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30 Cards in this Set
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What can phenobarbital cause? |
Superficial necrolytic dermatitis |
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Which zinc-responsive dermatosis is more rare? |
Diet-related |
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Which breeds is zinc malabsorption common with? |
Arctic breeds - huskies, malamutes etc.
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Diagnosis |
Massive parakeratosis |
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Treatment |
Zinc supplementing without causing GI upset Steroids - reduce inflammation, reduce uptake from intestine |
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One of most common autoimmune diseases? |
Pemphigus foliaceus |
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Destruction of skin adhesion causes |
Pustules and crusting formed Large, angry, coalescing rather than one focal pustule with folliculitis |
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Due to pustules, PF might be mistaken for |
Infectious disease |
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Cause of pain in nasa-digital hyperkeratosis |
Fissuring of hard lesions |
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Severe cases |
Oral vitamin A |
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Why does hypervitaminosis A rarely occur in dogs? |
They can metabolise vitamin A quite well, unlike cats/humans |
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Why is the elbow a bad place for healing? |
Little spare tissue Lots of movement |
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Treatment of bursa under callus |
Vacuum drain Removing without active drainage predisposes to recurrence |
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Drug reaction |
Veterinary medicine directorate (VMD) FDA in USA |
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Commonest autoimmune disease in dogs |
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus |
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Which breed is predisposed to epidermilitis ..? |
Great dane |
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What to check if akita presents with nasal ulceration |
Check eyes - uveodermatological syndrome - may lose sight if not treated quickly |
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Immune-mediated disease approach |
Find earliest lesion for best diagnosis Wedge biopsy - normal and affected skin Lots of biopsies |
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Long term use of dexamethasone and triamcinolone |
Twice a week is maximum due to long half lives |
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Tick bite reactions |
Due to cement tick leaves in skin, not due to leaving head in animal |
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Swamp rot |
Pythium - fungus and alga hybrid |
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Juvenile cellulitis treatment |
Steroids Treat quickly or post-inflammation scarring |
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May be due to |
Vaccination reaction |
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Clown nose |
Sterile pyogranuloma |
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Lupoid onychitis |
Sloughing of claws leads to infection and necrosis Lameness, pain |
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Treatment |
Take earliest affected nail |
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Nail clipping may lead to... |
Nail shatter |
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Use |
Manicure sets |
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Anal sac adenocarcinoma may be confused with... |
Perianal gland adenoma |
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Complication with surgical removal |
Faecal incontinence |
