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So how do most cats with one of the F viruses present to us?
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Having upper resp signs
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What two lymphomas does felv like to cause?
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Thymic and multicentric
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An immunocompetent cat will act as an felv carrier. This means that no infected cells have been released from the BM into circulation. True or false
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True
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When does an felv cat become clinical and infectious? ( it happens at the same time).
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When the BM releases infected plets and neutrophils that infect the urine and saliva.
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FIV attacks t cells, felv attacks....
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B cells (and macrophages)
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True or false felv attacks heme, lymph, snd immune systems
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True.
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Which neoplasia is a mutant of felv?
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Feline sarcoma virus is a mutant of felv and causes fibrosarcomas
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Felv is shed in the urine and saliva. Would you rather have your pet in the same house as a friendly fiv positive cat or a friendly felv positive one?
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Neither but felv doesnt require a bite, it spreads a lot easier than fiv
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True or false. There is a direct association between felv and sarcoma, but there is only a link between felv and lymphoma.
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Flalse. There is a direct association with lymphoma but only a link with sarcoma. I might be overstudying for this.
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Fiv, like felv, directly affects the hemic, lymphatic, and immune systems. What organ is it attacking?
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Thymus hence the decrease in t cells.
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T cells are affected by fiv. Which shows an absolute decrease after several mpnths?
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Cd4 not cd8
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Which wbc serve as the main reservoir for fiv?
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Macrophages
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What word should you associate FIP with?
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Pyogranulomatous
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Cat with pyogranulomatous inflammation of insert any organ/tissue here). What is at the top of your ddx?
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FIP
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Wha kind of inflammation do you see with FIP?
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Pyogranulomatous
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Where does the fip virus like to localize?
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In and around bloodj vessels
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Fip is what kind of virus?
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Coronavirus
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Which is the retrovirus, felv or fiv?
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Felv. Fiv is a lentivirus.
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Wow so clinical signs .... Lets pick out spme differences. One pf the diseases does NOT have ocular or neuro signs
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Felv doesnt have ocular or neuro signs
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Whose going to cause anemia?
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Prob the virus attacking the bone marrow, aka felv
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What kind of anemia will you see with felv?
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Macrocytiv nonregenerative. The BM is not producing any more rbcs so its just dumping the immature ones it had into circulation (immature rbcs are big)
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Whats a nice thing to look at in cbc to decide whether we have a regen anemia or not?
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Hbx3 will be greater than pcv with regeneration.
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What kind of cat will have a thick yellow proteinaceous abdominal fluid that is sticky?
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Probably one with wet fip
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So fip can cause your intestines and stuff to stick together. What is a CS of fip?
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Prob got some abdominal pain if the intestines are sticking to each other
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Which two diseases do you have eye and neuro shit going on?
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Fiv and fip
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A huge differential for fiv is apparently toxo. I think this is because of neuro signs altho im really not sure....what do you treat toxo with?
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Clindamycin!
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Were looking at a cbc showing a pancytopenia aka anemia lymphopenia neutropenia and thrombocytopenia....what virus is it
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Felv attacks the BM resulting in a pancytopenia
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So weve got one cat with oncreased globulins and another cat whose globulins are thru the roof. Which one has fiv and which has fip?
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Fip = high high high high globs!!
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True or false. All three viruses can cause anemia.
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True.
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Cats with these viruses are going to die so we prob dont care about all those "side effects" steroids have and were gonna give them to make the poor cat feel better....except which cat? Who dont we give steroids to?
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Felv = no steroids. I didnt write why...
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True or false. Theres a decent chance a fiv cat is going to be undergoing chemo for lymphoma at some point in his life.
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False. I mean, sure maybe. But i was more looking for felv cat since it causes lymphoma.
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We might have a lot of signs pointing to fip but whats the only way to definitively diagnose it?
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Biopsy. Pyogran!
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A three month old kitten was just adopted and tested positive for fiv. The owner has no other pets at home. Advice?
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Retest at six months and keep her away from other cats in the meantime?
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Seven year old cat has a positive fiv elisa test. Advice to owner?
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Lets send out one more blood test (westerm blot) to confirm he really is positive before getting all dramatic.
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What kind of infiltrates does fiv (and felv but she emphasized it for fiv) have?
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Lymphocytic/plasmacytic
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Out of the three viruses, which wpuld we vaccinate against?
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There are vx available against all three viruses, but i think felv is the only "socially acceptable" one.
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Felv and fiv have a __________ prognosis, even if theyre not clinical.
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Guarded. Even tho they may not be clinical right now, they will someday!
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Fip, once clinical has a _________ prognosis.
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Grave =(
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Which felv antigen are we looking for with an IFA test?
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P27
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Do we diagnose fip based on serum positive for coronavirus?
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No dumb, coronavirus is a normal inhabitant of the body
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Is there a validated pcr test for fip?
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No. The only way to diagnose fip is biopsy
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If cardiac disease and pleural effusion, it could be anything but think
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Fip (out of the three viruses)
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