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Reproductive Diseases Flashcards

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Parts of the Female Reproductive System

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  • Ovaries
  • Oviducts
  • uterus
  • cervix
  • vagina
  • vulva
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Non-Seasonally polyestrous

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  • Cows
  • Pigs

Think of you can have beef and pork all year round

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Long-Day Breeders

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  • Horses
  • Cats

horses have LONG necks, cats have LONG tails

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Short-Day Breeders

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  • Goats
  • Sheep

both animals are SHORT in stature

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Diestrous

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  • Dogs

* Diestrous and dogs both start with D*

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Induced Ovulators

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  • Cats
  • Rabbits
  • Ferrets
  • Camels
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Follicular Phase

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  • FSH stimulates ovaries to produce follicles
  • Follicles produce estrogen
  • Proestrus and estrus
  • Ends with ovulation
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Luteal Phase

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  • CL develops and produces progesterone

- Metestrus and diestrus

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Parts of the male reproductive system

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  • testicles
  • urethra
  • penis
  • accessory glands
  • cremaster muscle
  • seminiferous tubules
  • interstitial cells
  • Sertoli cells
  • Epididymis
  • Ductus deferens
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Dog accessory sex glands

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-Prostate

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Cat accessory sex glands

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  • Prostate

- Bulbourethral gland

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Bull accessory sex glands

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-Prostate, bulbourethral glands, seminal vesicle

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Puppy Vaginitis

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  • Overgrowth of normal flora of the vulva and vagina

- vulvar discharge, irritation, pollakiuria

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Pseudopregnancy

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  • exaggeration of the normal hormonal changes in a non-pregnant does
  • Signa with in 60 days of estrus
  • Mammary enlargement, lactation, mothering behavior
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Eclampsia

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  • Early lactation in small breed dogs results in hypocalcemia which can cause muscle tremors, seizures, and stiffness
  • Tx: Slow IV administration of 10% Calcium Gluconate, stop infusion if bradycardia develops
  • Oral calcium supplementation after clinical signs regress
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Pyometra

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  • High levels of progesterone result in hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the endometrial glands of the uterus
  • E.Coli
  • Middle-aged or older dogs within 60 days after estrus
  • vulvar discharge if open pyometra, PU/PD, anorexia, lethargy
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Pregnancy in dogs

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  • Palpate fetuses in 25-36 days
  • Fetal skeletal mineralization seen on x-rays at 45 days
  • U/S at 20 days
  • Gestation: 58-68 days
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Pregnancy in cats

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  • Palpate fetuses in 21-28 days
  • Fetal skeletal mineralization seen on x-rays at 45 days
  • U/S at 20 days
  • Gestation: 58-67 days
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Brucella Canis

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  • gram negative bacteria that causes abortion at 45-55 days
  • ingested via contaminated material and venereal
  • Prostatitis in male dogs
  • Zoonotic
20
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Canine Herpes Virus

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  • Infected for life
  • Common cause of pregnancy loss
  • Fading puppy syndrome
  • Leading cause of death in newborns
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Dystocia

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  • Caused by large fetus, narrow pelvis, abnormal fetus position, and uterine inertia
  • > 1 hour of contraction with no fetus delivered
  • > 4 hours between deliveries
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Mastitis

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  • Infection and inflammation of the mammary glands

- fever, erythema, swelling of the glands

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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

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  • Prostate gland is caudal to the bladder and encircles the urethra
  • Increases in size as the dog matures
  • Neuter at 6 months to stop growth
  • Tenesmus, hematuria, hemorrhagic preputial discharge
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Prostatitis

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  • E.coli
  • fever, stiff gait, abdominal pain, back pain, chronic UTI’s
  • abx that cross the blood-prostate barrier, such as Baytril, will treat
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Prostatic Abscess

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  • bacterial infection in which pockets of purulent exudate develops in the gland
  • may rupture and cause peritonitis
  • tenesmus, pain, fever, septic
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Prostatic Neoplasia

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  • Prostatic carcinoma = malignant tumors

- Higher incidence in neutered dogs

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Paraphimosis

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  • Inability to retract penis back into preputial sheath
  • tissue dries out and becomes necrotic
  • Hypertonic glucose solution to reduce swelling, purse string suture
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Testicular Tumors

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  • Cryptorchid dogs have a higher risk of neoplasia
  • Abdominal tumor may actually be a testicle
  • Older, intact dogs
  • Interstitial cell tumors, sertoli cell tumors, and seminomas
  • Testicular enlargement, feminization with sertoli cell tumor
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Sertoli Cell Tumors

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-Tumor cells aggressively secrete estrogen

30
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Transmissible Venereal Tumor

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  • Male and female dogs
  • Common in temperate climates with large population of free roaming dogs
  • cauliflower like masses at the base of the penis, vulva, and bleeds easily
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Mammary Gland Tumors

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  • 50% in female dogs
  • Found in older dogs and cats
  • Firm nodules palpated in mammary chain or glands
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Vaginal Hyperplasia

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  • Tissue becomes swollen during estrus and protrudes through the vulva
  • caused by estrogen
  • common in young dogs
  • resolves once estrogen is gone after estrus
  • occurs with each cycle

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