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A contagious viral disease, that affects the GI system, resulting in sporadic outbreaks of vomiting and diarrhea.
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Coronavirus
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diarrhea is yellow-green in color and malodorous
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How is the Corona virus transmitted?
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fecal-oral route
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DHPP stands for what?
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D- Distemper
H- Hepatitis P- Parainfluenza P- Parvovirus |
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Highly contagious viral disease, with high fever, and often fatal. Respiratory, GI, and central nervous sytem is affected.
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Distemper
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CNS signs-seizures,circling,pacing,etc
Nasal discharge followed by pneumonia,vomiting,diarrhea, and fever. |
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How is Distemper transmitted?
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through all body secretions and excretions and airborne.
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easily destroyed by disinfectants, survives no more than a few days outside the host,recovered dogs are not carriers
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What is Infectious Tracheobronchitis?
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Contagious respiratory disease often caused by the bacteria Bordetella bronchiseptica.
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it can be caused by the viruses parainfluenza and adenovirus 1 and 2
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How is Infectious Tracheobronchitis transmitted?
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highly contagious via aerosol spread and fomites
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An acute and chronic bacterial disease that affects the lungs, kidneys, and liver. What is it?
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Leptospirosis
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How is leptospirosis transmitted?
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transmitted by food, water, bedding, soil, vegetation, or fomites
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Leptospirosis can be spread in the urine of recovered animals for months to years after infection- True or False
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True
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Name three zoonotic canine diseases.
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Rabies, leptospirosis, and Lyme disease.
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What does zoonotic mean?
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Can be transmitted from animal to human.
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What virus can infect almost all warm blooded animals and is considered not treatable. It infects the nervous system, causing death of paralysis
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Rabies
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How is Rabies transmitted?
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in the saliva
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How is the parvovirus transmitted?
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fecal-oral route
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how long can the parvovirus be stable in the environment?
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months to years
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How is Lyme disease transmitted?
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transmitted most commonly by the deer tick, Ixodes dammini-through a tick bite
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infected animals pose little risk to humans, but the risk lies in their passing ticks to humans
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What age do we recommend a puppy has its first vaccine?
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8 weeks
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What is hepatitis?
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A viral disease caused by adenovirus 1.
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Hepatitis affects the liver, eyes and endothelium.
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True
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