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54 Cards in this Set
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Structures in the pancreas that produce insulin are what? |
Beta Cells |
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Dogs may be increased risk for pyometra when treated with what? |
progestins and estrogens |
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What type of insulin is cats only? |
Glargine |
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What type of insulin is intermediate acting? |
Lente |
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what type of insulin is immediate onset action and may be given IV? |
Regular insulin |
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what type of insulin is long acting? |
Ultralente |
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Secretion of GnRh by the hypothalamus during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle results in what? |
secretion of LH from the pituitary and then progesterone from ovary |
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Synchronization of estrus may be accomplished in a cattle herd by implanting all unbred females for a couple of weeks with what? |
Progestins |
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Vomiting, weight loss, and polyuria and polydipsia are all signs of what? |
hyperthyroid |
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pigmentation of skin, hair loss are signs of what? |
hypothyroid |
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what term applies to drugs? |
exogenous |
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Which of the following hormones when administered may cause anemia, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia in animals? |
Estrogens |
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A dog standing in estrus would have which of the following on vaginal cytology? |
cornified epithelial cells |
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Peripheral neuropathy is associated with which of the following? |
diabetes mellitus |
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Type one diabetes is or may be what? |
IDDM |
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Type two diabetes is what? |
NIDDM |
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Which of the following is used to treat persistent follicles in dairy cattle? |
GnRH |
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what are the cycles of reproduction for cattle, horses and dogs? |
cattle: polyesters horses: seasonally poly estrus dogs: biannually estrus |
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Proestrus is how many days? what about estrus, diestrus and anestrus? |
pro: 9 Estrus: 9 diestrus: 60 Anestrus: 100-150 |
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CL maintains what? |
Pregnancy |
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Oxytocin causes what two things? |
parturition and milk letdown |
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what are the four phases of estrous and cells seen within them? |
proestrus: RBC Estrus: cornified epithelial cells metestrus/diestrus: neutrophils anestrus: psuedocyesis |
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Oxytocin is also used to get what started in an animal? |
Contractions going and it has calcium |
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what are the three stages of labor? |
contractions (cervix dialation) birth placenta passing |
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what does the placenta contain? |
progesterone |
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What can a female get after three cycles of not being bred? |
pyometra |
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Gonadtropins have what kind of release? They are an antagonist to what? |
FSH and LH Endogenous antagonist GnRH |
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What halts progression to estrous cycle? |
Antagonist to endogenous GnRh |
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Chroionic gonadotropins (placenta) have what kind of activity only? |
HCG (LH only) and PMSG |
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whats a natural hormone? |
progesterone |
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whats the function of progesterone? |
prepares uterus maintaining pregnancy |
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Progestins, progestagens and progesational hormones causes what during follicular phase? and what during the luteal phase? |
Follicular: slows or halts progression of follicular development Luteal: prolongs diestrus |
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Altrenogest goes what route for horses? What can is prolong? and suppresses what? |
Oral, pregnancy, and estrus |
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Medroxyprogesterone is what type of injectable? Used in who? |
Repositol and in animals and human |
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what are some precautions of progestin use? |
endometritis, pyometra, cystic endometriosis, mammary gland hyperlasia |
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who should not handle altrenogest and what should they where if someone does handle it? |
- females who are pregnant, women with carcinoma of the breast, breast cancer - wear gloves because it penetrates intact skin |
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Estradiol cypionate (ECP) has been used to what? |
induce estrus expel uterine contents mismating shot for dogs |
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) causes what in humans and is banned from what? Used to correct what in dogs? |
carcinogenic banned form use in food animals used to correct urinary incontinence in dogs |
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What are side effects of estrogens? |
- increase in number of progesterone receoptors make uterus super sensitive - pyometra - lethargy - anorexia - discharge - supression of blood cell production in the bone marrow |
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Prostaglandins are a naturally local hormone secreted to cause what? |
lysis of corpus leteum and uterine contractions |
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Prostaglandins are used most in what species? |
cattle and horses |
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what are side effects of prostaglandins? |
-abortion in pregnant animals -bronchoconstriction in animals with respiratory dieases -vomiting in cats and dogs - colic in sweating horses - CNS effects with larger doses like anxiety, hypernea, an pupillary dilation |
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Prostaglandins can cause bronchoconstiction in humans and CL lysis. How does this happen? |
absorbed through the skin |
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Nymphomania cattle which is prolonged estrus and do what to follicles? |
rupture them |
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If you hang a light and make longer days more quickly, such as 14 hour light day this would do what to horses? |
induce cycle |
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progestins in mares to maintain what? |
pregnancy |
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When might you need to terminate a pregnancy? |
Dead feti twinning in mares heifers bred to young |
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Megestrol acetate (OVABAN) might increase what? and causes masculinization of what? and causes what disease in cats? |
cystic endometrial hyperplasia, endometritis, pyometra masculinization of female fetus cause addisons disease like syndrome in cats |
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Mibolerone is used in bitches to suppress what? |
ovulation |
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what are side effects of mibolerone? |
increase anal gland secretions masculinization of female feti increase vulvar discharge |
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What is mibolerone contraindicted in? |
liver disease cats perianal adenoma, adenocarcinoma tumor stimulated by testosterone |
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Dinoprost tromethamine (Lutalyse) is approved in use for what animal, and what side effects may come along with that? |
Mares colic, sweating, increase RR and HR |
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Corticosteriods an induce what in cattle mares in dogs? |
abortion |
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Corticosteriods can cause retained what in cattle? |
placenta |
