Final 2019 yellow Flashcards
Knemidokoptes on the legs of a parrot (scaly legs), how would you treat it? (bath of metha… Brush with ivermectin etc.)
LOCAL TREATMENT WITH IVERMECTIN SO ANSWER: WITH BRUSH WITH IVERMECTIN
What would entamoeba cause in a green iguana? (nephritis, pneumonia etc)
ENTERITIS
What is characteristic of turtle eggs? (soft shelled, shell disappears inside turtle and the offspring is live-born)
SOFT SHELLED
Which species gets infected with myxovirus? (guinea pig, snake)
SNAKES
Gestation period of rabbit?
30-33 DAYS SO 1 MONTH
What colour is missing in ampengian… snake?
??
What animal would you use to propofol as induction to anesthesia? (young patients, old patients, no patients)
ALL PATIENTS
What is the dose of Ivermectin given to tortoises?
you wouldn’t because it’s poisonous to them
What does Cryptosporidium cause in snakes?
hypertrophic gastritis
What is the most common respiratory disease in rats?
(CRD)
What method would you not use in a bird with a broken tibia? (sandwich something, screw, cast, external stabilization)
SCREW / INTRAMEDULLARY
When is x-ray contraindicated in a bird? (sensitive to stress, hypothermia, dyspnea, neurological something)
DYSPNEA
How would you treat external ear inflammation in tortoise? (remove tympanic membrane and clean out, local antbiotics, systemic treatment)
SURGERY AND ANTIBIOTIC INJECTION
How would you treat an abscess in an iguana? (clean out and fill up with antibiotics, surgically remove like a tumour as per new regulations)
CLEAN OUT AND FLUSH then treated with topical antibiotics (systemic ones can be given). Surgery is only an option if the abscess isn’t solved with antibiotics.
How would you treat a trichofolliculoma?
surgical removal – guinea pigs
How would you treat ovarian cysts in a Guinea pig (check up every 2-3 weeks, ever 2-3 months, owners keep an eye and if it gets worse we remove surgically)
OWNERS KEEP AN EYE AND IF IT WORSENS = SURGERY
What does not explain seeing only partially digested seeds in the faeces (beak malocclusion, megabacteriosis, PDD, lack of grit)
Beak malocclusion
What is megabacteriosis? (bacteria, virus, parasite, fungus)
FUNGUS
What colour does the uric acid part of the faeces get in case the bird suffers from liver failure? (lilac, greenish urates, yellow, brown)
GREEN
What causes scale rot? (bacteria, fungi)
BACTERIA
What is shell rot? (bacterial pathogen seen in aquatic cheletons)
BACTERIA, FUNGI
What is correct about ovarian cysts in guinea pigs?
It always causes symmetrical alopecia as there are hormones produced causing pruritus
What is correct about feather plucking syndrome?
it is tricky to treat and requires the owner’s dedication, it is fast and easy to treat, it can be treated medically
-> it is tricky to treat and requires the owner’s dedication
How can you not give infusion to a bird?
IV, intraosseal, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal
-> Intraperitoneal
You receive a flock of Hermann’s tortoises with stomatitis and runny nose, what can be the cause?
HERPES AND MYCOPLASMA
What are the most common ectoparasite of rats?
MITES AND LICE
What would you give to a African gray with egg retention?
SURGERY (calcium and oxytocin for guinea pigs with dystocia)
What is the most common cause of bone racheitis (metabolic bone disorder) in iguanas?
D hypovitaminosis = calcium deficient
What would be the clinical signs of bone racheitis in tortoise? (shell becomes rubber-like, obstruction of mainly large intestine)
SOFTENING OF THE CARAPACE AND PLASTRON
What antibiotic do we not give per os to rodents?
amoxicillin + clavulanic acid
A rabbit has left bright red spots in the litter, what examination would you do? (microscope investigation of urine, - of faeces, specific urogram, scan reproductive organs)
URINALYSIS
What parasite is located in the pharynx of a pigeon?
trichomonas
What are the clinical signs of Trichomona, Poxvirus, Mycobacterium Avium in the bird?
(vomiting, head-tilt, Infects Trachea = laboured breathing with open mouth)
-> Infects Trachea = laboured breathing with open mouth
What lesions would Knemidokoptes pilae cause?
skin lesions around beak
What is true about the teeth in rabbit and guinea pig? (lower incisors are permanent, only top teeth grow permanently, only lower incisors)
CHEEK TEETH (MOLARS) GROW CONTINUOUSLY
What is true about bird testes? (both develop, only right develop, only left develop, both lead into the left uro…)
BOTH DEVELOP
What is the most common tumour in rabbits?
adenoma, adenocarcinoma, lipoma, sarcoma
-> Adenocarcinoma
How is Encephalitozoon spread?
via urine
What are the symptoms of Encephalitozoon?
head-tilt, nystagmus, kidney something
What is true about Encephalitozoon?
It can affect the eyes
What causes tuberculosis in birds?
Mycobacterium avium
From what species can you collect blood from the dorsal coccygeal vein?
Hermann tortoise
What is true about penis prolapse in turtle?
difficult to success, euthanise
How to perform laporatomy on a tortoise? (you don’t, via inguinal ring, open somhow?)
SURGERY (plastron removed on abdomen and ventral midline incision in coelomic membrane)
What is not a consequence of Vitamin A hypovitaminosis?
What does happens is = swollen eyelids, appetite and BW decreases, mouth infection, respiratory infections, liver or kidney failure may occur
Which is easy to intubate?
swan, guinea pig, snake
For which patient is propofol a good anesthetic?
all patient types
Ovulation in ferrets
(seasonal polyoestrus, only induced in presence of a male)
-> seasonal polyestrus
True about rabbits?
feed and faeces ae found in the stomach at the same time
Which animal can’t synthesize Vitamin C?
Guinea Pig
Ectoparasites of tortoises kept in terrarium? ( Seldom?)
MITES
Most common tumour in rabbits?
Adenocarcinoma - Uterine tumour in females
What’s true for otitis in rabbits? (at least 3 weeks of antibiotics required)
PPT says minimum antibiotics 4-6 weeks, cleaning of the ear, TICA/LBO
Pneumonia verminosa treatment?
IVERMECTIN, FENBENDAZOLE
African grey sex determination
endoscopy or DNA
Tuberculosis in birds pathogen?
Mycobacterium avium
IV given in dorsal coccygeal vein?
Hermann tortoise
Injection site not used in turtles?
intraabdominal
Vit A deficiency?
metaplasia on mucous membranes of GIT
Hypertrophic gastritis in snakes?
Cryptosporidium serpentis
Ophyniassis nitricis causing anaemia?
Ivermectin
What causes blood loss anaemia in birds?
ticks and lice
A frog is loose in the clinic, how do you pick it up?
moist, unpowdered gloves
