Wounds/Fractures/Lumps/Bumps Flashcards
Scars have decreased strength/vascularity/cellularity (choose).
(All three)
What is the difference between a contaminated and dirty wound?
(A dirty wound has an active infection present, contaminated just has debris or spillage but not an infection (yet))
What is the benefit to choosing vertical mattress sutures over horizontal?
(Horizontal can impinge on peripheral healing capillaries)
What are three ways to manage dead space?
(Suturing all tissue planes separately and accurately, use of drains, and pressure dressing)
How do hematomas increase risk of infection in wounds?
(Blood is a great growth media for bacteria)
What is the advantage to ruminants having increased vascular density in their bones and enhanced osteogenic layer in their periosteum with lots of osteoblasts?
(They have a great potential for bone healing)
What are the five locations that you will most likely encounter lymphosarcoma in a cow?
(Hearts, abomasum, uterus, lymph nodes, and spine)
You are presented with a cow with a mandibular mass. You palpate it, it is hard and bony, what is likely the diagnosis and what is the causative agent?
(Lumpy jaw, actinomyces bovis)
What is the treatment for bovine papilloma virus?
(Leave it alone)
(T/F) Melanomas in cows are usually ulcerated, fairly movable, painful, and about as firm as a testicle.
(F, melanomas in cows can be ulcerated or not, are fairly moveable, are non-painful, and about as firm as a testicle)
What are two ways to distinguish between a penile hematoma and water belly in cows?
(Penile hematoma → firm and penile prolapse, water belly → soft and no penile prolapse usually)
A lump or bump on the jaw area of a small ruminant is what until proven otherwise?
(Caseous lymphadenitis)
What is the most common location that squamous cell carcinoma pops up in small ruminants?
(Vulva)
You are presented with a vulvar mass in a small ruminant, what are you most likely to suspect it is?
(SCC)
