Final Questions Flashcards
1
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- Which one of the following species is the reservoir for LCMV? Pick the one best answer.
A
mice
2
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Category A Bioterrorism (11)
A
- Foot and mouth disease
- Classical swine fever
- Newcastle disease
- Vesicular stomatitis
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Plague
- Smallpox
- Tularemia
- Viral hemorrhagic fever
3
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Category B Bioterrorism (9)
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- Brucellosis
- Epsilon toxins of Clostridium perf
- Glanders
- Psittacosis
- Q fever
- Ricin toxin
- Typhus
- Viral encephalitis
- Staph enterotoxin B
- Water & food threats
4
Q
- What properties make a good biological weapon? (Select all that apply)
A
- Stable
- Short incubation
- Low infectivity dose
- High morbidity
- Severe disease
5
Q
- You are a part owner of a mixed animal practice. One of your veterinary colleagues has just announced that she is pregnant. For the following, please indicate which activities she should avoid during her pregnancy? Assume she would be wearing gloves and a lab coat or coveralls and will be washing her hands after each activity. Pick all that apply
A
- No lambing
- No cat poo
- Do NOT drink raw milk
- Avoid Listeria monocytogenes: found in silage and ready-to-eat lunch meats
- Avoid x-rays
- Being around anesthetic gas
- Hormones
- Drugs and chemicals
- Physical trauma and stress, lifting heavy things
6
Q
- You are a veterinarian in a small animal practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You are presented with a 2-year-old cat with a 3-day history of anorexia and lethargy. On physical exam, you note that the cat has a fever and an enlarged popliteal lymph node. In taking a complete history you find out that this cat lives in a rural area and is allowed outside. It has brought home mice and other small rodents and the owner has found fleas and ticks on the animal. You send a lymph node aspirate to the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and it comes back positive for Yersinia pestis. Given that this animal was confirmed positive for Yersinia pestis, which of the following actions should you take? Pick all that apply.
A
- Quarantine & hospitalize cat
- Treat with: streptomycin, Gentamicin, doxycycline, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides
- Parenteral antibiotics (IV) for first 72 hours
- USE PPE WHEN HANDLING: gloves, mask
- Inform public health officials and veterinary regulatory officials
7
Q
- On physical exam, you note that the cat has a fever and an enlarged popliteal lymph node. In taking a complete history you find out that this cat lives in a rural area and is allowed outside. It has brought home mice and other small rodents and the owner has found fleas and ticks on the animal. You send a lymph node aspirate to the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and it comes back positive for Yersinia pestis. Which of the following is a potential route of transmission of Yersinia pestis to humans. Pick all that apply.
A
- mucosal exposure to body fluid
- Getting bitten by flea
- Pneumonic contact: inhaling aerosols
8
Q
- You have been called to a ranch in Loa, UT to investigate an outbreak of pinkeye in a beef herd. You evaluate 3 of the animals, but the rancher says there are at least 10 others. You determine the likely cause to be infectious Pink Eye (Moraxella bovis), and the rancher requests a long-acting, injectable antibiotic so that she does not have to restrain the animals again. You choose Excede® (a cephalosporin) which is not labeled for the treatment of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (pinkeye). What conditions must be met in order to use this product for pinkeye? (Select all that apply)
A
• Record: species, production class, indication, dose, route of admin, freq of admin, withdrawal time
o Under supervision of veterinarian o ONLY FDA-approved drugs o Valid vet/client/patient relationship o Cannot be used for growth promotion o Cannot be used in feed o No tissue residue
9
Q
- The rancher would like you to get them some oxytetracycline feed like years past to help her daughter’s steer “blossom” for the summer livestock show. She is visibly frustrated when you decline. Why did you decline? (Select the single best choice)
A
• Legal rule!! You can no longer use medically important antibiotics for growth in livestock. You can only use meds that are NOT medically important
10
Q
- Explain to a client why recumbent (downer) cattle are no longer accepted for antemortem inspection? (Select the single best choice)
A
• ALL recumbent cattle are CONDEMNED on antemortem inspection: Due to concern for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
11
Q
For the cat, select the zoonotic disease of significant concern for immunosuppressed persons in her specific scenario.
A
- Toxoplasmosis
- Salmonella
- Sporotrichosis: Sporothrix schenkii
- Ringworm
- Q-fever
- Plague
- Rabies
12
Q
- Select the best safeguard to minimize toxoplasmosis transmission from Gandalf to Ms. Rood.
A
- Do NOT let Ms. Rood clean out the cat’s litter box or handle the clean-up of cat feces
- Request that someone else (immunocompetent) in the household clean the litter box once a day
13
Q
- Which one of the following is the reservoir responsible for most cases of human giardiasis? Pick one best answer
A
- Contamination of water, food, fomites or other HUMANS through fecal/oral
- Dogs and cats CAN but less likely: need assemblage A or B
14
Q
- You are a small animal veterinarian near Las Vegas, Nevada. Your client brings in a 5-year-old NM Husky Mix. The owner explains that the dog has had intermittent diarrhea for the last several months, with bouts occurring every 7-10 days; ever since the dog ate rabbit feces from a snowmelt puddle. The dog currently has diarrhea, and a Giardia SNAP test reveals a positive. You explain the likely etiology and discuss that:
A
• Dog most likely ingested an infected giardia cyst from the rabbit feces/OR contaminated water from the puddle.
15
Q
- Up to 56% of animal workers are affected by animal-related allergies. Of those workers with allergies, as many as 50% will go on to develop asthma. (true or false)
A
true
