Alimentary

Question 1

Cleft Palate

Answer 1

Failure of hard palate to fuse

Question 2

Malocclussion

Answer 2

Failure of upper and lower incisors to interdigitate

Question 3

Dental attrition

Answer 3

loss of tooth structure from mastication

Question 4

Periodontal Dz

Answer 4

enamel, gingival and periodontal ligament damage

Question 5

Actinobacillosis

Answer 5

chronic stomatitis from Actinobacillus lignieresii “wooden tongue”

Question 6

Thrush

Answer 6

Candida albicans infection. seen in young treated with antibiotics

Question 7

Secondary stomatitis

Answer 7

Renal Dz (uremic glossitis), BVD and FMD.

Question 8

Foot and Mouth Dz (FMD)

Answer 8

lesions on oral mucosa, tongue, and hoof. “Tiger heart” myocardial necrosis

Question 9

Vesicular Exanthema of Swine

Answer 9

lesions on the nose

Question 10

Erosive-Ulcerative Stomatitides

Answer 10

Lesions in the oral mucosa caused by BVD or MCF

Question 11

Papular stomatitides

Answer 11

papules on nares, muzzle, and oral cavity (Bovine parapox virus)

Question 12

Contagious Ecthyma

Answer 12

lesion on sites of trauma; mouth, mammary glands, coronary band

Question 13

Necrotizing stomatitis

Answer 13

caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum (“calf diphtheria”)

Question 14

Canine oral papillomatosis

Answer 14

papilliform lesions on lips and oral mucosa

Question 15

Persistent Right Aortic Arch

Answer 15

causes megaesophagus

Question 16

Choke

Answer 16

necrosis due to foreign body obstruction

Question 17

Reflux Esophagitis

Answer 17

damage to the esophagus from stomach acids

Question 18

Spirocerca lupi

Answer 18

esophageal parasite, can lead to neoplasm

Question 19

Ruminal tympany/bloat (Primary)

Answer 19

new diet => stable foam (bloat line)

Question 20

Ruminal typany/bloat (Secondary)

Answer 20

physical/functional obstruction => failure to eructate (bloat line)

Question 21

Traumatic reticulitis “Hardware Dz”

Answer 21

puncture of reticulum by foreign body, possibly puncturing pericardium too

Question 22

Gastric dilation-volvulus

Answer 22

stomach bloats then twists on itself obstructing gastric and blood flow

Question 23

Abomasal displacement

Answer 23

Left: => partial obstruction of abomasal flow
Right: => poss. volvulus

Question 24

Gastric rupture

Answer 24

breaking of stomach <= gastric impaction

Question 25

Gastric Ulcers (pigs)

Answer 25

<= fed finely ground rations

Question 26

Uremic gastritis

Answer 26

mineralization secondary to renal dz

Question 27

Bacterial Gastritis/Abomasitis

Answer 27

Clostridium septicum necro-hemorrhage with submucosal emphysema

Question 28

Mycotic gastritis

Answer 28

long-term antibiotics ie. aspergillus, absidia, rhizopus

Question 29

Parasitic Gastritis

Answer 29

Gasterophilus (horses), Ostertagia (ruminants), Draschia megastoma (horses), Haemonchus contortus (ruminants)

Question 30

Gastric Neoplasm

Answer 30

Squamous cell carcinoma, lymphocarcoma,

Question 31

Chemical rumenitis

Answer 31

lactic acidosis/grain overload => epithelial sloughing in rumen "satellite ulcers"

Question 32

Atresia coli

Answer 32

complete occlusion of intestine

Question 33

Atresia ani

Answer 33

lack/occlusion of anus

Question 34

Lethal White syndrome (foals)

Answer 34

colic aganglionosis => gut immotility

Question 35

Enterolyth

Answer 35

Gastric struvite crystal

Question 36

trichobezors | phytobezors

Answer 36

hairballs | plant balls

Question 37

Acquired stenosis

Answer 37

foreign body obstruction => fibrosis

Question 38

Internal hernia

Answer 38

displacement through (ab)normal foramina in abdominal cavity

Question 39

External hernia

Answer 39

displacement through abdominal cavity (ie. umbilical, inguinal, diaphragmatic)

Question 40

Intestinal Volvulous

Answer 40

segment of intestine rotating, cutting off its own blood supply

Question 41

intussusception

Answer 41

intestine folding in on itself (telescoping)

Question 42

BVD

Answer 42

(pestivirus) Ulcerative enteritis

Question 43

Malignant Catarrhal Fever

Answer 43

(gamma herpesvirus) fibro-necrotizing vasculitis w/ lymphocytic infiltrates

Question 44

Enteric Cornavirus

Answer 44

villous atrophy and fusion

Question 45

Enteric Rotavirus

Answer 45

villous atrophy

Question 46

Enteric Parvovirus

Answer 46

hemorrhagic epithelial sloughing

Question 47

Edema Dz

Answer 47

E. coli

Question 48

Tyzzer's Dz

Answer 48

Clostridium piliforme

Question 49

Colitis X

Answer 49

Clostridium difficile

Question 50

Salmonella

Answer 50

button ulcers, secondary mycotic pneumonia

Question 51

Lawsonia intracelluaris

Answer 51

proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy

Question 52

Rhodococcus equi

Answer 52

ulcerative, pyogranulomatous

Question 53

Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

Answer 53

"Johne's Dz" granulomatous enteritis