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lecture quiz 4 Flashcards

1
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housing requirements for reptiles and amphibians (heating, lighting)

A

POTZ (ectothermic)
full spectrum lighting (UVA/UVB)
hides
water
substrates
heating source at one end of cage

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2
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nutritional needs for reptile/amphibian, guinea pigs

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R/A: Ca, A, D
guinea pigs: pelleted hay, C

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3
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Know how to use a physical exam to check if a bird is eating

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palpate crop

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4
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Renal portal system

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blood returning back to the heart goes through the kidney; can cause nephrotoxicity or change pharmacokinetics of drug

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5
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methods to administer medications to reptiles and amphibians

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topical
- transdermal absorption (amphibians)
- soaking
PO
- gavage, stomach tube, syringe (into crop)
- hide/inject into prey
- powders or liquids applied to food source

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6
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feather picking

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  • picking feathers from stress
  • change environment
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7
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abscesses

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  • caseous, cheese-like
  • surgically debride (no local anesthetics)
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8
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bumblefoot

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  • abscessed foot by dirty perches and foot abrasion
  • drain, antibiotic ointment, bandage
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9
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ectoparasites (scaly face-leg mite)

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  • burrows into skin
  • crusty, powdery, porous lesions
  • give oral or injectable ivermectin
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10
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uropygial or preen gland infection

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  • swollen at base of tail
  • manually express, hot compress, topical steroid antibiotic ointment
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11
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beak overgrowth

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  • infection, trauma, congenital malformation
  • Dremel or nail trimmers to file down
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12
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tumors

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most common parakeet

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13
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normal droppings

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white - green - liquid
35-50 droppings/day

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14
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weight issues

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  • palpate keel for muscle loss
  • palpate crop (empty = not eating)
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15
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acute enteritis

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  • inc droppings, green, pasted vent, whole seeds in feces
  • oral antibiotics, soft diet, heat, vitamins, kaopectate, and maintain hydration
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16
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crop impactions

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  • overfeeding/engorging on grit = neck swelling
  • mineral oil-caster oil with gavage needle and massage
17
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PDD

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  • viral
  • chronic weight loss, regurgitation, undigested food in droppings
18
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physiologic emesis

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  • spit seeds and mucous at mirrors and toys (during mating season)
  • remove those items
19
Q

gout

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  • deposition of uric acid crystals in joints and visceral organs
  • palliative
20
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respiratory disease

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  • pneumonia, air sacculitis
  • discharge above nares, audible respiratory sounds and effort, tail bobbing, depressed, eyes closed, ruffled feathers
  • heat, nebulize w antibiotics, oral glucose
21
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psittacosis - ornithosis

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  • zoonotic
  • respiratory signs, neon green urates
  • chlortetracycline (treated with before entering US)
22
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ovarian dysfunction

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  • nest building, emesis of crop milk, egg laying
  • place in dark, fake eggs, give testosterone
23
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egg binding

A
  • passerines
  • Ca/vit. D deficiency, trauma, obesity, lack of nesting material
  • sits on cage bottom with legs spread, palpable swelling respiratory distress
24
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vitamin A issues

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  • turtles and chameleons
  • hypovitaminosis: palpebral edema, keratitis, nasal discharge, anorexia, lethargy, aural abscesses
25
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NSP

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  • r+a
  • metabolic bone disease
  • improper Ca:P ratio, inadequate vit. D3
  • bone deformity, leg swelling, muscle tremors, death
26
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ecdysis

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  • shedding
  • retained skin
  • soak (mineral oil), humidity chambers, rocks and branches to scratch on
27
Q

parasites

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  • r+a
    mites, ticks
    protozoa - amphibians
    helminths - pinworm
    cestodes
    trematodes - amphibians, aquatic reptiles
28
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scurvy

A
  • guinea pigs
  • hypovitaminosis C
  • gingival hemorrhage, loss of teeth, bone pain
  • parenteral and oral vit C
29
Q

malocclusion of premolars

A
  • GP
  • spit out food, anorexia, wt loss
30
Q

dystocia

A
  • GP
  • difficult labor from fusion of pubic symphysis
  • c-section
31
Q

pododermatitis

A

-GP
- abrasions and subsequent bacterial infection
- inflamed skin, swelling on feet, lameness

32
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respiratory distress

A
  • GP
  • bacterial
  • nasal discharge, sneezing, dyspnea, otitis media
33
Q

diseases GP have that mice have

A

salmonellosis
tyzzers

34
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lymphadenitis

A

-GP
- inflammation of lymph nodes
- swelling on neck

35
Q

dermatophytes of GP

A

trichophyton mentagrophytes

36
Q

ectoparasites of GP

A

mites (chewing lice)
alopecia

37
Q

endoparasites of GP

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roundworm and pinworm

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