GI Medicine 6 - Specific Causes of Acute Vomiting and Diarrhoea 2

Question 1

List four bacterial species that can be isolated from healthy dog faeces

Answer 1

E.coli
Clostridium perfringens
Campylobacter spp.
Salmonella spp.

Question 2

Which campylobacter species is related to disease in dogs?

Answer 2

C.jejuni (specificaly with concurrent viral infections)

Question 3

Which campylobacter species is related to disease in cats?

Answer 3

C.coli

Question 4

Which campylobacter species is likely a canine commensal?

Answer 4

C. upsaliensis

Question 5

What is the firt line therapy for campylobacter infection?

Answer 5

Erythromycin

Question 6

What antibiotics should you used to treat salmonella infection and avoid a carrier state?

Answer 6

Fluoroquinolones - 10 days and reculture (may need prolonged courses)

Question 7

What is the specific chronic presentation of E.coli infection?

Answer 7

Granulomatous colitis

Question 8

What should you trat dogs with that have a suspected clostrium perfringens infection?

Answer 8

Only treat where systemically ill.
Ampicillin or metroniazole

Question 9

What are the roundworms that affects dogs and cats?

Answer 9

Toxocara canis (dogs)
Toxocara cati (cats)
Toxascaris leonina (both)

Question 10

What are the two hook worms that affect dogs and cats?

Answer 10

Ancylostoma
U. stenocephala

Question 11

What is the treatment for hookworms?

Answer 11

Pyrantel

Question 12

What whipworms affect dogs/cats?

Answer 12

Trichuris spp.

Question 13

How would you diagnose Giardia?

Answer 13

Giardia organisms of fresh smear.
Faecal Giardia antigen ELISA.
Oocysts in a zinc sulfate flotation.

Question 14

What is the treatment for Giardia?

Answer 14

Fenbendazole
Metronidazole

Question 15

What species does tritrichomonas foetus affect?

Answer 15

Cats NOT dogs

Question 16

How would you diagnose tritrichomonas foetus?

Answer 16

Colonic wash - PCR

Question 17

What is the treatment for tritrichomonas foetus?

Answer 17

Ronidazole.