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Intro to Animal Disease
Exam 3
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Veterinary Medicine
6th Grade
11/17/2012

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Term
What are 3 accessory structures of the eye?
Definition
Eyelids, conjunctiva, tear ducts
Term
What's chemosis?
Definition
Swelling
Term
What's epiphora?
Definition
An overflow of tears
Term
What's it called when inflammation involves Meibomian glands and granulation occurs?
Definition
Chalazion
Term
What's inward rolling of the eyes toward the cornea called?
Definition
Entropion
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What's it called when the eyelids roll outwardly, exposing the cornea?
Definition
Ectropion
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What's KCS?
Definition
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye)
Term
Immune-mediated destruction, infections, trauma to tear glands, and removal of a prolapsed gland of a third eyelid can cause what?
Definition
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) (dry eye)
Term
T/F Less than 15 mm./min. on the Schirmer Test indicates KCS.
Definition
True
Term
What is pannus aka?
Definition
Chronic Superficial Keratitis
Term
What's the most common eye disease affecting the lens of the eye?
Definition
Cataracts
Term
What disease can cause cataracts?
Definition
Diabetes mellitus
Term
Hypertrophy if the 3rd eyelid's nictitans gland causes this disease.
Definition
Cherry eye
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Surgical replacement of the nictitans gland is a treatment for what disease?
Definition
Cherry eye
Term
Excision of the nictitan's gland is not advised for treating cherry eye for what reason?
Definition
Could cause KCS
Term
Basset hounds and beagles are very prone to what condition?
Definition
Cherry eye
Term
What's the condition when more aqueous fluid is produced than leaves the eye?
Definition
Glaucoma
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T/F Primary glaucoma is inherited and secondary glaucoma is caused by an obstructed drainage system created by another disease process.
Definition
True
Term
What does IOP stand for?
Definition
Intraocular pressure
Term
Applanation tonometers and Tonopen XL can be used to measure what?
Definition
Intraocular pressure
Term
What does fluorescein dye detect?
Definition
Corneal ulcers
Term
What are corneal ulcers aka?
Definition
Ulcerative keratitis
Term
What are the 4 layers of the eye (superficial to deepest)?
Definition
Epithelium, stroma, descendman's membrane. and endothelium
Term
What eye layer absorbs fluorescein dye?
Definition
Stroma
Term
What's a Meibomian gland abscess, and is usually caused by a staph. infection?
Definition
Hordeolum
Term
Acute glaucoma has what tonometer reading?
Definition
>60 mm/Hg
Term
Chronic glaucoma has what tonometer reading?
Definition
>30 mm/Hg
Term
15-25 mm./min is a normal Schirmer Tear test result for what species?
Definition
Canine
Term
11-23 mm./min is a normal Schirmer Tear test result for what species?
Definition
Felines
Term
What's the most common tumor?
Definition
Squamous cell carcinoma
Term
What is swelling of the eyelids?
Definition
Blepharitis
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T/F Entropion is more common in cats than dogs.
Definition
False
Term
What covers the eye to protect it from injury and produces 50% of lacrimal fluid?
Definition
Third eyelid
Term
T/F Most canine's have decreased outflow of eye fluid, not increased production
Definition
True
Term
What disease consists of superficial corneal vascularization and infiltration of granulation tissue in the eye?
Definition
Pannus (Chronic Superficial Keratitis)
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What disease is immune-mediated and affects animals at >5000 ft. elevation?
Definition
Pannus (Chronic Superficial Keratitis)
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T/F Pannus has no cure.
Definition
True
Term
What results from the loss of both lacrimal glands, is idiopathic, and happens in older dogs?
Definition
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Term
What disease consists of an opaque pupillary opening with a progressive loss of vision?
Definition
Cataracts
Term
What's inflammation of the uvea (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)?
Definition
Anterior uveitis
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T/F Blind horses can be ridden.
Definition
True
Term
Periodic opthalmia and recurrent uveitis is aka?
Definition
Moon blindness
Term
What disease is idiopathic, sufferers have a high lepto titer, and a protein flares can be seen in the anterior chamber of the eye?
Definition
Moon blindness aka Periodic opthalmia aka recurrent uveitis
Term
What's the most common ocular abnormality in neonatal lambs?
Definition
Entropion
Term
What's the most common lens abnormality in sheep and goats?
Definition
Cataracts
Term
What heart chamber recieves blood from the pulmonary veins?
Definition
Left atrium
Term
What wave occurs during atrial contraction?
Definition
P wave
Term
What wave occurs during repolarization of the ventricles?
Definition
T wave
Term
What does PVC represent in cardiac issues?
Definition
Premature ventricular contraction
Term
What is epistaxis?
Definition
Nosebleeds
Term
What happens when blood returning to the heart can't be pumped at the rate matching the body's need?
Definition
Heart failure
Term
Large breed, older male dogs can experience a disease of dilation of all 4 chambers of the heart due to flabby, weak, and thin cardiac muscle, causing decreased cardiac ouput.
Definition
Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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What drug is used to increase cardiac contractility and output in DCM cases?
Definition
Digoxin
Term
T/F There is a easy cure for DCM.
Definition
False
Term
What disease is caused by a taurine deficiency in cats?
Definition
Feline Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Term
Why should you avoid administering I.V. fluid replacement for cats experiencing DCM?
Definition
It can cause pulmonary edema or pulmonary effusion
Term
What are propranalol and diltiazem used to treat?
Definition
Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Term
A hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cat with a heart beat less than 200 bpm has a better prognosis than greater than 200 bpm.
Definition
True
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Where do 90% of saddle thrombi or thromboembolisms lodge inside the cat's circulatory system?
Definition
Distal aortic trifurcation
Term
What cat issue has an acute onset of rear leg pain & paresis, cold-bluish foot pads, and lack of palpable rear limb pulses?
Definition
Saddle block
Term
What disease has a "machinery-sounding" heart murmur that can be heard in young patients?
Definition
Patent ductus arteriosus
Term
Congestive heart failure, seen in young kittens, can be caused by what congental condition?
Definition
Atrial and ventricular septal defects
Term
Where is the bacteria located that can cause chronic mitral valve insufficiency?
Definition
Tartar on teeth
Term
T/F Sinus arrhythmia is a normal occurence in dogs but not cats.
Definition
True
Term
What heart rate increases on inspiration and decreases upon expiration?
Definition
Canine sinus arrhythmia
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What is the intermediate host/vector of canine heartworm?
Definition
Female mosquito
Term
What microfilaria "thrash"?
Definition
Difilaria immitis
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What drug is used to treat adult heartworm?
Definition
Immiticide
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What drug is the active ingredient in Feline Revolution heartworm preventative?
Definition
Selemection
Term
What horse shouldn't you ride?
Definition
Horse with endocarditis or valvular disease
Term
What is a slow heart rate?
Definition
Bradycardia
Term
What is a fast heart rate?
Definition
Tachycardia
Term
What happens during ventricular contraction and atrial repolarization?
Definition
QRS complex
Term
What occurs when there's no P wave or poor contraction?
Definition
Atrial fibrillation
Term
What is heart contraction and relaxation?
Definition
Systole and diastole
Term
What are aortic, mitral, pulmonic, and tricuspid examples of?
Definition
Heart murmurs
Term
What is an abnormal swishing sound in the heart?
Definition
Murmur
Term
What heart rhythm can be heard with Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Definition
Gallup rhythm
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What condition results with a failing heart which allows fluid congestion and edema to accumulate in the body?
Definition
Congestive heart failure
Term
What disease results from a thickening left ventricle (hypertrophy)?
Definition
Canine Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Term
What heart condition can cause cats to die suddenly when handled?
Definition
Feline Dilated Cardimyopathy (DCM)
Term
High platelet reactivity causes what in cats?
Definition
Thromboembolism
Term
What condition develops when the heart septum fails to close completley in neonates?
Definition
Patent ductus arteriosus
Term
What defect does blood typically shunt from left to right, overloading the right side of the heart?
Definition
Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Term
What defect does the left side of the heart is overloaded and enlarged?
Definition
Ventral septal defect (VSD)
Term
T/F Stenotic valves are genetic.
Definition
True
Term
What's the most common dog cardiovascular disorder and is rare in cats?
Definition
Chronic mitral valve insufficiency
Term
What is commonly seen in large breed dogs, athletic, and brachiocephalic dogs under anesthesia?
Definition
Sinus bradycardia
Term
How long after infection can microfilaria be detected in the blood?
Definition
6 months
Term
The Difil Filter test, the modified knott's test, and the SNAP test are used to detect what?
Definition
Heartworm
Term
T/F Cats have mostly adult heartworms.
Definition
True, very few filaria
Term
Heartgard, interceptor, sentinel, revolution, and advantage can be used to treat what?
Definition
Heartworms
Term
What's common in foals (congenital) or in mature horses (degenerative or infectious)?
Definition
Valvular disease
Term
What valvular disease causes stenosis of the heart valves?
Definition
Valvular disease
Term
What disease could cause sudden death in a horse and you shouldn't ride them?
Definition
Valvular disease
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What type of vascular disease has sudden death as the only clinical sign in horses?
Definition
Vascular rupture
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What's infectious canine tracheobronchitis aka?
Definition
Kennel cough
Term
What infections are typically self-limiting in adult cats but can be fatal in kittens?
Definition
Feline bordetella
Term
A dry, harsh, goose-honk cough that worsens with exercise, is seen in older, obese, or toy dogs is due to what respiratory disease?
Definition
Collapsing trachea
Term
What type of medication are hydrocodone and lomotil in regards to collapsing trachea?
Definition
Antitussive medications
Term
High-dose long-term corticosteroid therapy and bronchodilators are used to treat what?
Definition
Feline asthma
Term
What's an extremely contagious feline herpes virus?
Definition
Feline viral rhinotracheitis
Term
What's a hardy, highly contagious, feline virus know for having clinical signs of oral ulcers, pneumonia, and diarrhea?
Definition
Calicivirus
Term
What bacteria causes pneumonia, nasal discharge, fever, anorexia, weight loss, and death in ruminants?
Definition
Pasteurella haemolytica
Term
Where should you insert a needle for a thoracocentesis?
Definition
7th or 8th intercostal space (just above costochodral junction)
Term
What can be transmissed by sneezing, grooming, and contaminating bowls, toys, and bedding?
Definition
Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis
Term
What's the most common route of infection for Blastomycosis?
Definition
Inhalation of spores
Term
What disease displays these symptoms?: Anorexia, depression, fever greater than 103F, cough, dyspnea, ocular, and nasal discharge
Definition
Blastomycosis
Term
Inhalation via soil or from bird or bat droppings is the most common route of exposure to what disease?
Definition
Histoplasmosis
Term
Cryptococcus neoforms, transmitted via inhalation, is found in what animal's droppings?
Definition
Avians (pidgeons commonly)
Term
Rotting vegetation, sewage, compost piles, and moldy seeds/grain can transmit what disease?
Definition
Aspergillus fumigates
Term
Blastomycosis, aspergillus, cryptococcus, and coccidiodomycosis are what type of disease?
Definition
Fungal
Term
Where do thyroid and mammary gland tumors usually metastasize to?
Definition
Lungs
Term
Trauma, infections, abscesses, exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage, and tumors are the primary cause of what in horses?
Definition
Equine epistaxis
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What is Equine Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease aka?
Definition
Heaves
Term
What highly contagious disease is transmitted by streptococcus equi?
Definition
Strangles
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What medicine should be used to treat oestrus ovis flies that migrate to the sinuses?
Definition
Ivermectin
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T/F Feline heartworm causes more severe symptoms.
Definition
True
Term
What's fluid build-up in the pleural space?
Definition
Pleural effusion
Term
What is budding yeast surronded by a mucoid capsule that is spread by inhalation?
Definition
Cryptococcosis
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T/F Primary lung tumors are common.
Definition
False
Term
What % of lung tumors are adenocarcinomas?
Definition
70-80%
Term
What horses disease has an allergy component with airway constriction?
Definition
Heaves
Term
What causes equine influenza?
Definition
Myxovirus
Term
What's the most common equine viral respiratory disease?
Definition
Equine viral rhinopneumonitis
Term
Hypothyroidism is most common in ______?
Definition
Dogs
Term
Hyperthyroidism is the most common in ____?
Definition
Cats
Term
What disease can cause cataracts?
Definition
Diabetes mellitus
Term
What should not be shaken and refridgerated upon arrival?
Definition
Insulin
Term
What is Cushing's disease aka?
Definition
Hyperadrenocorticism
Term
What is Addison's disease aka?
Definition
Hypoadrenocorticism
Term
What does FLUTD stand for?
Definition
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease
Term
What urinary crystals are square or diamond shaped?
Definition
Calcium oxylate crystals
Term
What uroliths have long skinny crystals?
Definition
Struvite (Triple phosphorus)
Term
What are uroliths aka?
Definition
Bladder stones
Term
What pet, besides dogs, can get insulinomas?
Definition
Ferrets
Term
What equine disease displays a shaggy, poorly-shedding haircoat, muscle wasting, weight loss, and recurrent laminitis?
Definition
Equine Cushing's
Term
What usually causes canine cystitis?
Definition
Bacterial urinary tract infections
Term
What cats are most predisposed to bladder stones (uroliths)?
Definition
Older, obese cats
Term
What is a build-up of toxins in the blood?
Definition
Azotemia
Term
Uroliths are common in dogs. T/F
Definition
False
Term
What's common in older pets, irreversible, and has a progressive decline in renal function?
Definition
Chronic renal failure
Term
T/F Cats are more affected by chronic renal failure than dogs.
Definition
True
Term
What urinary problem are older, spayed females, and intact males predisposed to?
Definition
Urinary incontinence
Term
What're postpartum mares predisposed to? How should it be treated?
Definition
Urinary bladder prolapse and replace bladder and avoid rupture
Term
What urinary disease is mostly seen in wethers, rams, and bucks that are on high-concentrate feed?
Definition
Urolithiasis
Term
What disease do beta cells in pancreas quit adequate production of insulin or when tissues in the body become resistant to insulin?
Definition
Diabetes mellitus
Term
Type I or II diabetes: Insulin-dependent diabetes that affects 100% of dogs and 50% of cats?
Definition
Type I
Term
Type I or II diabetes: Non-insulin dependent diabetes that affects 50% of cats
Definition
Type II
Term
What Hill's diet should be fed to pets with diabetes?
Definition
R/D or W/D
Term
T/F High levels of glucose is no good but low glucose can be fatal.
Definition
True
Term
What can bee fed to quickly rise glucose levels?
Definition
Karo syrup
Term
What does hypocalcemia cause?
Definition
Parathyroidism
Term
What gland produces adenocorticotrophic hormone? (ACTH)
Definition
Anterior pituitary
Term
What regulates cortisol levels?
Definition
ACTH
Term
What disease has symptoms of polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, pot-bellied appearance, panting, obesity, and muscle weakness?
Definition
Cushing's disease aka hyperadrenocorticism
Term
What test should you run to see if a patient has cushing's disease or addison's disease?
Definition
ACTH stimulation test
Term
What equine disease is very common and in horses from late teens to early twenties?
Definition
Equine cushing's
Term
T/F Hypoadrenocorticism is uncommon.
Definition
True
Term
What should be considered for a middle-aged female dog that is vomiting?
Definition
Addison's disease
Term
What endocrine issue is rarely seen in dogs unless it's a neoplasia?
Definition
Hyperthyroidism
Term
Surgical removal of the thyroid and injection of this is used to treat hyperthyroidism.
Definition
Radioactive iodine 131
Term
Decreased metabolic rate and thyroid gland atrophy is aka?
Definition
Hypothyroidism
Term
What is inflammation of the gum tissues?
Definition
Gingivitis
Term
St. Bernards and bulldogs are likely to get this.
Definition
Lip fold dermatitis
Term
T/F When a dog eats caustic plants, you should induce vomiting.
Definition
False
Term
Perscribing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is the main cause of what?
Definition
Gastric ulcers
Term
Gastric dilation/volvulus is seen in what type of dogs?
Definition
Deep-chested, large, and giant breeds
Term
What is an over extended expansion of the stomach?
Definition
Gastric dilation
Term
What is when an distended stomach flips on itself?
Definition
Gastric volvulus
Term
What is mucoid saliva that accumulates in SQ tissue after damage to the salivary duct or gland?
Definition
Salivary mucocele
Term
What is a cyst on the underside of the tongue?
Definition
Ranula
Term
What gastric neoplasm is most commonly found in dogs?
Definition
Intestinal adenocarcinomas
Term
What's it called when a smaller diameter, anterior portion of intestine slides into a larger, more distal portion of the intestine?
Definition
Intussusception
Term
T/F Cats are more prone to megacolon than dogs.
Definition
True
Term
What's IBD?
Definition
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Term
30 x 19.1 (bdy wt. in kg.) = 573 + 70 = 643 (calories) x 1.5 = 964.5 calories/day represents what?
Definition
Resting Energy Requirement (RER) "Healthy animal"
Term
What canine disease is known as "blue eye"?
Definition
Infectious canine hepatitis
Term
L. canicola, L. icternohemorrhagica, and L. pomona are what type of disease?
Definition
Leptospirosis
Term
What's Fatty Liver Disease known as in cats?
Definition
Feline Hepatic Lipidosis
Term
What's blood from the GI trat that bypasses the liver, therefore, it has toxins that cause damage to the body?
Definition
Portosystemic shunt
Term
What disease is autoingestion of the body's own tissue by malfunctioning digestive enzymes?
Definition
Pancreatitis
Term
What's the best method of prevention of canine perianal gland tumors and hernias?
Definition
Neutering
Term
What're sharp points on the 1st and last maxillary teeth?
Definition
Hooks
Term
What're sloping surfaces on the 1st and last mandibular teeth?
Definition
Ramps
Term
This process uses rasps and files to correct uneven enamel wear?
Definition
Floating teeth
Term
What can be caused by feeding sheep a goat's food?
Definition
Copper toxicosis
Term
What is distension of the left side of a cow's abdomen?
Definition
Bloat
Term
The trochar needle to the rumen and the ______ tube can be used to treat bloat.
Definition
orogastric
Term
What're the 6 accessory organs of the digestive system?
Definition
Teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, pancreas, and gall bladder
Term
Gingivitis is aka?
Definition
Periodontal disese
Term
What dental work includes scaling, polishing, antibiotics, and extractions?
Definition
Dental prophy
Term
T/F Papillomas are malignant.
Definition
False, benign
Term
What benign tumor tends to be smooth and near teeth?
Definition
Epuli
Term
What should be used to neutralize toxins in the stomach?
Definition
Activated charcoal
Term
T/F Inflammatory bowel disease is immune-mediated.
Definition
True
Term
What zoonotic disease can diarrhea be associated with?
Definition
Parvovirus
Term
T/F Constipation is common in dogs and cats.
Definition
False
Term
What Hill diets should be fed to patients with constipation?
Definition
W/D or R/D
Term
70-80% of the liver compromised causes what?
Definition
Acute liver failure
Term
Elevated levels of ALT, Bilirubin, and Alk. phosphorus can cause what?
Definition
Acute liver failure
Term
What does adenovirus 1 cause by oro-nasal transmission?
Definition
Hepatitis
Term
T/F Leptospirosis is zoonotic.
Definition
True
Term
What idiopathic liver problem is most common in cats?
Definition
Feline hepatic lipidosis
Term
What's jagged enamel?
Definition
Spurs
Term
What equine issue causes food to come out the nose?
Definition
Equine choke
Term
80% of these are seen in race/show horses.
Definition
Gastric ulcers
Term
What is equine abdominal pain?
Definition
Colic
Term
What equine diarrhea disease is aka Potomac horse fever?
Definition
Erlichiosis
Term
What forestomach holds food to regurgitate?
Definition
Rumen
Term
What forestomach has honeycombed folds and houses reticulitis and hardware disease?
Definition
Reticulum
Term
What forestomach has long folds that absorb h2o?
Definition
Omasum
Term
What forestomach are most nutrients absorbed?
Definition
Abomasum
Term
T/F Bloat is more common in sheep than goats.
Definition
True
Term
What species produce coccidosis in cattle?
Definition
Eimeria spp.
Term
What is disuse or neurogenic atrophy of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles of horses?
Definition
Sweeney
Term
[30 x BW(kg)+70]x 1.5 = ?
Definition
Resting caloric intake
Term
[image]
Definition
Calcium oxylate
Term
[image]
Definition
Calcium Oxylate crystals
Term
[image]
Definition
Struvite (Triple phos.)
Term
[image]
Definition
Cherry eye
Term
[image]
Definition
Measuring glaucoma
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