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15 Cards in this Set
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Heart sounds |
S1 - Systole - AV valves closing - lubb S2 - Diastole - Pul & Aortic valve closing - dubb |
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Chronic Mitral Valve Disease |
Small breeds Develops very slowly 8/9/10 and older HR & Arrythmia |
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) |
Big breeds >20kg Age 4 / 5 Doberman (>50%), Boxer, Great Dane Not easy to diagnose at an early stage |
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Demodex (mites) D. canis |
Hair follicles / sebaceous glands Immune - suppressed 95% are non-pruritic! Skin scrape 3 places, KOH or oil on slide, ×10 mag for parasites Not contagious Entire life-cycle on host Gets worse with steroids 5% have a pus form of the condition Ivermectin sc once a week ×6 weeks 2 neg skin scrapes, a fortnight in a row, in order to finish the tx BRAVECTO also works for demodex but can't be used <6 months |
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Pruritic Skin Conditions |
Sacroptes Food Allergy Canine Atopic Dermatitis |
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Age at which most food allergies appear? |
1 - 3 years Not less than 6 months |
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Skin conditions steroids contraindicated? |
Dermatophytosis Sarcoptes |
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'Favrot Criteria' for Canine Atopic Dermatitis |
Must have at least 5 - Indoor dog - Changes appear on the face - Inflammation of the legs, especially on the front legs - Otitis externa but doesn't have changes on the ear margins - No changes on the lumbosacral region (typical for fleas) - Changes appear for the first time when the animal is less than 3yrs - Steroid reaction - to differentiate from food allergy |
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How long to treat superficial pyoderma / folliculitis / deep pyoderma for? |
Superficial - Treat for 7 days longer than when the symptoms disappear Deep - Treat for 14 days longer than when the symptoms disappear |
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Antibiotic for skin problems |
Cephalexin 22mg/kg PO BID |
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Most common auto-immune skin disease |
Pemphigus Folliaceus 3yrs mostly Pus, superficial erosions, scale, crusts |
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Cause of osteomyelitis in cows? |
Salmonella dublin typically Also arcanobacterium and e-coli |
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Babesiosis blood transfusion |
6 - 10 litres for a 600kg cow |
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Serum Ca levels when clinical signs occur for milk fever |
<1.5 mmol/l |
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Ketosis Tx |
400ml of 40% glucose IV (lasts 2 - 4 hrs) Propylene glycol orally - twice daily Dexamathasone Vitamin B12 |
