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A three-year-old male neutered Labrador retriever from the Ohio river valley basin is presented with chronic large bowel diarrhea and signs of respiratory disease (cough, fever).
A lymph node smear shows round to ovoid (1-4 micrometers) encapsulated structures inside macrophages and giant cells. The organisms have thin cell walls, with thin clear zone between cell wall and cytoplasm.
What is the DX?
A - Histoplasmosis
B - Aspergillosis
C - Cryptococcosis
D - Blastomycosis
E - Coccidioidomycosis
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What is the presumptive diagnosis in a chicken with the following necropsy finding?
A - Renal dystrophy
B - Avian spirochetosis
C - Infectious bursal disease
D - Histomoniasis
E - Marek’s disease
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What is the purpose of placing a permanent rumen fistula in some cattle?
A - Treat traumatic reticuloperitonitis in the fistulated animal
B - Manage vagal indigestion in the fistulated animal
C - Create transfaunation donors
D - Allow for direct administration of medications into rumen long-term
E - This procedure is not done on a permanent basis in cows
A nine-year-old female spayed German Shepherd is presented for non-productive retching and collapse.
Physical examination reveals severe abdominal pain, tachycardia, pale mucous membranes, poor pulse quality, and tachypnea.
The dog is stabilized with intravenous fluid therapy, and an abdominal radiograph is shown below. The second image reveals the findings on exploratory laparotomy.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A - Mesenteric volvulus
B -Intussusception
C - Linear foreign body
D - Intestinal lymphosarcoma
E - Gastrointestinal ulceration
Many hens in a large backyard flock recently became ill after the owner purchased four new chickens. The sick hens are gasping, coughing and sneezing.
They have poor appetite and act depressed. Some affected birds have watery green diarrhea and swelling of the head and neck.
A few have paralyzed legs and wings, twisted necks, are circling, and have tremors or clonic spasms.
Birds are not laying well and some eggs are misshapen with watery albumen. Many of the sickest birds have died.
Necropsy of a dead chicken shows petechial hemorrhages on the mucosal surface of the proventriculus and gizzard (left).
What should be done next to address this problem?
A - Cull affected birds and vaccinate the remainder
B - Disinfect housing with phenolic compounds, barrier precautions for staff
C - Treat all affected chickens with amprolium
D - Report outbreak to regulatory authorities
E - Increase poultry house temperatures to reduce morbidity
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A ten-year-old male neutered mixed breed dog is presented with a two month history of progressive left thoracic limb lameness.
Radiographs and an ultrasound of the affected limb are shown below.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A - Rheumatoid arthritis
B - Septic arthritis
C - Joint neoplasia
D - Fragmented coronoid process
E - Degenerative joint disease
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