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LEC 26 - Anti-Proazoals Flashcards

1
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Which of the protozoas is reportable?

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Leishmaniasis and babesiosis

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What are the 8 protozoas that we are concerned with?

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Giardia, trichomoniasis, babeiosis, leishmaniasis, EPM, Heptaozoonosis, toxoplasmosis, coccidiosis

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What drugs can be used for giardia?

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Benzimidozoles and nitroimidazoles

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What drugs can be used for trichomoniasis?

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Nitroimadazoles

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What drugs can be used for babesiosis?

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Diamidine derivatives, tetracyclines, azithromycin, and hydroxyquinolones

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What drugs can be used for leishmaniasis?

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Antimonial compounds

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What drugs can be used for EPM?

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Triazine derivatives and DHFR

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What drugs can be used for hepatozoonosis?

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Diamidine derivatives, Hydroxyquinolones, DHFR, and clindamycin

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What drugs can be used for toxoplasmosis?

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DHFR and Clindamycin

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What drugs can be used for coccidiosis?

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Hydroxyquinolones, DHFR, Halofugione, Amprolium, Sulfoamides, ionophores, and robenidine

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What are the characteristics of giardia?

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Infection from contaminated food/water. Two life stages that interfere with absorption in the lumen of the small intestine.

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What are the animals infected by giardia?

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Dogs, Cats, Horses, and Cattle

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What animals are benzimidazoles used to treat giardia?

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Dogs, cats, and cattle

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What animals are bitroimidazoles used to treat giardia?

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Dogs, cats, and horses

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How do benziimidazoles works?

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Inihibit microtubule formation. Kills trophozoites.

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What are the three types of benzimidazoles?

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Febental (dogs/cats), Albendazole (dogs/cattle), and Fenbendazole (dogs/cats/cattle)

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How do nitroimidazoles work?

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Prodrugs producing cytotoxic metabolites.

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What are the three nitrooimidazoles?

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Metronidazole, Tinidazole, and Ronidazole

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What is the absorption of nitroimidazoles like?

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Good BA with PO adminstration

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Where does metronidazole distribute to?

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Extensively, even goes to the bone and hte brain

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Where are nitroimidazoles metabolized?

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Liver

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Where is nitroimidazoles eliminated from?

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Bile

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What is the protocol for nitroimidazole use in food animals?

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PROHIBITED

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What is the reason behind the prohibition of mitroimidazoles in food animals?

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Mutagenic/carcinogenic potential

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Which nitroimidazoles are used to treat dogs with giardia?

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Metronidazole, tinidazole, and ronidazole

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Which nitroimidazoles are used to treat cats with giardia?

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Metronidazole and tinidazole

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What causes trichomoniasis?

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trichomonas foetis

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What are the symptoms of trichomonoiasis in cats?

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Large bowel diarrhea. Self-limiting but can take up to 2 years to clear from the cat.

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What is the DOC for trichomonoiasis in cats?

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Ronidazole

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30
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What is the route of transmission of trichomonias in cattle?

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Sexual intercourse

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What is infection like in cattle with trichomonias?

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Bulls - persistently infected and normally culled. Cows are self-limiting.

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What are the four possible diseases with trypanosomiasis?

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Chagas, Surram, Dourine, and Nagana

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Which of the four trypanosomias is endemic to the western hemisphere?

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Chagas disease

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What is the infectious organism in Chagas disease?

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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What is the vector for chagas disease?

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Reduviid bugs

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36
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What animals does chagas disease infect?

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Puppies and kittens. No approved therapy in the US.

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What is babesiosis transmitted by?

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Ticks

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What is the main action to prevent babesiosis infections?

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Tick prevention

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39
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How does babesiosis cause disease?

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Pathogenic stages infect RBC’s, which are then destroyed by immune attack

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What are the symptoms seen with babesiosis?

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Anemia, Splenomegaly, Depression, and Anorexia

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What are the three types of babesiosis that infects dogs?

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Canis, Gibsoni, and Conradae

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What is the approve therapy for dogs with babeosisi?

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Azithromycin and atovaquone (hydroxyquinolone)

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43
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What is another name for babeosis in cattle?

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Texas fever

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44
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What are the babesia that infect cattle?

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Bigemina

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45
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Which of the babesia are reportable?

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B. bidemina

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46
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What is the mechanism of imidocarb diproprionate?

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DNA Denaturing agent

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47
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How is imidocarb diproprionate adminstered?

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IM or SC

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How is imidocarb diproprionate excreted?

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Urine (up to 1.5 days) and Feces (for up to 10 days)

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What are the adverse effects of imidocarb diproprionate?

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Injection site pain/inflammation, cholinergic signs, and renal tubular/hepatic necrosis

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What is the mechanism by which atovaquone works?

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Electron transport chain inhibitor

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51
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How is atovaquone absorbed.

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Doubled when given with fatty meal

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52
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How is atovaquone distributed in the body?

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Significant binding to plasma proteins

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53
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How is cryptosporidiosis transmitted?

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Contaminated water

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54
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What is the pathogenic stage of cryptosporidium?

55
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What crypto infects ruminants?

56
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How old are ruminants when they are susceptible to C. Parvum?

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5 to 35 days

57
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What are the signs in food animals when infected by C. Parvum?

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Anorexia, weight-loss, diarrhea, and tenesmus

58
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What are the signs in cats/dogs when infected by crypto?

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None for the most part.

59
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What are the treatments for food animals infected with crypto?

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Supportive, halofuginone reduces shedding

60
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What drug is used in both dogs and cats to treat a crypto infection?

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Paromomycin sulfact

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What is the side effect to paromomycin use in dogs and cats?

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AKI, cataracts, and deafness

62
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What drug is used in cats with crypto infection?

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Nitazoxanide

63
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What are the side effects to Niazoxanide in cats?

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Severe vomiting and diarrhea

64
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What does Niaoxanide do to crypto in cats? What reverses this effect?

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Induces carrier state, reactivated by cortiocosteroid treatment

65
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What are the two forms of leshmaniasis?

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Visceral and cutaneous

66
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What type of lesmania is seen in the US?

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Leishmania infantum

67
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How is leishmania treated in the US?

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Since it is a reportable disease you must contact the CDC. The CDC once notified will then bring the drugs to you. The drugs are meglumine antimoniate and sodium atibogluconate.

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How do the leishmania drugs work?

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Inhibit leishmania nucleotide synthesis, topoisomerases, and phosphofructokinase

69
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What causes EPM?

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Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora hughesi

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What type of host is a horse to EPM pathogens?

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Dead-end, intermediate host. Therefore they can not spread the disease once infected.

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How does transmission of EPM occur?

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Consumption of food or water contaminated with feces of definitive host

72
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What is the most common sign of EPM?

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Asymmetric ataxia

73
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What is the most common sign of EPM?

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Asymmetric ataxia

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What is the FDA approved method of treating EPM?

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Ponazuril or diclazuril +/- sulfadiazine pyrimethamine

75
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What EPM treatment is currently under review?

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Decoquinate + levamisole

76
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What tends to be the prognosis of EPM?

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Tend to relapse. If this is the case there is no protocol for treatment. Tend to just add another anti-protozoal drug to the treatment.

77
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What are the two thiazine derivatives?

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Ponazuril and Diclazuril

78
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How do thiazine derivatives work?

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Interfere with apicoplast function needed for FA synthesis, AA synthesis, and starch storage.

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What are the adverse effects of ponazuril?

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Blisters, rash, diarrhea, mild colic, and seizures

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What are the adverse effects of ponazuril?

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Blisters, rash, diarrhea, mild colic, and seizures

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What are the side effects of diclazuril?

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None reported

82
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Which of the thiazine derivatives has the better BA?

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Ponazuril (30%)

83
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What animals are infected by hepatozoonosis?

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Dogs + Coyotes

84
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What causes hepatozoonosis?

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Hepatozoon Americanum

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What is the cause of transmission of hepatozoonosis?

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Ingestion of infective oocysts in ticks or paratenic hosts.

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What are the pathogenic stages of hepatozoonosis?

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Schizonts and gamonts

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What are the signs of a hepatozoonotic infection?

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Severe neutrophilic lymphocytosis. Marked joint pain associated with myositis and periosteal proliferation.

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What is the main treatment for hepatozoonosis?

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Tick prevention

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What is the drug protocols for hepatozoonosis?

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Sulfadiazine-trimehtoprim + clindamycin + pyrimethamine/ Imidocarb proprionate, decoquinate

90
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What is decoquinate used for specifically when it comes to hepatozoonosis?

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Stand-alone to prolong remission following treatment

91
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What is neosporosis caused by?

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Neospora caninum

92
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How is neosporosis transmitted?

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Fecal-oral

93
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What is the definitive host for neosporosis?

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What are the signs of a neosporosis infection?

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Enchepalomyelitis, myositis, neuromuscular (stiffness, atrophy, paresis, paralysis, and dysphagia)

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What are the intermediate hosts for neosporsis?

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Dogs, Cattle, Sheep, Horses, and Deer

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What are the infective agents in neospora?

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Tissue cysts

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What are the infective agents in neospora?

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Tissue cysts

98
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What are the signs of a neosporosis infection?

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What are the treatments for neosporosis in cattle?

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All prevention. Keep dogs out of cattle feed. Stop dogs from ingesting placentas or fetuses from abortions

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What are the treatments for dogs with neosporosis?

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Sulfadiazine-trimethoprim + pyrimethamine, clindamycin, clindamycin followed by first two

101
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What is the treatment prognosis of neosporosis in dogs?

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Does not eliminate tissue cysts. Slows the progression of the disease. Should be started before extensor rigidity occurs.

102
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What is the infectious agent in toxoplasmosis?

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Toxoplasma gondii

103
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Where in the body does toxoplasmosis live?

104
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What is the definitive host of toxoplasma?

105
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What are the intermediate hosts for toxoplasma?

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Any mammal

106
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How is toxoplasma transmitted?

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Fecal-oral or ingestion of tissue cyts

107
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How long do cats shed toxoplasma?

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Shed oocytes occurs 3 to 21 days following infection

108
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How long do toxoplasma oocytes survive in the environment?

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Months to years, resistant to most disinfectants

109
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What are the signs of a toxoplasma infection in a healthy, adult cat?

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Diarrhea, though any signs are rare

110
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What is the differiential for a toxoplasmosis infection in dogs?

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Neosporosis

111
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What is the differiential for a toxoplasmosis infection in dogs?

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Neosporosis

112
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What does theileriosis infect?

113
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What is the thelieriosis found in the US?

114
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What is the vector for thelieriosis?

115
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What causes coccidiosis in ruminants and some brids?

116
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What causes coccidiosis in dogs, cats, and pigs?

117
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How is coccidiosis transmitted?

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Fecal-oral and consumption of rodents

118
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What can pre-dispose an animal to coccidiosis infection?

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High density housing and shipping stress

119
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What are the clinical signs to a coccidiosis infection?

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Diarrhea +/- blood, dehydration, poor production, can be fatal in young animals

120
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Which of the coccidiosis is self-limiting?

121
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How is coccidiosis prevented?

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Sanitatoin is most important. Keep food seperate from housing, and do not feed raw meet.

122
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What two drugs that are used in coccidiosis infections compete with AA synthesis? Which AA’s?

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Amprolium (Thiamine) and Robenidine (Guanine)

123
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What are the adverse effects of amprolium?

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Thiamine deficiency, depression, anorexia, diarrhea, neurological signs

124
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Coccidiosis drug treatment in what species: Amprolium

125
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Coccidiosis drug treatment in what species: Decoquinate

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Ruminants and birds

126
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Coccidiosis drug treatment in what species: Declazuril

127
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Coccidiosis drug treatment in what species: Robendine

128
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Coccidiosis drug treatment in what species: Halofuginone

129
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Coccidiosis drug treatment in what species: Ionophore antibiotics

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Ruminants/birds (monensin, lasalocid) and Birds (maduramicin, narasin, semduramicin, salinomycin)

130
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Coccidiosis drug treatment in what species:Sulfadimethoxine

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Ruminants and birds

131
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What is used to treat coccidiosis infections in dogs and cats?

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Sulfadimethoxine + ormetoprim, sulfadiazine + trimethoprim, and sulfadimethozine

132
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Which of the protozoa are reportable?

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Leishmania, B. bigemina,

133
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Which of the protozoa are zoonotic?

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T. Gondii, N. Caninum, Leishmania, C. parvum, Trypanosomiasis, Giardia

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