Week Three: Digestive Tract Diseases

Question 1

Canine stomatitis

Answer 1

moderate to severe oral inflammation

Question 2

Eosinophilic granulomas

Answer 2

group of skin diseases producing ulceration and granulation of the skin

Question 3

What prescription diet will help for cleaning the teeth?

Answer 3

t/d

Question 4

What aids in oral debridement? (with oxygen)

Answer 4

Gly oxide and colgate peroxyl

Question 5

What are some gastric and pancreatic digestive enzymes?

Answer 5

Gastrin, pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin, amalyse, maltase, lactase, lipase, bile acids

Question 6

What is an example of a GI coating agent?

Answer 6

Misoprostol (Cytotec)

E-1 prostaglandin that blocks hydrogen and increases mucosal production of HCO3 and mucus

Question 7

What is tenesmus?

Answer 7

Straining to poop

Question 8

What is dyschezia?

Answer 8

Painful to poop

Question 9

What is steatorrhea?

Answer 9

Fat in the poop

Question 10

Regurgitation from PRAA

Answer 10

Persistent right aortic arch

developmental abnormality which affects the esophagus in puppies

Question 11

What is special about post op feeding after a PRAA surgery?

Answer 11

Feed dog in upright position (like off of counter if they can reach)

Question 12

Gastric dilatation volvulus

Answer 12

Seen in large barreled chested dogs, mortality rate is high, stomach fills with air and twists

Question 13

Exocrine pancreatic atrophy

Answer 13

AKA exocrine pancreatic insufficiency

Cannot digest food, lots of poop, change diet to highly digestable and replace enzymes, pancreas withers away

Question 14

What disorder is shown by a dog displaying a play bow along with extreme ab pain, vomiting, and fever?

Answer 14

Canine pancreatitis

Question 15

Intussusceptions

Answer 15

Form of GI obstruction
One bowel “telescopes” into another and surgery is only solution
“serious disorder in which part of the intestine slides into an adjacent part of the intestine.”

Question 16

What is hematoschezia?

Answer 16

Bloody poop

Question 17

What is coprostasis?

Answer 17

Blockage of poop

Question 18

What is pseudocoprostasis?

Answer 18

External blockage of poop

Question 19

Cannot move stool so it dehydrates and gets hard, causes ostipation (severe constipation)
Cannot give laxatives or enemas, need to take out entire colon

Answer 19

Feline megacolon

Question 20

What are the three “i’s” for anal sac disease?

Answer 20

Infection, impaction, inspissation

Question 21

Perianal fistulae

Answer 21

AKA anal furunculosis

chronic, purulent, malodorous, ulcerating, sinus tracts in the perianal tissues

Question 22

Treatment for perianal fistula

Answer 22

Immunosuppression, topical tacrolimus (protopic) to perianal skin area, prescription z/d, atopica
Need lower allergen diets

Question 23

Who are perineal hernias commonly seen in?

Answer 23

Intact male dogs