Week One: Overview

Question 1

What is etiology?

Answer 1

The cause of a disease

Question 2

What is pathogenesis?

Answer 2

The manner of development of a disease

Question 3

What is etiopathogenesis?

Answer 3

The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease

Question 4

What is the definition of mechanism of disease?

Answer 4

Something that causes a disease/Categories of things that can makes us sick

Question 5

What is pathophysiology?

Answer 5

The disordered physiological processes associated with disease or injury

Question 6

What is innate immunity?

Answer 6

Immunity that occurs naturally as a result of a person’s genetic constitution or physiology and does not arise from a previous infection or vaccination

Question 7

What is a non-specific immune response?

Answer 7

Your body has not really seen this before (like a splinter)

Question 8

What is a specific immune response?

Answer 8

Your body has seen this before (like a cold)

Question 9

What are some factors of Degenerative mechanisms of disease

Answer 9

Aging, wear and tear, loss of functional reserve, suppression

Question 10

What are some factors of regenerative mechanism of disease?

Answer 10

Hyperplastic (high number of cells), hypertrophic (enlargement), remodeling (cells changing shape) like surgical scars

Question 11

What does neoplastic mean?

Answer 11

Total new growth

Question 12

What does oncogenes mean?

Answer 12

Genetic disposition to form cancer

Question 13

How are Feline Leukemia Virus and cancer related?

Answer 13

Feline Leukemia Virus doesn’t cause cancer, but it “sets the stage” to form cancer

Question 14

Describe the neoplastic mechanism of disease

Answer 14

Diseases being hereditary/prominent in certain breeds/after certain other diseases

Question 15

______ is characterized by invasive species organisms invading, establishing, and then maintaining presence in a parasitic relation with cells or tissues

Answer 15

Infectious

Question 16

What is autoimmunity?

Answer 16

Control of the inflammatory cascade is lost against cells and tissues previously regarded as ‘self”

Question 17

Equation for Blunt force impact

Answer 17

KE=1/2mv2 (Kinetic Energy=1/2massVelocity^2)

Question 18

What is metabolic?

Answer 18

Cells output becomes decreased or exhausted

Question 19

What is an example of a metabolic mechanism of disease?

Answer 19

Type I and Type II diabetes mellitus

Question 20

What are some examples of intoxication mechanism of disease?

Answer 20

Ingestion of antifreeze, grapes/raisins, chocolate,reptiles
Insects
Arachnids

Question 21

What are some examples of drug reaction mechanism of disease?

Answer 21

Anaphylaxis, induction of allergy, immune complex formation, vascular reactions and flow changes, bone marrow suppression

Question 22

Explain canine distemper

Answer 22

a highly contagious virus disease especially of dogs that is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms and that is caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus

Question 23

What are the main issues with canine distemper/panepitheliotrophic virus?

Answer 23

gastroenteritis, encephalitis, pneumonitis/pneumonia

Question 24

Explain Canine adenovirus-2

Answer 24

one of the causes of infectious tracheobronchitis, also known as canine cough

spread directly from dog to dog through infected respiratory secretions or by contact with contaminated feces or urine.

Question 25

What are some signs of Canine Adenovirus-2

Answer 25

Dry, hacking cough Retching Coughing up white foamy discharge Conjunctivitis

Question 26

Explain Canine Parvovirus

Answer 26

highly contagious and attacks the gastrointestinal tract of puppies and dogs Death can occur as early as two days after the onset of the disease transmitted by direct contact and contact with contaminated feces, environments, or people

Question 27

What are some signs of Canine Parvovirus?

Answer 27

``` Lethargy Loss of appetite Fever Vomiting Severe, and often bloody, diarrhea ```

Question 28

What are the different names for Feline Panleukopenia?

Answer 28

Feline Distemper, Feline Infectious Enteritis, Cat Plague, Feline Ataxia, Feline Parvovirus

Question 29

Explain Feline Panleukopenia

Answer 29

highly contagious, severe infection that causes gastrointestinal, immune system, and nervous system disease

Question 30

How is feline panleukopenia transmitted?

Answer 30

transmitted directly between cats and through contact with fomites, such as shared food and water bowls, grooming items, etc. Infected pregnant queens can also pass FPV to their kittens

Question 31

What are some signs of Feline Panleukopenia?

Answer 31

``` Diarrhea Vomiting Disinterest in food/water Depression Low white blood cell count Seizures ```

Question 32

There is a wet and dry form of what feline disease?

Answer 32

Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Question 33

Explain wet form of feline infectious peritonitis

Answer 33

accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity, the chest cavity, or both

Question 34

Which form of feline infectious peritonitis is always fatal?

Answer 34

dry form

Question 35

Explain cat scratch fever

Answer 35

an infectious disease occurring after a scratch by a cat's claw, a splinter, or a thorn. Symptoms include mild fever and inflammation of the injury site and of the lymph glands.

Question 36

Explain canine leptospirosis

Answer 36

a contagious disease affecting both animals and humans and spread by infection with a bacterial pathogen called Leptospira, may result in chronic liver and kidney disease and fatality in the dog.

Question 37

Explain Lyme disease

Answer 37

an inflammatory disease characterized at first by a rash, headache, fever, and chills, and later by possible arthritis and neurological and cardiac disorders, caused by bacteria that are transmitted by ticks

Question 38

What are the stages of rabies?

Answer 38

Laryngeal paralysis, "dumb" stage, "furious stage"

Question 39

Explain rabies

Answer 39

viral disease that causes acute inflammation of the brain in humans and other warm-blooded animals. Early symptoms may include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. This is then followed by either violent movements, uncontrolled excitement, and fear of water or an inability to move parts of the body and confusion followed by loss of consciousness.

Question 40

What does the SNAP 4Dx Plus for TBDz test for?

Answer 40

Tests for Dirofilaria, Borellia, Anaplasma, A. platys, Ehrlichia canis, E. eweingi

Question 41

Explain Canine Ehrlichia

Answer 41

Contracted through bite of tick | Depresses platelet formation and causes animals to bleed out

Question 42

Explain canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Answer 42

Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial infection that is spread by ticks. Symptoms include fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness

Question 43

What is a recombinant vaccine?

Answer 43

a suspension of attenuated viruses or killed microorganisms developed through recombinant DNA techniques