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Diseases transmitted by ticks
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Lyme disease
Anaplasmosis Ehrlichiosis Rocky M SF Cytauzxoonosis Babesiosis hepatozoonosis |
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diseases caused by fleas
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Direct diseases: allergy dermatitis, anemia
transmitted: dipllydium caninum, Acanthocheilonema reconditum, cat-scratch disease, ricketsiosis |
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what flea control product cannot be used on cats
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pyrethroids
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what drug(s) are insect development inhibitors
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lufenuron- suppresses chitin.
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what drugs are insect growth regulators
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methoprene, pyriproxyfen
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synergist/ knock-down agents for fleas
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piperonyl butoxide
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what tick does not feed as adults
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otobius
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name one host ticks
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riphacephalus
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acaricides
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fipronil
amitraz pyrethroids permethrin cyphenothrin deltamethrin other pyrethrins/pyrethroids selamectin, other macrolide endectocides OPs/carbamates |
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what acaricides have repellency
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pyrethroids and maybe amitraz
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what acaricides have detachment quality
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amitraz and maybe pyrethroids
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what is the treatment to sarcoptes scabei
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selamectin (repeat in two weeks)
other avermectins. amitraz dips fipronil aids in control |
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how do you treat local demodex?
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you don't need to, but to make clients happy you could put on amitraz spot OR a good way to get them on heart worm preventative.
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how do you treat generalized demodex
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antibiotics for pyoderma.
amitraz dips- weekly daily- high dose ivermectin moxidectin weekly continue 1 month past negative skin scrape |
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how to treat otodectes cynotis
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avermectins
(old) tresaderm |
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how do you treat Cheyletiella?
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avermectins or fipronil (not rabbits)
pyrethroids for the environment because reinfection is high and its very zoonotic |
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what drugs treat against small animal lice
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Dinotefuran (?)
fipronil imidacloprid moxidectin pyrethrins/pyrethroids selamectin |
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how do you treat neospora caninum?
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Trimethoprim sulfadiazine + pyrimethamine
PO q24 for 4 weeks Trimethoprim sulfadiazine + clindamycin PO q8 hour for 4 weeks Clindamycin low dose PO q12 hr (< 13 wk old pups) high dose PO q 12 hr, 6 months |
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what treatments are their for toxoplasma gondii
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None approved
CAPC (organization) Clindamycin hydrochloride*, 2-4 wk Pyrimethamine, 2-4 wk Trimethoprim-sulphonamide, 4 wk |
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treatment for trepansoma cruzi
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Not very effective
Benznidazole + corticosteroid Vomiting Prognosis guarded Diagnosed older dogs live longer Infected dogs are reservoirs |
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treatment for leishmania infantum.
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Earlier treatment better control
Allopurinol (PO, lifelong) Pentavalent antimonials (IV, SC, 3-4 wk) Sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) Relapse common |
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For horses: pyrantel pamoate
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not absorbed systemically, not larvicidal ( like L4 small strongyles,)
take 2x to kill cestodes |
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Pyrantel tartrate
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only prophylactic top feed
kills strongyle and ascarid before they go into the tissues and after they return to the gut |
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Horse piperazine
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kills ADULT ascarids and cyathostomes.. not that effective.
done in large vol with nasogastric tube |
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Horse praziquantely
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only comes with M/L
kills 100% of cestodes only!!!! |
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what parasite is the dose limiting one in a horse?
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parascaris equorum
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what drugs are good against encysted larva cyathostomes
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moxidectin and fenbendazole
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what is the "egg reappearance period" of piperazine, ivermectin, moxidectin for small strongyles?
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pipeazine- 4 wks
ivermectin- 6-8wks adults 4 wks young moxidectin 10-12 wks |
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refugia
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should be kept as large as possible.
suppresive deworming= minimizes refugia |
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what is the minimum treatment for a horse
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take care of strongylus vulgaris.
larvicidal treatment ivermectin, moxidectin, FBZ spring/fall in combination with praziqantel for cestode treatments |
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for moderate horse contaminators.. what is the basic treatment
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1 spring, 1 fall, 1 early winter (limit pasture contamination and helps with bots!)
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For horses that are high contaminators of pasture
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Treat at the ERP
also treat at early and late winter but not during the summer |
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Treating parascaris equorum in horses
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60 DAYS of age:
start foal deworming treatments at maximum intervals which prevent potency. tolerate some pasture contamination (refugia) |
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How to treat gasterophilus in horses
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macrocyclic lactones! only boticide.
give after first hard frost (cessation of egg laying activity) mechanical removal of eggs |
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how do you treat anoplocephala perfoiliata in horses?
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praziquantel
pyrantel pamoate can also burn the pasture rotate animals |
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How do you treat oxyuris equi in horses?
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M/L
pyrantel pamoate benzimidazoles |
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how do you treat strongyloides westerni
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ivermectin or oxibendazole
acquired immunity by 5mo's |
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How to treat large strongyles (strongylus)
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IVM, MOX, FBX x5
at least every 6 mo the minimum treatment. keep a closed herd and quarantine newcomers. |
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Anaplasma marginale
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ticks and cattle are reservoirs. Cattle and MALE ticks develop life-long persistent infection. ticks spread it from cow to cow.
Dermacentor Variabillis! |
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what ticks have wildlife as the natural hosts.
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amlyomma americanum
ixodes scapularis |
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What tick transmits babesia bovis and babesia bigemina.
Texas cattle fever |
Rhipicephalus microplus and annulatus.
eradicated from the US. buffer zone between US and mexico. |
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What do the rhipicephalus microplus and annulatus transmit?
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babesia bovis and babesia bigemina
texas cattle fever |
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What does Amblyomma americium transmit?
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Spring and summer ticks: ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, Borrilia lonestari, rickettsia amblyommi, Theileria cervi
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What does amblyomma maculatum cause?
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Gotch ear because of their long mouth parts.
spring and summer tick AND hepatozoon americanum! |
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What does Subolesin have to do with ticks
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silencing that gene causes the male tick to go sterile.
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what two ticks transmit Rickettsia rickettsii, the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, in North America?
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Dermacenter varibillialis
rhipacephalus sanguineus |
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Organophosphates used on cattle (list them)
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coumaphos, phosphorodithioate, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, fenthion, trichlorfon, pirimiphos methyl.
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What two flea control products are regulated by the FDA?
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Nitenpyram and spinosad because they are both oral.
Other drugs that have a systemic component mixed with a EPA product (like imidacloprid with moxidectin= fad) |
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why does selamectin only do hooks and round in cats and not dogs?
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It is absorbed better in cats than dogs.
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what shouldn't you give to a cat with toxoplasma gondii
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corticosteroids-- creates immunosupression.
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diagnosis of hepatozoon americanum
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Gold standard is muscle biopsy
and extreme neurtophilia! |
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what are some clinical signs of cytauxzoon felis
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suffocation- from mechanical obstruction of blood flow from infection of Macrophages near blood vessels.
it also infects RBCs. fever, anemia, then drop in temp. |
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signs of canine babesiosis
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hemolytic anemia, splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia.
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diagnosis of hepatozoon canis
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blood smear- 100% WBC.
Does NOT encyst in muscles. |
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what would help diagnose Borrelia burgdorferi if the antibody test was positive.
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urinalysis and look for proteinurea.
also look at blood smear. |
