Gastrointestinal Flashcards
Effects of stalling in horses
Decrease fecal output
Which animal is the amplifying reservoir for blue tongue virus?
Cattle
I which cells do BTV replicates?
- Endothelial cells
- Mononuclear phagocytic cells –> Macrophages
E.TEC toxin is a:
Heat ST toxin A
Downside of ELISA for antibody detection for PHF
- Failure to seroconvert does not rule out infection
- Frequent false +
Asymptomatic esophageal diverticula
Traction (true)
Dilation with broad neck
Effect of C. perfringens type A in neonatal calves
Ruminal and abomasal timpany, abomasitis, abomasal ulceration
Jejunal hemorrhage syndrome, causative agent
C. perfringens Type A, a-toxin
Which are the 3 types of infection produced by BVDV
- Acute transient 2. Fetal infection 3. Persistent infected
Bilateral keratitis in cow, lymphadenopathy, after show
MCF
Source of infection in Lawsonia?
Not determined in horses
Clinical pathology findings in case of MEED
Anemia
Eosinophilia)
↑GGT
Duration of quarantine of equine coronavirus
? 21?
Pulpy kidney (overeating disease)
Cl Perfingens type D –> pronounced hyperglycemia (glucosuria) –> necropsy: vasculitis (excess pericardial and thoracic fluid), rapid autolysis kidney
Current standard for diagnosis of PHF
PCR in whole blood (DNA in leukocytes)
Parameters for poor short-term prognosis in cases of abomasal volvulus
Serum Cl <79mEq/L Base excess < -0.1 Anion gap >30mEq/L
Diarrhea in 5 month old cattle, just weaned
Coccidia
Secondary abomasal impaction
feeding of coarse roughage
Which serovar of BVDV produces PI animals
Non-cytopathic (NCP)
Type of BVDV causing severe acute and hemorrhagic disease
Type 2 NCP
Life cycle of Cryptosporidium parvum
Fecal-oral transmission of encysted, sporulated oocysts → distal small and large intestine → villous atrophy
Prevention of acorn toxicosis
Calcium hydroxide (Hydrated lime)
Potomac horse fever, infection
Horse eats aquatic insects
Diagnosis for acorn toxicosis
Serum or urinary phenolic content (Hydrolyzed tannin: gallic acid)
Receptor for LPS?
TLR 4
White eye calf
BTV infection in cattle
When is the infection of cows with BVDV to induce PI calves?
Infection prior day 125 of gestation (80) ○ Immunotolerant ○ Principal reservoir
How to confirm a LDA?
pH <4.5 by percutaneous aspiration Ultrasound → position of pylorus
Prevention for pulpy kidney disease
Vaccinate twice before arrival to the feedlot Type D antitoxin Adjust diet
Diagnostic test for MCF in animals with clinical disease
PCR Serology better for asymptomatic and reservoirs
Causes of alkaline rumen
High protein or NPN in diet Urea toxicity Poor digestable roughage, simple indigestion
Clinical signs of Johne’s in alpaca and sheep
Chronic weight loss and anemia
Cells involved in the pathogenesis of MCF
Lymphocytes (T lymphocytes CD8+) Lymphoproliferative disease
Mare with suspected stomach ulcer, dx test at farm
Sucrose absorption test
Types of vagal indigestion
- Failure of omasal transport 2. Pyloric outflow failure
Neorickettsia risticii, transmission
trematode –snail
Crypto and salmonella pathogenesis
May be exacerbated by antibiotic therapy
Johne’s pathophysiology
M cells
Black disease necropsy
C. Novyi type B –> Engorgement of SQ vessels and variable amount of SQ edema and gelatinous exudate in fascial planes. Blood stained serous fluid in large amounts in pericardial, pleural and peritoneal cavities.
Increase risk for salmonella
Antibiotic treatment and colic
Foal 21 days febrile, icteric mucous membranes and with high liver enzymes
Clostridium pilosum
Consistent necropsy finding in cases of DPJ
Serositis
Horse with lesion in skin, also chronic weight loss
MEED
Type of rotavirus in foals
Group A
Cause of abomasal ulcers in calves
Cu deficiency
Vector and intermediate host por N. risticii
- Vector: Trematode
- Intermediate host: aquatic insects, operculated snails
Main clinical pathoogy finding in lawsonia cases
Albumin → < 2 g/dl
Risk factor for pulpy kidney disease in sheep
Animals fed highly nutritious diet (grain-fed livestock)
Best diagnostic test for L. intracellularis
Combine both serology and fecal PCR
Best to diagnose PI in BVDV
IHC skin
Causative agent of yellow lamb disease
C. perfringens Type A
Abortions, oral lesions, ptyalism in sheep
Bluetongue?
Blood smear for Neorickettsia
Rarely find intracytoplasm granules in monocytes
Why are neonates predisposed to necrotic enteritis due to C. perfringens type C?
Trypsin inhibitors in colostrum Trypsin → proteolytic enzyme that can destroy beta-toxin
Treatment of choice for PHF
Oxytetracycline
Horses do not remain carriers of N. risticii
Papple abdominal contour, rumen chloride 60
Pyloric outflow obstruction
Cryptosporidium hominis?
Human
Ocular lesion in cattle with MCF
Uveitis, conjunctivitis, corneal opacity → centripetal
Causative agent of winter dysentery
Bovine coronavirus
Horse with peritonitis, response to penicillin. Most probable organism cultured?
Actinobacillus equuli: Gram neg rod (rapid response to atb pen/gent)
Necropsy diagnosis for L. intracellularis
Silver staining with Warthin Starry stain → bacilli in the apical zone of the crypt epithelial cells