulomas
  • Miliary dermatitis
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How is eosinophilic granuloma complex confirmed in cats?

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Cytology

Histology

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What are the most likely differentials for eosinophilic granuloma complex, miliary dermatitis or symmetrical alopecia in cats?

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FAD
Environmental allergy
Food allergy

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What are signs associated with allergic skin disease in cats?

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Eosinophilic granuloma complex
Miliary dermatitis
Symmetrical alopecia
Rhinitis, resp signs
Pruritus, self trauma
Erythema
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What is head and neck pruritus most likely associated with in cats?

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Food allergy

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Outline the characteristics of mosquito bite hypersensitivity in cats…

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Eosinophilic infiltrate with collagen degeneration
Nose and pinnae
Seasonal

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Outline the stages that lead up to a diagnosis of allergic skin disease in cats…

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  1. Confirm EGC lesion
  2. Rule out parasites esp fleas
  3. Rule out infection esp bacteria
  4. Trial elimination diet
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How is allergic skin disease treated in cats?

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Flea prophylaxis
Glucocorticoids - Pred @ 1-2mg/kg/day
Ciclosporin
ASIT

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What are the clinical signs of pemphigus foliaceus in cats?

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Any breed, sex, age
Focal crusting, symmetrical
Head, face, nose, ears and claws
Lethargic, feverish, anorexic

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What drugs can be used to treat pemphigus foliaceus in cats?

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Prednisolone
Dexamethasone
Triamcinalone
Chlorambucil

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Which drugs cannot be used to treat pemphigus foliaceus in cats and why?

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Azathioprine

Is myelosuppressive

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Outline the characteristics of paraneoplastic alopecia..

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Cats ONLY, >10y
Rare
Most often due to pancreatic adenocarcinoma or bile duct carcinoma

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What are the clinical signs of paraneoplastic alopecia in cats?

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Inappetence, weight loss
Ventral and limb alopecia
Palpable mass in abdomen
Shiny skin in alopecic areas

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How is paraneoplastic alopecia diagnosed in cats?

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US - locate mass

Skin biopsy - severe follicular atrophy, no statrum corneum

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What common neoplasia in cats can cause scaly, patchy alopecia?

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Thymoma

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Which breed of cat can develop idiopathic facial dermatitis?

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Persians

17
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What pathogen is commonly associated with plasma cell pododermatitis?

A

FIV

18
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What viruses can cause skin lesions in cats?

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Feline poxvirus/cowpox
Herpes
Rhinotraceitis/calcivirus
FeLV
FIV
19
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What are the 3 presentations of mycobacterial skin disease in cats? Which cats are most likely to get infected?

A

TB
Leprosy
Opportunistic infections

Hunting cats

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