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Intro to Animal Disease
Exam 2
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Veterinary Medicine
Not Applicable
10/13/2012

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Term
What are the 3 layers of skin (superficial to deep)?
Definition
Epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
Term
Ear mites, fleas, ticks, and mange mites are examples of what?
Definition
Ectoparasites
Term
What does FAD stand for?
Definition
Flea allergy dermatitis
Term
What is not a true systemic product that's spot-on for flea treatment?
Definition
Frontline
Term
Why should you not crush a cuterebra inside a patient?
Definition
Could cause anaphylactic reaction
Term
What's a dip to treat Demodex mites?
Definition
Mitaban dip
Term
What's a contagious mite, very pruritic, and zoonotic?
Definition
Sarcoptic mange
Term
What's a non-contagious mite, "Red Mange," and cigar shaped?
Definition
Demodectic mange
Term
How long can Microsporum canis spores, that are shed on shedded hair remain infective in the environment?
Definition
Up to 18 months
Term
T/F Feline lice are a zoonotic concern.
Definition
False
Term
Clipping hair, flushing wounds, removing larvae, managing wounds daily with antibiotics are treatment for what?
Definition
Maggots
Term
What are the 4 classifications for pyoderma bacterial infections?
Definition
Primary, seconday, superficial, and deep
Term
What clock numbers are anal glands located?
Definition
4 & 8
Term
What are 4 classifications of tumors?
Definition
Benign, malignant, localized, and invasive
Term
Biting/ chewing or sucking lice is more harmful to horses?
Definition
Sucking
Term
What equine issue, mostly seen in spring, has a fungal and bacterial component?
Definition
Rain scald/ rain rot
Term
What are 2 treatments for proud flesh?
Definition
Enzyme sprays and meat tenderizers
Term
What injection should be given to horses with an open wound?
Definition
Tetanus
Term
Contagious ecthyma, sore mouth, and orf are other names for what?
Definition
Scabby mouth
Term
What is a term used for an infestation of lice?
Definition
Pediculosis
Term
What's bacteria invading weakened toe tissue in hoofs called?
Definition
Foot rot
Term
What are clostridial infections that cause muscle lesions, swelling, and crepitation under the skin of cattle?
Definition
Blackleg
Term
Swine with diamond disease with fever, swelling, and tissue swelling is this bacterial disease.
Definition
Swine erysipelas
Term
What's an infestation of maggots called?
Definition
Myiasis
Term
What's the most common cause of long bone fractures?
Definition
Hit by car (HBC)
Term
What 2 radiographic protocols should be followed when diagnosing a possible fracture?
Definition
X-rays and 2 views of the fractured bone, and the opposite leg
Term
Cranial "drawer" movement is a diagnosis of the Tibial compression test for what condition?
Definition
Ruptured anterior cruciate ligament
Term
Avascular necrosis in dogs is aka?
Definition
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
Term
What does FHO stand for?
Definition
Femoral head ostectomy
Term
What are pieces of cartilage floating around in a joint capsule called?
Definition
Joint mice
Term
What 4 joints are most commonly affected by osteochondrosis dessicans?
Definition
Shoulder, elbows, knee (stifle), ankle (hock)
Term
What is the wrap around back leg sling called?
Definition
Ehmer sling
Term
What is the wrap around front leg sling?
Definition
Velpeau sling
Term
The ehmer and velpeau sling are used to treat what conditions?
Definition
Luxations
Term
What is excessive sensitivity to muscle stimulation?
Definition
Hyperesthesia
Term
What's the most common canine bone tumor?
Definition
Osteosarcoma
Term
What's the common name for subsolar bruising?
Definition
Corns
Term
What can cause gastric ulcerations in horses?
Definition
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)
Term
What is a bacterial infection of sulci of frog?
Definition
Thrush
Term
Grazing lush pastures and grain overload can cause what in horses?
Definition
Lamminitis
Term
Metritis (retained placenta) and excessive weight bearing on a limb can cause what in horses?
Definition
Laminitis
Term
What drug is used to treatment of laminitis?
Definition
Banamine
Term
Lack of selenium in a diet can cause Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy is aka what?
Definition
White muscle disease
Term
What body parts are in the CNS?
Definition
Brain & spinal cord
Term
What are included in the peripheral nervous system?
Definition
Nerves
Term
What control electrical impulses to and from the brain?
Definition
Neurons
Term
Edema, hypoxia, seizures. and increased intercranial pressure are primary or secondary trauma to the brain?
Definition
Secondary
Term
Seizures, blood in ears, nose, mouth, ocular hemorrhage, loss of consciousness, and shock are clinical signs of what?
Definition
Brain trauma
Term
Seizures lasting longer than 5-10 minutes are called what?
Definition
Status Epilepticus
Term
Trauma, Schiff-Sherrington signs, lack of panniculus reflex, and paralysis are sign of what?
Definition
Spinal cord injury
Term
What 3 factors determine the severity of damage to the spinal cord by intervertebral disk disease?
Definition
Speed, degree, and duration
Term
What is a spinal cord fracture with front legs stiff and back legs are limp?
Definition
Schiff-Sherrington signs
Term
What is another name for the pin prick reflex?
Definition
Panniculus
Term
Wobblers Syndrome occurs in these vertebrae?
Definition
C5 to C7
Term
What 2 breeds are commonly diagnosed with Wobblers Syndrome?
Definition
Great Danes and Dobermans
Term
Huskies, Kerry Blue Terriers, and German Shepherds have autoimmune disease connections to what?
Definition
Degenerative myelopathy
Term
In degenerative myelopathy increased levels of protein are found in what?
Definition
Cerebral-spinal fluid
Term
Bloodbourne routes, wounds, abscesses, infections, surgery, and migrating grass awns are ways for dogs and cats to be exposed to what?
Definition
Discospondylitis (Vertebral osteomyelitits)
Term
What are blue-eyed cats and dalmations commonly affected with?
Definition
Deafness
Term
What zoonotic disease can present with symptoms of laryngeal paralysis?
Definition
Rabies
Term
Dilation of the esophagus and regurgitation of undigested food are symptoms of what condition?
Definition
Megaesophagus
Term
What 2 ticks are involved in tick paralysis?
Definition
Common dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and Rocky Mountain Wood tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
Term
What diseased is caused by opossum feces in horses?
Definition
Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)
Term
What are 2 vectors are for Sleeping sickness and West Nile virus?
Definition
Mosquitoes and birds
Term
What ectoparasite feed on epidermal debris, cause brown/black crusty exudate, irritation and scratching, and is diagnosed with otoscope?
Definition
Ear mites
Term
What are bloodsucking and cause severe skin irritation?
Definition
Fleas
Term
Saliva from what ectoparasite can cause allergic dermatitis?
Definition
Fleas
Term
What's intermediate host is a dog tapeworm (dipylidium)?
Definition
Fleas
Term
Flea dips can be toxic. T/F
Definition
True
Term
What type of flea treatment is Advantage?
Definition
monthly, spot-on (like frontline)
Term
What flea treatment is a monthly treatment or 6 month injection, and is absorbed by fatty tissue in the bloodstream?
Definition
Program
Term
What flea treatment is a monthly tablet?
Definition
Sentinel
Term
What type of flea treatment is Revolution?
Definition
Monthly spot-on
Term
What treatment only lasts 24 hours in a tablet and fleas jump off and die?
Definition
Capstar
Term
T/F animals can get fleas even if they don't go outside?
Definition
True
Term
T/F fleas are species specific, but will bite on humans?
Definition
True
Term
T/F fleas can be dormant for years.
Definition
False, months
Term
What are blood-sucking arthropods that aren't species specific?
Definition
Ticks
Term
Heavy infestations of these arthropods cause anemia.
Definition
Ticks
Term
Weak, pale mucous membranes and flaccid paralysis are signs of what?
Definition
Ticks
Term
What are the 3 primary mange mites in dogs and cats?
Definition
Demodectic, sarcoptic, and notoedric
Term
What mites live in hair follicles, can cause secondary bacterial skin inf., and pustules?
Definition
Demodectic mange
Term
What's a good way to identify demodectic mange?
Definition
Skin scrape
Term
What's a good way to treat demodectic mange?
Definition
Mitaban dips and ivermectin
Term
T/F Demodectic mange is contagious
Definition
False
Term
T/F the generalized form of demodectic mange can be fatal
Definition
Ture
Term
T/F demodectic mange is a bacterial infection, not mange.
Definition
True
Term
What mange is intensely pruritic and highly contagious?
Definition
Sarcoptic mange
Term
What mange burrow in skin, is a zoonosis, and rarely infect cats?
Definition
Sarcoptic mange
Term
What are red lesions on ear, elbows, trunk, are clinical signs of what?
Definition
Sarcoptic mange
Term
What are 2 ways to diagnose sarcoptic mange?
Definition
Skin scrape and biopsies
Term
What grub is laid by flies in soil, penetrates host's skin, and leaves as an adult fly?
Definition
Cuterebra (Warbles)
Term
What is treated by incising fistula, removing larvae, and flushing wound?
Definition
Cuterebra
Term
What causes agitation, intense itching, and anemia?
Definition
Lice
Term
T/F Lice is species specific
Definition
True
Term
What ectoparasite is considered a disease of neglect?
Definition
Lice
Term
What's treated by dips, dust, shampoos, and nits form cocoons on hair shafts?
Definition
Lice
Term
What's the common name for microsporum canis?
Definition
Ringworm
Term
Wood's lamp (Black light) is used to detect what?
Definition
Ringworm
Term
How long can ringworm be infective from shedded hair?
Definition
Up to 18 months
Term
Hot spots, impetigo, acne, skin-fold pyoderma are what kind of pyoderma?
Definition
Superficial
Term
What's another name for acute moist dermatitis?
Definition
Hot spots
Term
What account for 95% of infection in broken skin?
Definition
Staph bacteria
Term
What disease causes strep, lesions, and is found in unhealthy animals?
Definition
Impetigo
Term
What are 2 main ways to diagnose impetigo?
Definition
Culture and sensitivity
Term
T/F Impetigo is contagious.
Definition
False
Term
Acne is a form of what?
Definition
Superficial pyoderma
Term
Acne is worse in dogs. T/F
Definition
False, cats
Term
What condition occurs when redundant tissue traps moisture/heat?
Definition
Skin-fold pyoderma
Term
What kind of pyoderma are papules, pustules, and are usually drug resistant?
Definition
Deep pyoderma
Term
Comedomes=
Definition
Feline acne
Term
Histiocytomas, lipomas, pailloma, sebaceous cysts are examples of what?
Definition
Benign skin tumors
Term
What type of fibrosarcoma is vaccine induced?
Definition
Feline fibrosarcoma
Term
What tumor is a raised, ulcerated, cauliflower-like mass?
Definition
Squamous cell carcinoma
Term
Skin issues are uncommon in horses. T/F
Definition
False
Term
In horses,what is a systemic rxn to insect bites?
Definition
Insect hypersensitivity
Term
In horses, what causes intense itching, alopecia, uticaria, and lesions?
Definition
Insect hypersensitivity
Term
Antihistamines help insect hypersensitivity. T/F
Definition
False
Term
What does fly bite dermatitis cause?
Definition
Wheals, pustules, nodules
Term
What is one of the most common ectoparasites on horses?
Definition
Lice
Term
Ivermectin is more effective against sucking lice than biting.
Definition
True
Term
T/F Mites are a normal inhabitant of skin.
Definition
True
Term
Mites are a problem in immunocomprised animals T/F
Definition
True
Term
Ticks can cause bite sensitivity and severe systemic hypersensitivity, T/F
Definition
True
Term
What is a nematode parasite that lives in ligaments of the neck?
Definition
Onchocerciasis
Term
Ivermectin and death of microfilariae (causes itching) and steriods are used for what disease?
Definition
Onchocerciasis
Term
T/F Rain rot is pruritic.
Definition
False
Term
What us the most common skin tumors in horses?
Definition
Sarcoids
Term
What is red, protruding cauliflower-like flesh over wound that bleeds easily?
Definition
Proud flesh
Term
Proud flesh is what growing out of control?
Definition
Scar tissue
Term
What occurs in young horses and is aka is a papillomatosis?
Definition
Warts
Term
What sheep and goat disease is a parapoxvirus?
Definition
Contagious ecthyma
Term
What sheep and goat disease is characterized by thick crust around mouth and spreads to other body parts easily?
Definition
Contagious ecthyma
Term
T/F Contagious ecthyma is zoonotic.
Definition
True
Term
What bacterial disease occurs in moist conditions and is treated with penicillin?
Definition
Dermatophilosis
Term
What type of flies are horn and stable flies?
Definition
Blood sucking
Term
What is symptomatic anthrax, that rises temp to 106 degrees, that causes lameness, dry skin, and lesions?
Definition
Blackleg
Term
Blackleg has a good prognosis and carcasses should be frozen. T/F
Definition
False, guarded and burned
Term
What swine disease causes bee-sting like swellings, 105 temp, and causes ear and tail necrosis?
Definition
Swine erysipelas
Term
What 6 categories can long bone fractures be?
Definition
Open or closed, simple or comminuted, stable or unstable
Term
What's a transverse fracture?
Definition
Straight across shaft of bone
Term
What's an oblique fracture?
Definition
Slighty diagonal break in shaft
Term
What's a spiral fracture?
Definition
Mostly diagnonal break on shaft of bone
Term
What's a comminuted fracture?
Definition
Cracks in bone
Term
What a segmental fracture?
Definition
Broken in 2 places
Term
What an avulsed fracture?
Definition
Break on distal bone bottom
Term
What's an impacted fracture?
Definition
Proximal near ball and socket bone is broken
Term
What's a torus fracture?
Definition
Lump in middle of bone from being compressed hard
Term
What's a greenstick fracture?
Definition
Incomplete fracture
Term
What is DJD?
Definition
Degenerative joint disease
Term
What is treatment for cruciate ligament injury?
Definition
Stabilization of stifle joint
Term
What dogs are prone to luxations?
Definition
Toy and large breeds
Term
What is failure of the femoral head to be all in the hip joint?
Definition
Hip dysplasia
Term
What is more common; acetabular or femoral hip dysplasia?
Definition
Acetabular
Term
What is the OFA?
Definition
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
Term
What should all breeding animals have?
Definition
OFA Certificate
Term
What is FHO?
Definition
Femoral Head Ostectomy
Term
What is necrosis of femoral head and neck of small breed dogs?
Definition
Legg-Calve-Perthes (Avascular necrosis) disease
Term
What is degeneration or necrosis of bone and cartilage followed by reossification?
Definition
Osteochondrosis Dissecans
Term
What disease has joint mice?
Definition
Osteochondrosis Dissecans
Term
What causes lameness and is common in German Shepherds?
Definition
Panosteitis
Term
What causes luxations?
Definition
Tearing of joint capsule and round ligament
Term
What do staphylococcus and clostridia spp. cause in dogs?
Definition
Inflammatory myopathies (myosteitis)
Term
What is an immune-mediated myopathy?
Definition
polymyositis and masticatory muscle myositis
Term
What's the most common bone tumor?
Definition
Osteosarcoma
Term
T/F 90% of animals with bone cancer die despite treatment.
Definition
True
Term
Aputation for bone cancers in cats is more effective than dogs T/F
Definition
True
Term
In horses, what is trauma to the sole with subsequent hemorrhage between soles?
Definition
Subsolar bruising (Corns)
Term
What does foreign body penetration into hooves cause?
Definition
Hoof abscesses
Term
What is fetlock and pastern swelling characteristic of?
Definition
Hoof abscesses
Term
What is new bone production on the cannon bone after intense training? (Racing)
Definition
Bucked shins
Term
In brain trauma, what is direct injury to the nervous system?
Definition
Primary event
Term
What causes nystagmus (jumping eyes) causing dizziness and vomiting?
Definition
Idiopathic Vestibular Disease
Term
What are brain tumors aka?
Definition
Neoplasia
Term
What is CSF?
Definition
Cerebral-Spinal Fluid
Term
What are repeated seizures with no cure?
Definition
Idiopathic epilepsy
Term
What 2 things can be given for idiopathic epilepsy?
Definition
Phenorbital and KBr
Term
Phenobarbs require regular checks for kidney function T/F
Definition
False, liver function
Term
What type of Intervertebral Disk disease occurs slowly in older dogs?
Definition
Herniation type 2
Term
What does Schiff-Sherrington signs attribute to?
Definition
Spinal cord injury
Term
What is bacteria or fungi implanted in bones of vertebral column of cats, dogs, and mostly large breeds?
Definition
Discospondylitis (Vertebral Osteomyelitis)
Term
What bacteria is usualy involved in discospondylitis?
Definition
Brucella
Term
T/F Discospondylitis (Vertebral osteomyelitis) is zoonotic.
Definition
True
Term
What are Diabetes mellitus, hypoadrenocorticism, and hypothyroidism aka?
Definition
Metabolic neuropathy
Term
What disease can be hereditary (Bovier des Flandres), acquired (Rabies), and idiopathic?
Definition
Laryngeal paralysis
Term
In horses, what's it called when the spinal cord is compressed by a narrowing of the vertebral canal?
Definition
Wobbler's syndrome
Term
When does wobbler's syndrome occur?
Definition
Young, fast-growing horses
Term
What does EPM stand for?
Definition
Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
Term
What is Sarcocystis neurona?
Definition
Protozoa that causes Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
Term
What is most susceptible to tetanus: Sheep, goats, horses, or humans?
Definition
Horses
Term
What causes tetanus?
Definition
Clostridium tetani
Term
What are the 3 types of Sleeping Sickness?
Definition
Eastern (most deadly), western, venezuelan (rare)
Term
T/F Sleeping sickess is mostly fatal.
Definition
True
Term
What is prevented by regular vaccination and it passes to humans through mosquitoes, not horses?
Definition
Sleeping sickness
Term
What's similar to sleeping sickness, needs regular vaccination, and has a 3-15 day incubation?
Definition
West Nile Encephalitis
Term
What causes muscle tremors, heavy breathing, and is a genetic disease?
Definition
Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
Term
T/F Scrapie is a nonreportable disease.
Definition
False, reportable
Term
What sheep breed is Scrapie usually seen?
Definition
Suffolk
Term
What zoonotic disease does listeria monocytogenes cause?
Definition
Listeriosis
Term
What's a white-tailed deer parasite that sheds oocysts in feces, then is eaten by a snail or slug, and then eaten by grazing animal?
Definition
Meningeal Worm
Term
What does a lack of thiamine in ruminants cause?
Definition
Polioencephalomalacia
Term
What is a necessary co-factor for glucose metabolism?
Definition
Thiamine
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