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How to obtain ruminal fluid

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  • orogastric tube
  • ruminal puncture
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Which examination can be delayed to 24h in refrigerator after rumen sample

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Chloride and ammonia conc.

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Why should the rumen samples be evaluated directly after collection?

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minimize effect of cooling and air exposure on protozoal activity

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what influences the ruminal fluid properties?

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  • composition of the diet
  • circumstances of the feeding and sampling
  • time interval from feeding and drinking
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what can be seen in a rumen sample if taken immediately after feeding?

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  • VFA and gas concentration increase
  • pH will be lower
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What can be seen in a rumen sample taken after drinking?

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  • dilute sample
  • decrease temperature
  • decrease motility of microorganism
  • decrease viscosity
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give the normal and abnormal odor during physical rumen analysis

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Normal:
 Aromatic odor
Abnormal:
 Ammonia smell (urea poisoning)
 Moldy rotting (protein putrefaction)
 Acidic or sour odor (excess lactic acid/grain overfeeding)

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give the normal and abnormal color during physical rumen analysis

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Normal:
 Olive to brownish green (hay ration)
 Deeper green color (green ration)
 Yellowish brown color (grain or silage ration)
Abnormal:
 Milky grey (grain overfeeding, lactic acidosis)
 Darker greenish or brownish (ruminal stasis/decomposition)
 Grey with clots of milk (calves with abomasal reflux)

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give the normal and abnormal consistency during physical rumen analysis

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Normal:
- slightly viscous
Abnormal:
- Increased viscosity (saliva contamination)
- Decreased viscosity, watery with few feed particles (inactive bacteria or protozoa)
- Excess frothy, stable bubbles (frothy bloat/ vagus indigestion)

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In a rumen sample what can be seen in the sedimentation test for a very active fluid?

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may exhibit sedimentation of fine particles with subsequent flotation

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In a rumen sample what can be seen in the sedimentation test for an inactive fluid?

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rapid sedimentation with little to no flotation, due to lack of fermentative gases

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In a rumen sample during the sedimentation test, if a stable froth is present what can this indicate?

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  • frothy bloat
  • vagal indigestions in Hoflund disease (stenosis)
  • treatment with sympathomimethics against ruminal atonia
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What is easily used for pH measurement

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pH paper

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What is a normal rumen pH, what can modify it?

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  • 6,3 - 7
  • grain fed cows can have lower pH
  • hay or green fed can have higher pH
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Causes of an elevated rumen pH

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-Simple indigestion or reduced feed intake for greater than 2 days
-Urea indigestion
-Putrefaction of ruminal content from prolonged rumen stasis
- Saliva contamination

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causes of a lowered rumen pH

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  • Grain overfeeding
    -Chronic ruminal acidosis
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how can the rumen of an animal suffering from lactic acidosis have a normal pH

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if anorexia has been prolonged due to continued saliva production

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what is the acetic acid : propionic acid ratio

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4:1

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when pH decreases in rumen what happens to VFA

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they decrease

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how can VFA in rumen be measured

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high performance gas chromatography

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bacterias have an important role in which processes in rumen ?

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redox

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when is the redox potential increased in the rumen fluid?

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in diet rich in starch and ruminal acidosis

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when is the redox potential reduced?

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ruminal flora is destroyed

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Which test is for the reducing ability of anaerobic rumen flora?

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méthylène blue reduction test

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What is the predominant Gram of the bacterias present in the rumen?
negative
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What can change the gram population of rumen bacteria?
lactic acidosis (more homogenous / gram positive) rich fiber diet (gram negative) rich starch diet (gram positive)
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What happens to fungi in case of acidosis or putrefaction?
they disappear completely
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how can rumen ammonia be measured and what is the difficulty?
spectrophotometer or with selective ion method N is highly volatile and contamination can occur from surroundings
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How can ammonia increase in the rumen and what would it cause?
- high dietary protein intake - energy deficiency (after calving) - liver disorder will cause ruminal alkalosis
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How can ammonia increase in the rumen and what would it cause?
- high dietary protein intake - energy deficiency (after calving) - liver disorder will cause ruminal alkalosis
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in which cases can the chloride concentration increases?
gastric torsion pylorus obstruction high salt intake abomasal disorder (ulcer, inflammation, hyperacidity)
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What can the measurement of bilirubin indicate?
types of jaundice
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What is bilirubin?
lipid soluble molecule, from the breakdown of aged red blood cells by mononuclear phagocyte system
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Where is found unconjugated bilirubin?
bound to albumin
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What is bilirubin II?
glucuronic acid conjugated Br from hepatocytes, and excreted by the bile
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Where can bacterially reduced bilirubin be seen?
too small to be measured in plasma, only in urine
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Which 3 very important derivates are absorbed only at special mucosa of ileum
UBG Vit B12 bile acids
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causes of increased Br I in serum
excess Br prod due to RBC destruction decreased uptake of Br by liver decreased rate of conjugation of Br by liver cells
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3 types of jaundice
prehepatic (haemolysis) hepatic (liver cell damage) posthepatic (cholestasis)
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What is the oxidized form of of bilirubin, what causes it?
Biliverdin caused by sun
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blood bilirubin methods of measurement
Van den Bergh Grof Jendrassik
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Causes of increased Br II in serum
few days after severe acute intravascular haemolysis decreased excretion by liver obstruction of bile duct
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Cause of bilirubinuria
increased excretion of plasma Br II level
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What could an increase of UBG mean
increased haemolysis or liver damage
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From the Gmelin test what does those colors mean? condensed material on surface of glass yellow white purple green brown
acidic urea urine itself protein indicane biliverdin urobilinogen
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What is the Ehrlich test used for?
UBG measurement in urine
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What is an abnormal sign in the Ehrlich test?
Red color discoloration
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increase of Br I in blood
Prehepatic > Hepatic > post hepatic
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increase of Br II
post hepatic > hepatic > prehepatic
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Increase of UBG
prehepatic > hepatic
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prehepatic blood measurements
increase of : BrI, BrII, UBG, Free haemoglobin, reticulocytes, Coagulation time, ALT, LDH, urea decrease of: Haptoglobin, Ht
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hepatic blood measurements
increased of: Br I, Br II, UBG, Coagulation time, ALT, AST, GLDH, NH3, bile acids decreased of: free hemoglobin, Ht, reticulocytes count, urea
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Posthepatic blood measurements
increase of : Br II, Coagulation time, ALKP, GGT, Bile acids
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What test can be performed to examine excretory function of liver
BSP-test
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What is the BSP test
injection IV of dye, if liver function is normal dye should be broken down. Give info about UDP-glucuronyl transferase
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Dog retention of BSP
5-10
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Cat retention of BSP
3-5
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What could be the cause of increased BSP retention
primary liver failure decreased hepatic perfusion decreased UDP-glucuronyl transferase activity
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How much is the loss of bile acids through feaces
2-5%
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What are the 2 ways of sampling bile acids
after 10 hours of starvation after eating Heparin cannot be used
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causes of increased of bile acids in the blood
bile duct obstruction liver injury/hepatic cell damage decrease in liver function
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What can a decrease in liver function, uptake of absorbed bile acid induce
increase of bile acid in the blood increase in urobilinogen
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causes of decreased bile acid in the blood
decreased absorption from intestines sever liver cirrhosis (decreased synthesis)
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Examples of proteins made by the liver
Albumin, coagulation factors, apolipoprteins,
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In case of liver failure what happens to the lysosomal enzymes
Will be elevated in the blood
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What is the first proteins to decrease in case of liver failure
Coagulation factors
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What does low apolipoprotein level in blood cause in the liver
Fatty liver
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What is the last protein to have it’s synthesis affected by liver failure
Albumin
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What is to be tested to examine the protein synthesis ability of liver
TP, albumin, fribinogen
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What can be expected if albumin concentration is <20g/l and <11g/l ?
-Edema can be expected -Edema formation
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What can a decrease of ammonia in blood indicate in carnivores?
Severe decrease of liver functions
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What can a decrease in ammonia concentration indicate in ruminants?
Consequence of ruminal alkalosis
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What does a low ammonia concentration indicate in horses and rabbits?
Pathological breakdown of ingest in the colon or caecum Liver failure
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Can ammonia levels be taken to test liver functions
Yes
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What is used to measure ammonia
Ammonia-checker, can be portable
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In which case is it worth performing NH3 tolerance test
basal values do not show alteration and portosystemic shunt is strong
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Causes of increased NH3 concentration in blood
impaired liver function Ruminal alkalosis intestinal overgrowth of ammonia producing bacteria
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Location of the AST enzyme
mitochondria of liver cells, muscle, red blood cells
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Causes of Increased AST
muscles: intensive exercise, muscles inflammation liver cells: ethanol consumption, hepatopathy, severe parenchymal damage RBCs: haemolysis
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Causes of decreased AST
metronidasol Vit. B6 deficiency
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Location ALT
Liver cells RBCs in herbivores (not liver specific)
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Causes of increased ALT
Liver damage (esp in Car) Chronic active hepatitis cirrhosis bile duct obstruction pancreatitis
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Location of GLDH
Liver specific, in Ruminants, horses and dogs
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Increased GLDH
severe liver cell necrosis that leads to mitochondrial membrane damage
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ALKP is not liver specific in which species?
Cats
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Causes of increased ALKP
bone: young dogs, pregnant animals, bone fracture liver: cholestasis, bile acids, acute necrosis, live cirrhosis, barbiturates, intra/extra hepatic biliary obstruction
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Causes of decreased ALKP
very severe cirrhosis
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GGT enzyme is liver specific in which specie?
horses
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tubular cell damage causes increased activity of which enzyme
ALKP
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causes of increased GGT
biliary stasis, cirrhosis, barbiturates, hepatic lipidosis
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What are the enzymes usually measured in dogs?
ALT, ALKP, GGT
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What are the enzymes usually measured in Cat?
ALT, GGT
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What are the enzymes usually measured in ruminants?
AST, GLDH
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What are the enzymes usually measured in horses?
AST, GGT
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What are the enzymes usually measured in swine?
AST, GGT, ALKP, OCT, SDH
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What are the changes in lipid metabolism due to impaired liver function?
- decreased total cholesterol concentration - increased FFA - lipid accumulation in liver
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What happens to the weight in case of chronic kidney disease
Decreases
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During acute kidney failure how is the water intake affected
Decreased
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During chronic kidney failure how is the water intake affected
Increases
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What is the urine output during acute kidney failure
Anuria (decreased/no urine)
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Urine output during chronic renal failure
Polyuria
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Azotaemia
Accumulation of nitrogen containing protein breakdown products in the blood
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Uraemia
Increase of level of nitrogen containing protein breakdown product and toxin in the blood + obvious clinical signs
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2 methods to determine level of urea
Urea colour test Enzymatic urea method
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Increase of blood urea concentration, prerenal factors
Increased protein intake Poor energy status in ruminant Increase of protein catabolism (intestinal bacteria overgrowth) Intestinal or gastric bleeding Haemolysis Decrease perfusion of kidneys
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Postrenal factor for urea increase
Inhibition of urine flow Rupture of kidney, urethra, urinary bladder
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Decrease of urea
Impaired liver Hyper hydration Decrease protein intake
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What is creatinine a good indicator of
Glomerular function
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Method to measure creatinine
Jaffe methode Enzymatic method
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Blood creatinine depends on
Meat content of diet State of muscle Kidney pain glomerulus function
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To asses kidney function which test is most reliable
Serum/plasma creatinine level
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High urea +low/normal creatinine
Urea: GI bleeding Creatinine : muscle atrophy

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