Urinary Gross

Question 1

What is renal dysplasia associated with in pigs?

Answer 1

Hypovitaminosis A

Question 2

Bumps on kidney of rabbit =

Answer 2

lymphoma

Question 3

Bumps on kidney of cat =

Answer 3

FIP (tracking vessels); this is a vasculitis

Question 4

Differentials for turkey egg kidney in swine

Answer 4

Porcine circovirus type 2
Cholera suis
Salmonella
Hog cholera
Classical swine fever

Question 5

Hemorrhage in bladder of bison

Answer 5

Malignant catarrhal fever

Question 6

Shiga toxin producing agents

Answer 6

E.Coli O157:H7
Shigella dysenteriae (NHPs)
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pigs)

Question 7

What syndrome do shiga toxin producing agents cause?

Answer 7

Hemolytic uremia (hemorrhage, systemic thrombotic microangiopathy, endothelial damage (vasculitis), kidney gets the worst)

Question 8

Features of Encephalitizoon cuniculi

Answer 8

Gram +, birefringent

Question 9

Rabbit kidney with pitting and fibrosis on capsular surface

Answer 9

Encephalitizoon cuniculi

Question 10

Swine kidney worm

Answer 10

Stephanurus dentatus

Question 11

What nematode accidentally migrates through the kidney of the horse?

Answer 11

Halicephalobus gingivalis

Question 12

Causes of dark brown/gun metal kidney (generally, and then species specific)

Answer 12

Hemoglobin-associated ATI
Sheep- Cu toxicity
Ruminants- Babesia, lepto, anaplasma
Horses- Acer rubrum

Question 13

Differentials for kidney with white spots on it

Answer 13

Vicia villosa (hairy vetch) if inset of MNGC
White spotted kidney disease

Question 14

What crystals occur in piglet kidneys?

Answer 14

Uric acid (purines) in collecting ducts

Question 15

If photo of large, pale kidney in Salers cattle

Answer 15

Beta mannosidosis

Question 16

What lab animal is predisposed to hydronephrosis?

Answer 16

C57 rats

Question 17

What is the most common stones, due to reduced water consumption?

Answer 17

Struvites

Question 18

What stones precipitate in ACID urine (unlike the rest)?

Answer 18

Silicates

Question 19

Which stones are yellow, and occur in dalmatians and english bulldogs?

Answer 19

Uric acid (purines)

Question 20

What is sabulous cystitis? Who gets it?

Answer 20

Bladder atony–>accumulation of Calcium carbonate stones (sand); horses and rabbits

Question 21

Differentials for sabulous cystitis?

Answer 21

EHV-1
Cauda equine syndrome
Sorghum or Sudan grass toxicity

Question 22

What stones look like bb’s?

Answer 22

Phosphate

Question 23

What stones do rodents get? What agent are they associated with?

Answer 23

Struvites; proteus mirabilis

Question 24

What kind of lymphoma is in the cow kidney?

Answer 24

BLV associated

Question 25

Lymphoma in rats commonly go to the ___________

Answer 25

Kidney

Question 26

Which tumor is usually in the trigone?

Answer 26

Urothelial cell carcinoma

Question 27

Which tumor is usually in the fundus?

Answer 27

Botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma