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)