Urinary 10-Dog Specific Diseases

Question 1

Whats the dz called that is a rare idiopathic vascular dz with genetic predisposition in greyhounds?

Answer 1

Greyhound cutaneous glomerular vasculopathy

Question 2

Lesions of Greyhound cutaneous glomerular vasculopathy looks similar to what of dz?

Answer 2

DIC

Glomerular thrombotic micro-angiopathy

Question 3

What crystal do you see during ethylene glycol toxicity?

Answer 3

Calcium oxalate monohydrate

Question 4

What medication causes acute tubular degeneration and necrosis and wtih severe toxicity results in acute renal failure?

Answer 4

Aminoglycosides

Question 5

What is a zoonotic bacteria that dogs can get in wet contaminated environments? It also causes tubulointerstitial nephritis? (leeaving the kidney)

Answer 5

Leptospirosis

Question 6

What virus can cause mild, transient glomerulitis with transient proteinuria?

Answer 6

Infectious canine hepatitis

Adenovirus-1

Question 7

What virus causes multifocal acute tubular necrosis with hemorrhage in neonates with hypothermia

Answer 7

Herpesvirus

Question 8

What causes pyelonephritis?

Give 2 bacteria that can cause this

Answer 8

Ascending bacterial infections.
E coli
Staph

Question 9

What breeds are susceptible to progressive juvenile nephropathy?

Answer 9

Shih-tzu, lhasa apso’s, golden retrievers, bull terriers, samoyeds

Question 10

In what disorder do dogs develop lymphofollicular and polypoid cystitis with hematuria?

Answer 10

Chronic urocystitis

Question 11

What part of the nephron does Melamine and cyanuric acid effect?
What kind of crystals?

Answer 11

Distal tubule

Irregular brown birefringent crystals

Question 12

This disorder causes hemorrhagic and purulent pyelitis and obstruction leading to hydronephrosis

Hematuria may be the only initial CS?

Answer 12

Giant kidney worm

Dioctophyma renale