Smalls Flashcards
Differentials for epistaxis
Coagulation disorder
- rodenticide toxicity
- thrombocytopaenia
- thrombocytopathia
- liver disease
- DIC
- VWd
- Haemophilia A
Hypertension
Infectious
- Fungal rhinitis
- Bacterial rhinitis/sinusitis
- Dental infection, oronasal fistula
- Leishmania
Head trauma
Iatrogenic
Neoplasia
- SCC
- Adenocarcinmoa
- Fibrosarcoma
- Lymphoma
- Chondroma/chondrosarcoma
- Haemangiosarcoma
Foreign body
Differentials for intestinal obstruction
Foreign body
Linear foregin body
Neoplasia - intraluminal, intramural, extraluminal (adenocarcinoma, leimyosarcoma, lymphoma)
Intussusception
Entrapment
(Stricures)
Infectious causes of feline upper respiratory disease
Feline Herpesvirus-1
Feline calicivirus
Chlamydia felis
Treatment for chlamydia felis
Extended 4 week course of doxycyline
Supportive care
Diagnosis of Sarcoptes scabei
Skin scrapes (multiple sites) - down to point of capillary bleeding, boil with KOH to break down the keratin and reveal the mites
Microscopy
Serloogical test available
Three licensed treatments for sarcoptic mange
Selamectin
Sarolaner
Moxidectin
Steps of fracture assessment
Cause: extrinsic or intrinsic
Communication with external environment: open or closed
Extent of bony damage: complete or incomplete fracture
Number and position of fractures: simple, segmented, comminuted - are fragments displaced
Direction of fracture lines: transverse, oblique, spiral
Location: diaphyseal (proximal, mid, distal), metaphyseal, epiphyseal, condylar, articular
Forces acting on the fracture: avulsion, impaction, compression, overriding
Stability: stable or unstable
Degree of complexity and involvement of other tissues: muscle, nerve, vessel damage
Age: recent or older fracture
Potential complication following distal radius and ulnar fracture repair
Prone to non-union, most commonly atrophic
Potential complication of distal ulna and radius fracture in an immature animal
Radius curvosus – premature closure of distal ulna growth plate
Distal growth plates contribute most to growth
Signs of feline hyperthyroidism
Weight loss with polyphagia
Hyperactivity
Agression
PUPD
Systemic hypertension, can cause blindness
How to test for hyperthyroidism in cats
Total T4 - if increased then hyperthryoid
If normal but clinical suspiscion and upper end of normal do free T4
Treatment options for hyperthyroidism
Low iodine diet
Medication - carbimazole or methimazole
Radioactive iodine
Surgical thyroidectomy
Signs seen in a C6-T2 lesion
Two engine gait (pathognomic)
Tetraparesis/plegia
Postural deficits all limbs
Neck pain
Reduced spinal reflexes/absent in thoracic limbs, normal in pelvic limbs
Muscle atrophy and reduced tone on fore limbs
Horners syndrome
Cutaneous trunci may be absent
UMN bladder signs (urinary retention)
Possible respiratory difficulty
