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Canine Vaccine
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Canine Vaccine
DH(A2)LPPC Distemper Hepatitis Adenovirus type 2 Leptospirosis Parainfluenza Parvo Virus Corona Virus |
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Feline Vaccine
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Feline Vaccine
FRCPC Feline Distemper Rhinotracheitis Calicivirus Panleukopenia Chlamydia (psittachi) |
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Viral Pathogens
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Viral Pathogens
When testing for presence of viral pathogens the preferred sample to use is serum (derived from clotted blood, usually a tiger top tube is used for collection) |
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Feline Distemper
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Feline Distemper:
Is caused by a vial pathogen. Is also refered to as PanLeukopenia and feline parvo virus |
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Feline Infectious anemia
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Feline Infectious anemia:
Is a hemolytic anemia caused by the red blood cell parasite, Haemobartonella felis. Cats with this disease do not have to be placed in the isolation ward. |
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Attenuated Vaccines
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Attenuated Vaccines:
Refer to pathogenic microbes that have been significantly weakened, but are alive (modified live virus vaccines |
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Feline leukemia (FeLV)
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Feline leukemia (FeLV):
A progressive, malignant disease of the lood-forming organs, marked by distorted prolifeation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. |
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Immune mediated disorders:
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Immune mediated disorders:
Have a profound affect on the T-suppressor white blood cells |
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When an animal does not show clinical signs of a viral disease, yet tests positive for the antigen, the virus is said to be what?:
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When an animal does not show clinical signs of a viral disease, yet tests positive for the antigen, the virus is said to be what?:
Latent (dormant or concealed) |
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From whee and how would a DVM order a sample for identification of a respiratory virus?
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From whee and how would a DVM order a sample for identification of a respiratory virus?:
A scraping or swab from the nasal passages |
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Where do blood cells come from?
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Where do blood cells come from?:
Bone marrow and spleen |
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Erythrocytes (RBC's) have no nucleus and therefore have the ability to what?:
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Erythrocytes (RBC's) have no nucleus and therefore have the ability to what?:
To bend and fold for travel |
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How many days does maturition of RBC's take?:
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How many days does maturition of RBC's take?:
7 days |
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How long can a RBC live?
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How long can a RBC live?:
4 months |
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Job role of RBC's:
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Job role of RBC's:
Are oxygen carrying cells (transported in the hemoglobin within the cell); O2 picked up in the lungs and is released as cells squeeze through capillaries |
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Acanthrocytes
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Acanthrocytes
Are RBC's with a membrane abnormally with multiple, irregulary spaced projections on the cell surface |
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Schistocytes
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Schistocytes
Are fragments of ruptured and broken RBC's |
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Agglutination
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Agglutination
Are clumps of RBC's in a cluster usually present in animals with autoimmune disorders |
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Rouleux
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Rouleux
Stacked coin-like appearance of erythrocytes, sometimes seen in horses |
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Leukocytes (WBC's)
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Leukocytes (WBC's)
Cells of the immune system defending body against disease and foreign materials. |
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The 5 different WBC's
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The 5 different WBC's
basophil, eosinophil, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte |
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Leukocytosis
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Leukocytosis
Increase of WBC's |
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Leuokopenia
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Leuokopenia
Decrease of WBC's |
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Granulocytes
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Granulocytes
Characters of WBC's that are granules within the cell cytoplasm contain enzyme for digestion of particles during phagocytosis neutrophils, basofils, and eosinophils |
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Agranulocytes
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Agranulocytes
Characters of WBC's with the absence of granules lymphocytes and monocytes |
