Lecture 12

Question 1

What does feline panleukopaenia/feline enteritis target

Answer 1

Rapidly dividing cells e.g. crypt cells in intestine

Question 2

What are the clinical signs of feline panleukopaenia/feline enteritis

Answer 2

Diarrhoea, vomiting, dehydration, depression

Question 3

What is the pathology of feline panleukopaenia/feline enteritis

Answer 3

Immunosupression and panleukopaenia Flaccid dilated red intestine with serositis Loss of villous architecture Intranuclear inclusions in enterocytes Desgumated cells in crypts Congenital cerebellar hypoplasia

Question 4

What does canine parvovirus target

Answer 4

Rapidly dividing cells e.g. crypt cells in intestine

Question 5

Why do young pups get canine parvovirus

Answer 5

They aren’t protected by maternal ab

Question 6

What does the outcome of feline infectious peritonitis depend on

Answer 6

Immune response

Question 7

What are the two forms of feline infectious peritonitis

Answer 7

Wet form - develop wide spread vaculitis : effusion of protein-rich fluid, fibrinous polyserositis Dry form - Vaculitis but not effusion of fluid

Question 8

What do both forms of FIP cause

Answer 8

Depression, inappetence wt loss, most die Pyogranulomatous lesions around blood vessels

Question 9

What is seen with the wet form of feline infectious peritonitis

Answer 9

Rapid onset Thick, stringy high protein fluid in body cavity

Question 10

What is seen with the dry form of feline infectious peritonitis

Answer 10

Insidious onset No effusion of fluid

Question 11

What does histolytic ulcerative colitis affect

Answer 11

Young boxer dogs

Question 12

What does histolytic ulcerative colitis cause

Answer 12

Ulcerated colon - enterocyte necrosis overlying granulomatous reaction Many macrophages in lamina propria and submucosa Lymphadenopathy

Question 13

What is an immunologic intestinal disease

Answer 13

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Diffuse eosinophilic gastroenteritis Wheat-sensitive enteropathy of Irish setters - similar to gluten intolerance in humans

Question 14

What does immunologic intestinal disease cause

Answer 14

Malabsorption and protein losing enteropathy

Question 15

What are parasitic diseases

Answer 15

Toxocara (round worms) Hookworms Cestodes Coccidiosis

Question 16

How to toxocara spread

Answer 16

Intrauterine transmission last 10 days of pregnancy Through milk Ingestion of eggs from environment

Question 17

What do hookworms do

Answer 17

They are blood feeders in the mucosa

Question 18

How can dogs get infected with hookworm

Answer 18

Transplacental/colostral infection Larvae ingested or skin penetration

Question 19

What do cestodes require

Answer 19

Intermediate hosts Worms compete with host for nutrients

Question 20

What does coccidiosis cause

Answer 20

Diarrhoea in pups and kittens

Question 21

What sort of pathogen is coccidiosis

Answer 21

Obligate intracellular pathogen

Question 22

What does tritrichomonas foetus cause in cattle

Answer 22

Reproductive loss

Question 23

What can be seen histologically with tritrichomonas foetus

Answer 23

Chronic colitis

Question 24

How is tritrichomonas foetus diagnosed

Answer 24

Faecal wet mounts Pyriform or crescent shaped organisms

Question 25

Answer 25

Panleukopenia virus enteritis

Question 26

Question 27

Answer 27

Parvovirus Enteritis

Question 28

Answer 28

Parvovirus Enteritis

Question 29

Answer 29

Parvovirus Enteritis

Question 30

Answer 30

Histiocytic Ulcerative Colitis

Question 31

Answer 31

Histiocytic Ulcerative Colitis

Question 32

Answer 32

Lymphoplasmacytic Enteritis

Question 33

Answer 33

Hookworm, Hemorrhagic Enteritis

Question 34

Answer 34

Giardiasis

Question 35

Answer 35

Lymphosarcoma