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Reptile diseases Flashcards

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1
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Why do some lizards develop edema of limbs?

A

Adrenocortical insufficiency under population stress

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Necrotizing dermatitis (blister disease) is caused by what?

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Damp, fecal-contaminated environment

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Metabolic bone disease is caused by what

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Ca or vit D deficient diets, diets with inverse Ca:P ratio, inadequate exposure to UV light

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C/S of hypovitaminosis A

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Palpebral edema, lethargy, anorexia, wt loss, squamous metaplasia, skin sloughing

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5
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Which animals are susceptible to hypovitaminosis E?

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Aquatic carnivorous reptiles - due to high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish

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C/s of hypovit E

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Anorexia and painful subcutaneous nodules

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Goitrogenic veg

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Bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, kale

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Iodine deficiency is most commonly reported in which animals?

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Tortoises

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9
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Primary causative agent of infectious stomatitis

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Aeromonas hydrophila

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10
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Aeromonas hydrophila is transmitted by what?

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Ophionyssis natricis

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11
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Etiological agent of pneumonia

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Aeromonas hydrophila

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12
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SCUD

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Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease

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13
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Etiology of SCUD

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Citrobacter freundii

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C/S of SCUD

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necrotizing, ulcerative lesions on shell and skin, lethargy, decreased muscle tone, limb paralysis, loss of claws and digits

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Etiology of ulcerative shell disease

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Benecka chitinovora

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16
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Papovavirus c/s

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Benign papillomas

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Herpvirus in green sea turtles

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Causes fibropapillomatosis, lung, eye, and trachea dz, and “grey patch disease”

18
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c/s of adenovirus

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multiple organ congestion with multifocal hepatic necrosis
basophilic intranuclear inclusions in hepatocytes and small intestine
conjunctivitis and blepharitis

19
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Etiological agent of Fer de Lance virus

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Ophidian paramyxovirus

20
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Ophidian paramyxovirus c/s

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resp signs, leth, death

21
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Viper viruses are what kind of virus

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Leukovirus - seen in Asian pit vipers, cause intravascular emboli in spleen

22
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where can you isolate reovirus

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Upper epidermal layers of papillomatous skin lesions

23
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Retrovirus causes what in pythons

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IBD of Boids

24
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What sign do you see with cryptosporidiosis in snakes?

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mid-body swelling

25
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Etiological agent of amoebiasis in reptiles

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Entamoeba invadens

26
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Coccidiosis spp in reptiles

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Isospora, eimeria, caryospora

27
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4 flagellated protozoa seen in reptiles

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Hexamita, Trichomonas, Giardia, and Leptomonas (all nonpathogenic)_

28
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3 hemoparasites + species

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Haemogregarina - chelonians
Hepatozoon - snakes
Karyolysus - old world lizards

29
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c/s of hemoparasites

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Don’t typically cause disease

30
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Trematode Spp (4)

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Lechriorchis spp., Zeugorchus spp., Dasymetra spp., and Ochestosoma spp

31
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pathogenesis of trematodiasis

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migrate through the stomach to esophagus to lungs

32
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Which cestode infects snakes and turtles

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Ophiotaenia

33
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Which cestode infects lizards

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Accanthotaenia

34
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c/s of cestodiasis

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Subclinical or cause GI dz

35
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Do acanthocephalans cause dz in reptiles?

A

no, not typically

36
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Which worms are transmitted to reptiles from monkeys?

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Pentastomes (larvae in monkey, larvae -> adults in reptile)

37
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Lung mite

A

Entonyssus

38
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Mite that causes dermatitis and anemia

A

Hirsitiella trombidiiformis

39
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Which drug should you not use on chelonians

A

Ivermectin - crosses BBB

40
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Gout etiology

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deposition of urate crystals in joints and soft tissue secondary to hyperuricemia due to overproduction (primary) or decreased excretion (secondary) of uric acid

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