INFECTIOUS DISEASES 4 Flashcards
Name the two primary species of lungworm in cats
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Eucoleus aerophilus
how is fleine lungworm diagnosed
baermann faecal flotation
throat swab/bronchoalveolar lavage
PCR
describe feline lungworm treatment
antihelminthics (ex Fenbendazole, eprinomectin, emodepsid)
corticosteroids (if there is a worry about anaphylaxis rxn to dead worms)
bronchodialators
antibiotics
toxoplasma gondii: What do cats ingest from an intermediate host?
badyzoites
toxoplasma gondii: What type of hosts are cats?
definitive
toxoplasma gondii: Cats can shed oocysts in feces for approximately how long?
How long does it take for shed oocysts to become infectious?
10-14 days
3-5 days
toxoplasma gondii: Bradyzoites can encyst in which locations in the body?
muscle
brain
liver
fetus
acute disease in toxoplasmosis usually causes clinical signs in which two organs?
liver, lungs
Chronic disease of toxoplasma gondii often causes clinical signs in which two organs?
brain, eyes
Feline toxoplasmosis: Diagnosis - not easy, but on serology we can see elevated levels of which antibody, after 2-4 weeks?
IgG
Feline toxoplasmosis: 1st line treatment uses which drug?
clindamycin
Feline toxoplasmosis: If Clindamycin cannot be used, which 2nd line drug can be used to treat these parasites?
azithromycin
Feline toxoplasmosis: Treatment - in addition to antibiotics, which drug should be used for patients with CNS infection?
prednisolone
describe the real risk of zoonosis by toxoplasma gondii:
risk to previously uninfected pregnant women
from raw meat or unwashed veggies
how does feline cowpox occur?
what 2 seasons is it the most common in?
cats consume rodents
fall n winter
what are symptoms of immunosupressed cats with feline cowpox infection?
systemic infection
necrotising pneumonia
Which of the feline infectious conditions discussed are zoonotic?
lungworm
toxoplasma gondii
mycobacterium
cowpox
Feline Mycobacterium: We can divide these infections into which two categories?
Tuberculosis, non-tuberculous
Feline Mycobacterium: Most cases are ___________ (lesion location)
Cutaneous
Feline Mycobacterium: The majority of cases are caused by which two species? (full names)
Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium bovis*
*this one is zoonotic
Feline Mycobacterium: What are the two most common causes of these infections?
Hunting, commercial raw food
Feline Mycobacterium: What are the two most common clinical signs of these infections?
Cutaneous lesions, lymphadenopathy
Feline Mycobacterium: Non-tuberculous infections are definitively diagnosed using ______
PCR
Feline Mycobacterium: Feline tuberculosis is treated with 3 drugs for min 3 months -> 2 months beyond clinical resolution
What are these three drugs?
Rifampicin, pradofloxacin, azithromycin
