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Rabbit (BB + PB) Flashcards

1
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Scientific name of the domestic rabbit

A

Oryctolagus cuniculus

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2
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Most common breed of rabbit used in research

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New Zealand White

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3
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Genus of new world wild rabbits

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Sylvilagus

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4
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Genus of true hares

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Lepus

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5
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Primary use of rabbits in research

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antibody production, blood collection

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6
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What serotype of immunoglobulins do rabbits not produce?

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IgD Also hamsters, pigs

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What disease is found in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits?

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cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis deficiency in LDL receptors in liver

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8
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What rabbit atherosclerosis model has functioning LDL receptors?

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St. Thomas Hospital strain

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9
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What rabbit atherosclerosis model does not have functioning LDL receptors in the liver?

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WHHL

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10
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What musculoskeletal injury are rabbits prone to with poor handling?

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L7-S1 fracture

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11
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At what age do neonatal rabbits start to thermoregulate?

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7 days

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12
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Fasting neonatal rabbits for 6 hours results in what?

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hypoglycemia, ketosis

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13
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How many forms of ALP do rabbits have? Other mammal species?

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rabbits have 3 isotypes, other species only have 2

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14
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What is special about the heart in rabbits?

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Tricuspid valve only has 2 cusps

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15
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A rabbit has a normal physical exam. Bloodwork reveals polychromasia with 2-5% circulating reticulocytes. How do you address this issue?

A

This is normal.

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16
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T/F: Rabbits are obligate nasal breathers

A

T

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17
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A rabbit is apneic after induction of anesthesia. Will chest compressions assist with artificial ventilation?

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No- respiration via diaphragm, chest compressions don’t work

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18
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How does lung volume in rabbits change with age?

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It increases unlike humans and dogs

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19
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A rabbit lacks peg teeth. Is this congenital abnormality dominant or recessive?

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absence is dominant

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20
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What type of muscle lines the rabbit esophagus?

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skeletal

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21
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What is the thick-walled area of lymphoid tissue at the ileocecal junction called?

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sacculus rotundus

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22
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What is the cecal tonsil?

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round patch of lymphoid tissue adjacent to sacculus rotundus

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23
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What is the thick-walled tan-colored lymphoid tissue at the tip of the cecum called?

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vermiform appendix

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24
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What anatomic structure regulates the release of cecotrophs vs hard pellets?

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fusus coli

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25
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Does the pancreatic duct enter the duodenum separately from the bile duct or together? What other species are similar to rabbits?

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Separately Rodents

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26
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What type of crystals are excreted in normal rabbit urine?

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calcium carbonate monohydrate ammonium magnesium phosphate

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27
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What 2 elements are excreted in the urine in rabbits but in the bile of other species?

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calcium magnesium

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28
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How much urine do rabbits produce per day?

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50-75ml/kg/day

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29
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When do rabbits hit puberty?

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4-8mo depending on breed, size, gender

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30
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What type of uterus do rabbits have?

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duplex/bicornuate uterus w 2 cervices and 2 uterine horns

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31
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T/F: Rabbits are spontaneous ovulators.

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F- they are induced

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32
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How long is the rabbit estrus cycle

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4-17d

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33
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What are signs of receptivity to a male in female rabbits?

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lordosis in response to mounting vulvar swelling/congestion rubbing of chin on hutch/cage restlessness

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34
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Do bucks have open inguinal canals?

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yes

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35
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Do bucks have abdominal nipples?

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no

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36
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When breeding rabbits, which of the following should you do? a. bring the doe to the buck’s cage b. bring the buck to the doe’s cage c. pair house permanently d. pair house until just before parturition e. use a collar just slightly smaller than the male’s cage opening to prevent does from accessing the buck

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a. bring the doe to the buck’s cage

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37
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How long is gestation in rabbits?

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30-32d

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38
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A rabbit is kindling, and one of the kits is in the breech position. Should you intervene?

A

No- this is normal

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39
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What type of placentation do rabbits have?

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hemochorial

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40
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When can pregnancy be diagnosed in rabbits?

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11d by radiographs 14d by ultrasound

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41
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T/F: Calcium is absorbed in proportion to Ca provided in the diet.

A

T

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42
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How much water do rabbits need per day?

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120ml/kg/day

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43
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Thumping, biting, and charging are considered what kind of behaviors?

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defensive

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44
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T/F: lab rabbits are crepuscular

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F- they are diurnal. Wild rabbits are crepuscular or nocturnal

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45
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What cage height is required by the Guide for rabbits?

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16in

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46
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What cage height is required by the AWA for rabbits?

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14in

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47
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What floor space is required by the Guide for rabbits <2kg?

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1.5ft2

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48
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What floor space is required by the Guide for rabbits <4kg?

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3ft2

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49
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What floor space is required by the Guide for rabbits <5.4kg?

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4ft2

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50
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What floor space is required by the Guide for rabbits 5.4kg or more?

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at least 5ft2

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51
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How many rabbits can be transported together in a single container?

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15

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52
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What procedure should occur before washing rabbit caging?

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acid wash to remove urine scale

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53
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What temperature should rabbits be kept at?

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61-72F (16-22C)

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54
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What is the TNZ of rabbits per the Guide?

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15-20C

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55
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How is shope papillomavirus transmitted?

A

insect vectors- why it’s on places that flies land

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56
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Squamous cell carcinoma is associated with malignant transformation of what viral disease?

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Shope papillomavirus

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57
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What viral disease is used as a model of oncogenic viral biology and treatment and prevention of this disease in humans?

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Shope papillomavirus

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58
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Does vaccination against Shope papillomavirus protect against development of papillomas?

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No

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59
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What age is most often affected by rabbit oral papillomavirus?

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2-18mo

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60
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How is rabbit oral papillomavirus spread?

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direct contact

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61
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You see a pedunculated lesion on the ventral surface of the tongue in a rabbit with basophilic IN inclusions. What is your primary differential?

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rabbit oral papillomavirus

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62
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How is Shope papillomavirus resolved?

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The immune response causes lesion regression

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63
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What polyomavirus is a contaminant of papilloma virus stocks but has no pathogenic effect?

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rabbit kidney vacuolating virus

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64
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How prevalent is parvovirus in rabbits?

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Most lab rabbits seropositive

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65
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How is myxoma virus transmitted?

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arthropods, direct contact

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66
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What are clinical signs of myxomavirus in rabbits?

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subq mixoid mass 3-4d after exposure conjunctivitis, SQ edema, tumors fatal dz w bacterial pneumonia possible

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67
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How is myxoma virus definitively diagnosed?

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clinical signs, PCR, ELISA, viral cltr

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68
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How do you prevent myxomavirus?

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adequate quarantine and arthropod control

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69
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What is the causative agent of shope fibromatosis?

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rabbit fibroma virus

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70
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What causes firm, flattened tumors on the legs and feet of cottontails that persist for months?

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rabbit fibroma virus (Shope fibromatosis)

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71
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How is rabbit pox transmitted?

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aerosol

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72
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What is rabbit pox a model for?

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smallpox in humans

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73
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What age is most often affected by leporid herpesvirus 1?

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Herpes sylvilagus- seen in young rabbits

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74
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What are the clinical signs of leporid herpesvirus 1?

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lymphoproliferative disease in Sylvilagus, model of Epstein-Barr virus Nonpathogenic for domestic rabbits

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75
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What herpesvirus causes clinical signs in rabbits?

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Leporid herpesvirus 4 (see eye/skin ulceration) Herpes simplex 1 (human)

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76
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Exposure of rabbits to herpes simplex is a model for what?

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experimental herpes simplex encephalitis

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77
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Rabbit hemorrhagic disease is caused by what virus?

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calicivirus

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78
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Rabbit hemorrhagic disease has the highest mortality in what age group?

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adults

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79
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What is the only consistent histopathologic finding in rabbit hemorrhagic disease?

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hepatocellular periportal necrosis

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80
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What are the clinical signs of rabbit hemorrhagic disease?

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incoordination, shaking, CNS signs, death, coagulopathy

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81
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What is seen on gross necropsy with rabbit hemorrhagic disease?

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pulmonary hemorrhage/edema, hepatosplenomegaly, perirenal hemorrhage, serosal ecchymoses

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82
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How is rabbit hemorrhagic disease diagnosed?

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EM of liver, ELISA, hemagglutinin inhibition

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83
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How is rabbit hemorrhagic disease treated?

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“treated” by quarantine and depopulation- economically important disease

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84
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What clinical signs are seen with coronaviral enteritis?

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low BCS, dehydration, perineal fecal staining

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85
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What histopathologic findings are common for coronaviral enteritis?

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villous blunting, vacuolation/necrosis of enterocytes, mucosal edema, mononuclear cell infiltration

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86
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A rabbit is inoculated with Treponema pallidum as part of a study. After several weeks, it develops uveitis and signs of CHF. What is the likely cause?

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coronavirus contamination of the T. pallidum

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87
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What are the histopathologic findings of coronaviral pleural effusion disease with cardiomyopathy?

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multifocal myocardial degeneration and necrosis, lymphoid depletion, uveitis

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88
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what virus is used in the rabbit model of cardiomyopathy and CHF?

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coronavirus

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89
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Coinfection with what pathogen in rabbits affected by rotavirus induces worse pathology?

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E. coli

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90
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Where does rotavirus replicate?

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mature enterocytes

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91
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What age group is most affected by rotavirus?

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suckling and weanling kits

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92
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What histopath is seen with rotavirus in rabbits?

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villus blunting, malabsorption

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93
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Where is Sendai virus found in rabbits?

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respiratory tract

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94
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Do rabbits shed Sendai virus?

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Yes, for 10d after IN inoculation

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95
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Do rabbits get rabies?

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YES- highly susceptible with rapid progression to paralysis and death over the course of weeks

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96
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What is the major cause of respiratory pathology in rabbits?

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Pasteurella multocida

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97
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What serotype of P. multocida most commonly causes snuffles?

98
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What serotypes of P. multocida most commonly cause bronchopneumonia?

99
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Is P. multocida spread via aerosol?

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No- direct contact

100
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What are the gross pathologic findings of P. multocida in rabbits?

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suppurative inflammation of multiple organs

101
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T/F: P. multocida causes cranioventral bronchopneumonia in rabbits

102
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Reproductive tract infection with P. multocida causes what major lesion associated with high mortality?

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acute necrotizing metritis with abortion, stillbirth, death

103
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What is the first-line treatment for P. multocida in rabbits?

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fluoroquinolones

104
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How can a facility eradicate P. multocida from rabbits?

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Treat with enrofloxacin, then rederive via c-section/hysterectomy

105
Q

Bordetella bronchiseptica in rabbits can affect what other species resulting in fatalities?

A

guinea pigs

106
Q

What toxin is produced by Clostridium perfringens?

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type E iota toxin

107
Q

What disease condition and pathogen is carbohydrate overload associated with in rabbits?

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enterotoxemia d/t C. perfringens

108
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What toxins are produced by C. difficile?

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Type A enterotoxin, type B cytotoxin, binary toxin

109
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What is the gold standard for diagnosis of C. difficile in rabbits?

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tissue culture assay for toxin B

110
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Where in the GIT are the most severe lesions of C. diff found?

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jejunum, ileum, cecum

111
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What is the most common clostridial pathogen associated with enteritis complex in juvenile rabbits?

A

Clostridium spiriforme

112
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Selective necrosis of mucosal epithelium with submucosal edema and hemorrhage are diagnostic for what in juvenile rabbits?

A

C. spiriforme

113
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What are 2 risk factors for C. spiroforme in rabbits?

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feed change weaning prior antibiotic treatment concurrent infxn

114
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How is C. spiroforme transmitted in rabbits?

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environmental, fecal-oral

115
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What is the typical appearance of Clostridium piliforme?

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Gram negative spore-forming rod found in pleomorphic piles in lesions

116
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What tissues are affected by Tyzzer’s disease in rabbits?

A

Inetstine Liver Heart

117
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What are sequelae of Tyzzer’s disease found in survivors?

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stricture, stunting

118
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What are predisposing factors for Tyzzer’s disease in rabbits

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shipping diet change high environmental temps poor sanitation corticosterone treatment

119
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What special stains can be used to identify the etiologic agent of Tyzzer’s disease?

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gram stain Warthin-Starry Giemsa levaditi PAS

120
Q

What 3 clinical syndromes are caused by E. coli in rabbits?

A

enteritis UTI sepsis/meningitis

121
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What type of E. coli is a common cause of enteritis in rabbits?

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attaching and effacing (AEEC)

122
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Does AAEC produce enterotoxins?

123
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T/F: Low stomach pH is associated with E. coli infection.

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F- low pH limits growth of E. coli, increasing the pH predisposes to dz

124
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What gene is associated with attachment and effacement of intestine with EPEC infection?

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Eae gene for intimin

125
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What are clinical signs of enteropathogenic E. coli in rabbits?

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bloody diarrhea, sudden death

126
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Which infectious etiology causes paintbrush hemorrhages in the intestine with experimental infection?

127
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What type of E. coli produces shiga toxin?

128
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Rabbits with E. coli that are suspected at risk for uremic syndrome should have what treatment?

A

fluids -nephroprotective effect

129
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What etiologic agent causes hemorrhagic enterocolitis with near-100% mortality in the suckling kits of some European rabbitries?

A

Klebsiella pneumoniae

130
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Proliferative enteritis is caused by what etiologic agent?

A

Lawsonia intracellularis

131
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Thickened small intestinal loops with enterocyte hyperplasia and multinucleate giant cells are associated with what disease in rabbits?

A

proliferative enteritis

132
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What special stains can be used to help identify Lawsonia intracellularis?

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Warthin-Starry silver PAS

133
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How is Lawsonia intracellularis treated?

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PCR/quarantine Oral neomycin

134
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What stain could be used to identify Vibrio infection in weanling rabbits?

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Levaditi (silver nitrate)

135
Q

Clear gelatinous colonic mucous in rabbits 7-10 weeks old is associated with what condition?

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mucoid enteropathy

136
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Several late-gestation does die and you see abortion and stillbirth in some of your other does. What is your primary differential?

A

Listeria monocytogenes

137
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How is Listeria diagnosed?

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Clinical signs + culture of affected tissues

138
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What tissues are commonly affected by Listeria at necropsy?

A

placentitis ascites miliary necrosis of liver, splenomegaly

139
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How is metritis caused by Listeria differentiated from Pasteurella at necropsy?

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Pasteurella doesn’t cause hepatic lesions

140
Q

What clinical signs are seen in neonatal rabbits <1w old with Staphylococcal infection?

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Acute septicemia and death

141
Q

What is the causative agent of venereal spirochetosis?

A

Treponema paraluiscuniculi- disease only in rabbits T. paraluisleporis- disease in rabbits and hares

142
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How is T. paraluiscuniculi spread?

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venereal; close contact with dam after birth

143
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How is venereal spirochetosis diagnosed?

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wet mount prep + dark field microscopy; silver stain on histopath; serology

144
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How is venereal spirochetosis treated?

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Pen-G; hysterectomy rederivation

145
Q

What is the causative agent of Schmorl’s disease

A

Fusobacterium necrophorum

146
Q

What are predisposing factors to Schmorl’s disease?

A

excessive salivation malocclusion high environmental temps/panting

147
Q

What are the clinical signs associated with Schmorl’s disease

A

dermatitis of dewlap in does

148
Q

What are the most common dermatophytes seen in rabbits?

A

Trichophyton mentagrophytes Microsporum canis

149
Q

What is the gold standard for identification of dermatophytes in rabbits?

A

fungal culture

150
Q

how is Pneumocystis oryctolagi spread?

A

transplacental direct contact aerosol

151
Q

What is the age group most commonly affected by intestinal coccidia?

A

post-weaning

152
Q

How are intestinal coccidia in rabbits treated?

A

sulfamerazine, sulfaquinoxaline

153
Q

How is the oral vaccine for Eimeria magna applied?

A

Sprayed in to the nest box

154
Q

What causes hepatic coccidiosis in rabbits?

A

Eimeria stiedae

155
Q

What are the four stages of disease with hepatic coccidiosis?

A
  1. metabolic dysfunction d/t initial hepatocyte damage 2. cholestasis with elevated liver enzymes 3. metabolic dysfunction associated with end-stage liver 4. immunodepression due to overgrowth of oocysts
156
Q

Biliary changes with oocysts are pathognomonic for what organism in rabbits?

A

Eimeria stiedae

157
Q

What clinical signs are associated with Encephalitozoon infection in dwarf rabbits?

A

uveitis, cataracts, meningoencephalomyelitis, focal radiculoneuritis

158
Q

What clinical signs are seen in rabbits with Encephalitozoon cuniculi?

A

usually subclinical may see nervous signs, renal failure, mortality in NZWs

159
Q

Intrauterine infection with Encephalitozoon cuniculi results in what lesion?

A

Phacoclastic uveitis with rupture of lens capsule

160
Q

How is E. cuniculi spread?

A

urine contact

161
Q

What special stains can be used to identify E. cuniculi?

A

carbol fuschin, Gram, Giemsa

162
Q

What are clinical signs of E. cuniculi in immunocompromised humans?

A

Keratoconjunctivitis, endopthalmitis, pneumonia

163
Q

How is E. cuniculi diagnosed in rabbits?

A

characteristic lesions + organisms at nx; serology; ID skin test, PCR

164
Q

What cryptosporidial species is found in rabbits?

A

Cryptosporidium cuniculus

165
Q

What lesions are seen with Cryptosporidium infections in rabbits?

A

Villus blunting, dilated lacteals in weanling rabbits

166
Q

What is the rabbit pinworm?

A

Passalurus ambiguous

167
Q

What is the prepatent period of the rabbit pinworm

168
Q

How are rabbit pinworms treated?

A

piperazine, fenbendazole, ivermectin

169
Q

What syndrome is associated with infection of rabbits with Baylisascaris procyonis?

A

ocular larval migrans neural larval migrans

170
Q

How are rabbits treated for Psoroptes cuniculi infection?

A

rotenone, ivermectin, selamectin, eprinomectin

171
Q

What nonburrowing skin mite can be found in rabbits and leads to transient dermatitis in humans?

A

Cheylietella

172
Q

What zoonotic burrowing mite evokes a hypersensitivity reaction with significant pruritis in rabbits?

A

Sarcoptes scabei

173
Q

How is sarcoptes treated in rabbits?

A

ivermectin, selamectin

174
Q

What are the fur mites of rabbits?

A

Listrophorus gibbus

175
Q

What predisposing factors may lead to hair chewing/barbering in rabbits?

A

boredom low-roughage diet

176
Q

What condition causes nonpruritic scaling dermatosis with patchy alopecia that is refractory to treatment in older rabbits?

A

exfoliative dermatosis and sebaceous adenitis

177
Q

What are the predisposing factors for ulcerative pododermatitis in rabbits?

A

poor sanitation, trauma d/t wire-bottom caging, hereditary predisposigion

178
Q

What is the most common location for fractures due to poor restraint?

179
Q

What is often incidental but can cause anorexia, wasting, death due to obstruction, as well as reduced feed/water consumption?

A

trichobezoar

180
Q

What are predisposing factors for trichobezoars in rabbits?

A

boredom, excessive grooming/hair chewing, low dietary fiber, sedentary life cycle, poor gastric motility

181
Q

What strains are predisposed to intestinal plasmacytosis?

A

WHHL, NZW, Dutch belted

182
Q

Dutch belted rabbits develop multifocal myocardial degeneration due to administration of what drug?

A

ketamine/xylazine or detomidine- results in ischemia due to low collateral circulation

183
Q

What is the most common strain and location associated with liver lobe torsion in rabbits?

A

caudate lobe in NZWs

184
Q

What is the cause of nutritional muscular dystrophy in rabbits?

A

vitamin E deficiency

185
Q

What causes drooling, overgrowth/ridging of incisors, distorted growth of premolars/molars, anorexia, and weight loss in rabbits?

A

osteomalacia due to calcium/vit D deficiency also malocclusion

186
Q

Dystrophic mineralization is associated with what nutrient in rabbits?

A

Excess vitamin D

187
Q

Vitamin A is associated with what clinical signs in rabbits?

A

congenital abnormalities, infertility

188
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: hydrocephalus

A

recessive (hy/hy)

189
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: glaucoma/bupthalmia

A

recessive, incomplete penetrance (bu/bu)

190
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: malocclusion

191
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: atropine esterase

A

semidominant (est-2F)

192
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: complement 3 deficiency

A

co-dominant

193
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: complement 6 deficiency

194
Q

What is the most common inherited disease of domestic rabbits?

A

malocclusion

195
Q

What breed is affected by congenital glaucoma?

196
Q

What breed is affected by inherited self-mutilation?

A

checkered cross

197
Q

Which limb is most commonly affected in splay leg?

A

Right hind

198
Q

What genetic model is a rabbit model for human neuraxonal dystrophy (NAD)?

A

Complement 6 deficiency- see coagulopathy, motor neuropathy

199
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: complement 8 deficiency

200
Q

What phenotype is associated with complement 8 deficiency?

201
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: hypercholesterolemia

202
Q

Recessive or dominant congenital trait: hyperlipidemia

203
Q

What breed has congenital hypercholesterolemia with coronary atheromas/xanthomas by 2mo of age

A

Kurosawa and Kusanagi hypercholesterolemic rabbit

204
Q

What is the most commonly encountered spontaneous neoplasm of domestic rabbits?

A

uterine adenocarcinoma

205
Q

Where do uterine adenocarcinomas metastasize?

A

lungs/liver

206
Q

What is the most commonly encountered neoplasia of juvenile and young adult rabbits <2y?

A

lymphosarcoma

207
Q

What are the 3 organs most commonly affected by lymphosarcoma in rabbits?

A

tetrad of renomegaly, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly

208
Q

Lymphoma is associated with what virus in Sylvilagus?

A

leporid herpesvirus 1 (herpesvirus sylvilagus)

209
Q

What breed is predisposed to prolactin-producing pituitary adenomas with mammary dysplasia?

210
Q

What are 3 tumors models used in rabbits?

A

VX-2 carcinoma Brown Pearce carcinoma Greene melanoma

211
Q

Genus?

A

Sylvilagus

212
Q

Location of lesion and etiology

A

Base of tongue

Rabbit oral papillomavirus

213
Q

Etiology? Treatment?

A

Rabbit fibroma virus (Shope fibromatosis)

Often regress, may metastasize

214
Q

SI from a 30-day old rabbit. Diagnosis? Treatment? What coinfection makes this worse?

A

Rabbit rotavirus

Supportive care

E. coli coinfection makes lesions worse

215
Q

Most likely etiology?

A

Turbinate atrophy d/t Pasteurella multocida

216
Q

A weaned rabbit recently underwent a food change and presented with profuse diarrhea and death. What is the most likely etiology and how should this be prevented in future?

A

Clostridium spiriforme

Cholestyramine, careful feed changes, treatment of concurrent infections, reduction of stress

217
Q

What is the most likely etiology in a weanling rabbit and what 3 clinical syndromes can it present with?

A

Attaching and effacing E coli

(1) enteritis
(2) UTI
(3) sepsis/meningitis

218
Q

Is the etiology gram + or gram -

What special stains can be used to diagnose it?

A

Gram - (Lawsonia intracellularis)

Warthin-Starry, PAS

219
Q

Diagnosis?

A

mucoid enteropathy

220
Q

Most likely etiology?

A

Staph aureus

221
Q

Method of inheritance?

A

autosomal recessive

222
Q

Method of inheritance?

Age of onset for clinical signs?

A

autosomal recessive with incomplete penetrance

3-5mo

223
Q

This presentation is a sequelae to what infection and what route of infection in dwarf rabbits?

A

Cataract due to Encephalitozoon cuniculi uterine transmission

224
Q

Genus

225
Q

Life cycle for what organism?

226
Q

Organism seen after removal from an outdoor-housed rabbit. Common name?

227
Q

Organism identified on a pruritic rabbit. What is it?

A

Sarcoptes scabei

228
Q

Organism found on ear exudate from a rabbit. What is it?

A

Psoroptes cuniculus

229
Q

Most likely etiology in a weanling rabbit with potbelly and icterus

A

Eimeria stiedae

230
Q

Recommended treatment for a rabbitry with a weanling rabbit with weight loss, potbelly, and anorexia and this on necropsy.

A

Likely Eimeria stiedae

Treat with sulfaquinozaline, sulfonamide, toltrazuril and better sanitation

231
Q

Most likely diagnosis?

A

Uterine adenocarcinoma

232
Q

Most common neoplasia in young rabbits

233
Q

European rabbit with epistaxis and death. Most likely etiology? What do you expect to see on histopath?

A

Rabbit hemorrhagic disease caused by rabbit calicivirus

hepatocellular periportal necrosis is the most common finding; necrosis and thrombi in various organs

234
Q

Rabbit vulva. Most likely etiology and treatment?

A

Treponema paraluiscuniculi (or paraluisleporis)

Treat with Pen-G and rederivation

235
Q

What sample is collected with this method?

236
Q

Most likely etiology?

A

Psoroptes cuniculi

237
Q

The pictured tumor is commonly studied as a cause of rapid metastasis for treatment and imaging modalities. What is it and where did it originate?

A

VX-2 carcinoma, originated from Shope papillomavirus

238
Q

This tumor, pictured below in an eye model, is used in tumor immunology studies and may regress even after metastasis. What is it and where did it come from?

A

Brown Pearce carcinoma from contaminated rabbit testis used on Treponema study

239
Q

Two differentials for this clinical sign in rabbits

A

Otitis media d/t Pasteurella

Encephalitis d/t Encephalitozoon cuniculi

240
Q

Identify 5, 11, and 8

A

5- sacculus rotundus

8- vermiform appendix

11- fusus coli

ACLAM 2018 (17 decks)

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