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What are the unique lymphoid structures of lagamorphs?
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Sacculus rotundus (distal ileum)
Vermiform appendix (end of cecum) |
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What causes snuffles in rabbits?
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Pasturella multocida
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Where does "snuffles" manifest in rabbits?
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Suppurative bronchopneumonia to fibrinous pleuropneumonia;
Genital tract infections; Abscesses everywhere!!! |
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What are major causes of rabbit diarrhea?
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Clostridium spiroforme or difficle;
Coccidiosis; Colibacillosis; Mucoid enteropathy; Lawsonia intracellularis |
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Tyzzer's disease is caused by...
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...Clostridium piliforme
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What is the "triad" of lesions seen in rabbit Tyzzer's disease? What histological sign is diagnostic?
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Cecal, hepatic, and cardiac damage;
See "pick up sticks" or "chinese characters" |
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Diarrhea + hepatic necrosis in a rabbit usually =
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Tyzzer's Disease!!
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White spots on a rabbit liver and along bile ducts is indicative of...
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...Coccidiosis!! Eimeria stiedae
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What can cause brain inflammation and kidney lesions in the rabbit?
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Encephalitozoon cuniculi
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What are symptoms of myxomatosis in rabbits?
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Conjunctivitis;
Perigenital edema |
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T or F:
Rabbits rarely get ear mites. |
False! They get psoroptic mange
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Which disease is reportable in rabbits? What is the causative agent?
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Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (Calicivirus)
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What are lesions associated with rabbit hemorrhagic disease? What causes this disease?
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bloody froth from nose/mouth;
multifocal hemmorage (esp lung); hepatic necrosis w/prominent zonal patterns (caused by a Calicivirus) |
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Ulcerative lesions in the ferret stomach are likely caused by...
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...Helicobacter mustelae!
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What are two important multisystemic viral diseases of ferrets?
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CDV
Aleutian disease (parvo) |
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What are common lesions associated with Aleutian disease?
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Speckled kidneys (amyloid deposits);
Perivascular reaction in CNS |
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What happens if you don't spay your ferret jill?
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Hyperestrogenemia with prolonged heat leads to bone marrow suppression and anemia
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What is a deficiency-caused alimentary disease that Guinea Pigs and Primates share?
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Hypovitaminosis C (Scurvy)
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What is the BIG DISEASE of gerbils? How do these animals die?
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Lawsonia enteritis ("wet tail"); causes death by dehydration
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What is the most common disease in gerbils?
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Tyzzer's disease
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What causes chronic respiratory disease in rats?
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Mycoplasma pulmonis
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What is the most common cancer of the mouse? What is the pathogenesis of this?
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Mammary adenocarcinomas have a viral component
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Rodents carry many zoonotic agents of concern. What are some of these?
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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Hantavirus Streptobacillus moniliformis (rat bite fever) Lepto Tularemia Yersinia Salmonella Campylobacter lots of other... |
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Which is spread vertically?
a) TB b) Avian influenza c) Leishmaniasis d) Classical Swine Fever |
d) Classical Swine Fever
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What zoonotic disease is also known as rabbit fever?
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Tularemia
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What are protozoan parasites causing dermatitis in dogs?
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Leishmania, Neospora, Toxoplasma
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What is a rabbit dz w/high mortality and no vector?
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Rabbit hemorrhagic disease
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Which disease is not of concern to an AVIC?
a) WNV b) Equine viral arteritis c) EPM d) Bovine paraTB e) Equine herpes virus I |
Equine Viral Arteritis
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What is the most likely travel history of a dog w/blastomycosis?
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Ohio/Mississippi River Valley
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______dz is transmissible between animals via direct or airborne transmission.
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Contagious
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Names of familes of 4 viruses that can cause vesicular dz in pigs
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Picorna (FMD)
Calici (VES) Rhabdo (VS) Entero (SVD) |
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What is the typical clinical presentation of FMD in cows? pigs? Goats and sheep? Humans?
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decreased eating/increased salivation/lameness (cows/pigs);
reduced signs (goats/sheep); no signs (humans) |
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Viral agent causes abortion and neurologic dz in pigs; can affect other species
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Pseudorabies
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Mycotic granulomatous pneumonia and encephalitis in dog from central ca
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Coccidiodiomycosis
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Cause of typhlitis and hepatitis in some birds?
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Histomonas
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Lesions in Oregon llama with hemorrhagic lung and nasty brain. What is the cause?
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Cryptococcus gatti
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Which requires a vector?
a) Brucellosis b) Rinderpest c) Bluetongue d) MCF e) Aujesky’s dz |
c) Bluetongue
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T or F:
Endocrine dermatopathy is a feature of hyperthyroidism. |
False! It is not!
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