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What is Acetazolamide?
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carbonic anhydrase inhibitor diuretic used more often to decrease IOP (tx for glaucoma)
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What osmotic diuretic is used often for renal failure prophy?
What are some other fxns? |
Mannitol; decrease IOP, decrease ICP
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When is the use of mannitol CONTRAINDICATED?
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w/ intracranial hemorrhage
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How do you treat Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate?
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1. Sternothyrohyoid myectomy= strap mm resection
2. Staphylectomy= trim caudal edge of soft palate 3. Epiglottic augmentation w/ teflon 4. Lou Ellen's tendenectomy |
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How can you differentiate DDSP from Epiglottic entrapment on endoscopy?
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w/ DDSP, you can NOT see the outline of the epiglottis
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What are four causes of edema?
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1. low oncotic pressure (low protein)
2. high hydrostatic pressure 3. lymphatic blockage (ventral edema) 4. vasculitis |
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Footrot is caused by what agent(s)?
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Fusobacterium necrophorum
Dichelopbacter melaninogenicus Bacteroides nodosus |
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What are the embryonic membranes of the dog?
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chorion, yolk sac, amnion, and allantois
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How do chitin inhibitors work to rid of fleas?
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Lefenuron(Program; flea have to take blood meal then lay defective eggs (won't hatch)
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What are clinical signs associated with FMD?
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lameness, excessive salivation (due to) ulceration of oral cavity, interdigital space, coronary band, teat and udder, cardiac mm necrosis
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What is the major cause of lameness in beef and dairy cattle?
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Footrot
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Gerbils have a predisposition to ...
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Epilepsy
* Do not grab gerbils by their tails * |
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What are the common mycotic diseases that involve the lungs?
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Blastomycosis, Hitoplasmosis, and Cocciodiomycosis
*Crytococcus can, but the presenting signs reflect nasal infection |
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Dogs with Histo often present with what systemic signs? Dogs with Coccidio?
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Histo- GI signs
Coccidio- Skeletal signs |
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Nephrotic syndrome- are signs of glomerular disease. What are the signs associated?
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1. proteinuria
2. hypoalbuminemia 3. ascites 4. hypercholesterolemia |
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Glomerular disease is a familial disease in what breeds?
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Bernese mountain dogs and soft coated wheaten terriers
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What is amyloidosis?
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extracellular deposit of glycoproteins
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What stains amyloid deposition?
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Congo red stain
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Where is amyloid deposited in cats and dogs with amyloidosis?
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cats- medullary portion (CRF w/o proteinuria)
dogs- glomerulus (leads to proteinuria) |
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What is the toxic principal of cottonseed meal?
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gossypol
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What spp is most sensitive to gossypol?
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pigs; sever myocardial necrosis and lung damage, reproductive effects, hepatotoxicity
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What is gout?
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the deposition of uric acid crystals in and around joints and on visceral surfaces
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On fluid analysis, what type fo crystals are seen in an gout patient?
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monosodium urate crystals (needle shaped and birefringent under polarized light)
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What electrolyte imbalance is characterized with Grass Tetany?
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HYPOMAGNESMEIA; occassionally with hypocalcemia
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What is the treatment for Grass Tetany?
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IV Ca/Mg combo: 5% calcium borgluconate with 5% magnesium hypophospahate
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Griseofulvin:
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fungistatic; disrupts mitotic spindles (arrest metaphase)
Only works on dermatophytes (ringworm) |
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Guaifensin:
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centrally-acting muscle relaxant
induces mm relaxation and restraint as an adjunct to anesthesia for short procedures |
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What are three infectious diseases of guinea pigs?
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strangles
staph abcess under jaw Bordetella bronchiseptica, resp diz w/ hx of contact with rabbits |
