Vet prep and Zuku Flashcards
an older cat presents for dropping food, and drooling from only one side of his mouth. He has no hx of trauma but recently has had a thick ocular discharge from her eye and you perform a neuro exam and find when you introduce a Q-tip through one nostril the contralateral eye closes. What do you tell the owners?
the other side may start to show the same signs within the next few weeks to months. This is classic finding of unilateral facial nerve paralysis and is it most commonly idiopathic and prognosis for recovery is guarded
in dogs, facial paralysis has been seen with _____
hypothyroidism
what is the tx for pseudorabies in piglets?
there is no tx, depopulation
an adult ferret presents for acute onset of ataxia, salivation, and lethargy. What do you do first?
Blood glucose (likely hypoglycemic)
Taurine deficiency in dogs =
DCM and vision impairment
Tx for VPCs
lidocaine CRI or Mexiletine which is an oral class I anti-arrhythmic
which disease in chickens has the best prognosis for recovery?
Infectious coryza (bc it is caused by a bacteria so tx with abx is successful)
how to test swine for porcine respiratory reproductive syndrome (PRRS)
test aborted sows via serum PCR
Why would a boa constrictor be presenting to you for weight loss, vomiting, hemorrhagic diarrhea, and anorexia? The snake is also housed with turtles…
Entamoeba species (protozoal organism that causes severe GI signs and death in snakes and turtles are the carriers)
What are the most commonly reported organism to be recovered in animals with endocarditis? (there are 6 of them)
Bartonella, staph aureus, strep, corynebacterium, pseudomonas, erysipelothrix
How do you treat the ich in fish (causes small white dots and is diagnosed with skin scrape or gill biopsy showing large, rolling cilates with a horseshoe-shaped macronucleus.
Increase treatment frequency at high temperature
Use of oral ampicillin in a rabbit is most likely to precipitate which of the following?
Clostridial enterotoxemia
what is the potential udder fate of goats infected with caprine arthritis encephalomyelitis virus?
hardbag (CAEV is a retroviruses and when it affects the udder it will cause fibrosis and result in a firm udder with udder with agalactiae
tx is CULLLLLL
ingestion of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) causes which of these signs in sheep?
hematuria (it causes hemorrhagic cystitis that progresses to neoplastic changes of the cells within the bladder)
Q fever can be acquired by humans from sheep, In humans, it can cause fever, headache, fatigue, premature delivery or abortion. what organism causes Q fever?
coxiella burnetii
What does Q fever cause in humans?
fever, headache, fatigue, premature delivery or abortion
A large 5 year old iguana presents on ER for an acute onset of not doing well, on PE there is episcleral injection, swelling of the pharyngeal region, and pain on palpation of the abdomen. What is most likely the diagnostics?
renal failure
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP) in horses is caused by what autosomal dominant trait?
Defect in voltage dependent sodium channels
What is not a CS of hypovitaminosis A in box turtles?
Posterior paresis
hypovitaminosis A CS
edema of the eyelids, chronic respiratory disease, renal disease, secondary infections to the eyes, skin, and respiratory system
what Tx is C/I in p with choke
mineral oil (in the lungs by accident= death)
CS of chickens being diarrhea, incoordination, prostration and vent picking with swollen cloacal bursa that is edematous and yellow with hemorrhage, what is most likely the disease?
Infectious bursal disease
hydrops allantois is a disorder of the _____ and prognosis for life of the fetus and fertility of the cow is ______
placenta; poor
A cow that has a rounded appearance, is in the last trimester, decreased rumen motility, dehydrated, sick, and weak likely has what? What is her prognosis?
Likely has hydrops aka hydroallantois and the prognosis for the fetus is guarded and cow will likely be infertile even with tx