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31 Cards in this Set
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What are the two main causes or viral respoiratory disease in cats? |
FHV-1 FCV - calicivirus |
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Between FHV-1 and FCV, which generally is more disease causing? Which tends to be more common |
FHV FCV |
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What family is FHV-1 DNA/RNA enveloped? |
alphaherpesvirus DNA enveloped |
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What bacterial pathogens can also cause URI besides FHV and FCV? |
Bordetella bronchiseptica Chlamydophilia felis |
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C/S of FHV-1 |
oculonasal discharge conjunctivitis sneezing keratitis uveitits |
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C/S of FCV |
milder than FHV mouth ulceration is characteristic - typically on tongue lameness and pyrexia may occur w/o resp. or oral disease chronic stomatitis |
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What are C/S of virulent Calicivirus |
hemorrhagic syndrome facial and paw edema respirtory signs pyrexia icterus hemorrhages from nose and feces |
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DX of FHV/FCV |
PCR virus isolation |
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TX for FHV/FCV |
tetracycline - if Bordetella bronchiseptica or Chlamydophila felis recombinant interferon L-lysine |
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How are FHV/FCV transmitted |
direct contact b/t cats sneezed droplets |
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Where does FHV-1 stay in the latent form |
trigeminal ganglia |
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This feline URI shed virus continuously and are always infectious |
FCV |
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Where does FCV persist?
Carrier state? |
oropharyngeal tissues lifelong carrier state but most cats have spontaneous recovery and eliminate the virus
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What disease in general does feline panleukopenia/feline parvovirus cause |
enteritis panleukopenia high mortality |
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What type of cells do parvoviruses inhabit examples |
rapidly dividing cells lymphoid tissue BM crypt epithelium of intestines |
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What age cats are most commonly affected with fe parvo |
young kittens |
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Clinical signs of young kittens with panluekopenia |
lethargy fever anorexia apparent thirst but refusing to drink profuse watery diarrhea |
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How long after clinical signs do kittens subcumb to panleukopenia |
3-5 days |
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What are results of in utero infection with panlukopenia? |
early - fetal death and resorption middle third to parturition - cerebellar hypoplasia |
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C/S of kittens with cerebellar hypoplasia |
ataxia hypermetria intention tremmors for life |
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DX of panleukopenia |
virus culture - difficult due to short shedding ELISA PCR antibiody levels necropsy/histopathology - intranuclear inclusion bodies |
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TX for feline panleukopenia |
supportive |
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What type of vaccines should not be used in pregnant queens |
MLV with panleukopenia - risk of developing cerebellar hypoplasia |
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How long is panleukopenia stable in the enviroment? |
stable and can survive the premises for up to a year |
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Rare fatal neurological disease seen mainly in Europe and Japan |
bornavirus disease "Feline staggering disease" |
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C/S of cats with Bornavirus disease |
progressive hindlimb ataxia paresis hyperesthesia siezures impaired vision |
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TX for Bornavirus disease |
die or euthanized |
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What lesions are seen with bornavirus |
non suppurtive meningoencephalomyelitis |
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This virus is found only in Eurasia and reservoir hosts are small wild mammals |
cow pox virus |
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What C/S does cowpox virus cause in cats |
single scabbed/ulcerated lesion ontop of head then spreads and epidermal nodules |
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TX and prognosis for cowpox |
most heal unevetfully AB for secondary infections cidofovir |
