Medicine Stuff Flashcards
What is pathopneumonic for a liver shunt in cats
Bright orange irises, pytalism
What type of urinary stones are dogs with portosystemic shunts predisposed to
Urate stones
How do you treat portosystemic shunts and why
Diet change, lactulose (keeps ammonia in the excitable form), oral neomycin (kills urease producing bacteria to decrease ammonia)
What is the cause of erthyma migrans in humans
Lymes disease from ixodes ticks
What is the cause of canine granulocytic erlichiosis
E. Ewingii or anaplasma phagocytophilia - vector amblyomma
What is the causative agent of canine monocytosis erlichiosis
Evlichin canis, vector Ripicephalus
What are clinical signs of erlichiosis
Edema of limbs, petechia, oral vesicles, aqueous flare , increased alp, hypoalbuminemia
What is the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and what’s the vector
Ricketsia rickettsia, vector is dermacentor
What clinical signs do you see with RMSF and why
Some as erlichiosis (fever, edema of limbs, oral vesiculations, aqueous flae and retinitis) - demacenter causes a vaults leading to those clinical signs
How do companion animals become infected with tularemia, what is the causative agent and vector
Close contact with rabbits (or rodents), tick vector - franciélla tulatenasis is the causative agent
How do companion animals become infected with tularemia, what is the causative agent and vector
Close contact with rabbits (or rodents), tick vector - franciélla tulatenasis is the causative agent
What is the most important thing to note about tularemia
Zoonotic - potent biological warfare (pneumonic, typhoidal, etc)
What clinical signs do you see in dogs with Tularemia
Dogs ave relatively resistant but can see anorexia, lymphadenopathy, oral ulceration
What is the vector of cytazoon felis
Dermacentor ticks
What clinical signs do you see with cytazuan felis - describe infection
Rapidly progressive, almost 100% fatal - dark red urine, icterus, fever, prolonged CRT, dic, anemia
You see ring shaped organisms in red blood cells and find shizonts in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes _ what is your top differential
Cytazoon felis
What does anaplasma marginale cause in cattle - how do you differentiate it from other diseases like bacillary hemoglobinuria or leptospirosis
Extravascular hemolysis without hemoglobinuria (those other diseases do have it)
What clinical signs can you see with anaplasma marginale infection in cattle
Weak, icteric, depressed, staring into space, pale
What clinical signs can you see with anaplasma marginale infection in cattle
Weak, icteric, depressed, staring into space, pale
How is Anaplasma transmitted
Ticks or blood vectors like shared needles
What is the vector for babesia - which species are affected
Rhipechephalus - dogs and horses are affected
What clinical signs do you see with babesia infection - how do you treat it
Anemia, thrombocytopenia due to RBC destruction - treat with imidocarb (an antiprotozoal agent)
What is the causative agent of heartwater disease and which species are affected
Erlichia ruminatum , vector amblyomma - see fatal encephalitis in sheep, goats and cattle
What is the causative agent of epizootic bovine abortion / California foothills
Ornithodoras cornicus (soft tick)
What signs can you see with epizootic foothill abortion
Aborted fetus with enlarged lymph nudes, spleen and destructive lesion to thymus
What is otobius megnini
A soft hick often found in the ears of cattle
What is otobius megnini
A soft hick often found in the ears of cattle
What is otobius megnini
A soft hick often found in the ears of cattle
What clinical signs do you usually see with blastomycosis
Think bells - bones, eyes, lungs, lymph nodes, skin - uveitis, cough, lymphadenopathy
Which fungal disease is common in Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri River valley, mainly affecting dogs
Blastomycosis and histoplasmosis
On cytology, you find small intracellular yeast with small bodies, basophilic centers in mononuclear phagocytes - what is your top differential
Histoplasmosis
What clinical signs do you commonly see with histoplasmosis
Large bowel diarrhea - no staining, large volume, mucous, frank blood
Describe cryptococcus neoformans on cytology
Small yeast with a large capsule, narrow based budding
Describe cryptococcus neoformans on cytology
Small yeast with a large capsule, narrow based budding
Which fungus survives well in pigeon feces
CRyptococcus
What clinical signs do you see with cryptococus neoformans
Respiratory and ocular disease, Roman nose, facial swelling, lymphadenopathy
What clinical signs do you see with cryptococus neoformans
Respiratory and ocular disease, Roman nose, facial swelling, lymphadenopathy
How can you diagnose aspergillosis
On histopath, you would see branching fungal hyphae and then might see fungal plaques on rhinoscopy
In what breeds are you likely to see cases of aspergillosis
Doliocephalics - nasal aspergillosis
German sheperds- disseminated aspergillosis
How do you treat aspergillosis infection - what is me risk
Clotrimazole - risk of laryngeal edema
How do you treat aspergillosis infection - what is me risk
Clotrimazole - risk of laryngeal edema
How do coccidomycosis affect dogs versus cats
Cats - only causes skin lesions
Dogs - similar lesions to blasto (cough, lameness , draining lesions, pneumonia, lymphadenopathy)
How do you diagnose coccidiomycosis
Spherules - double walled structure with endophores
How do you treat coccidiomycosis- what is the exception
Antifungals - do not use ketconazole in cats became it will cause vomiting
Which antifungal should you not use in cats and why
Ketoconazole - will cause vomiting
Which fungal infection causes chronic nonhealing wounds and draining tracts, and can be zoonotic to pet owners
Sporothrichosis
How are cats infected with sporotrichosis
Found in soil, rose bushes