Animal Health Flashcards
(23 cards)
What does a veterinary medical record contain
- owners information
- animals signalment (age, breed, sex)
- previous medical issues
- SOAP
SOAP
Subjective
Objective
Assessment
Plan
Subjective
history
chief complaint
Objective
physical exam findings
test results
Assessment
problem list
differential or definitive diagnosis
Plan
further diagnostics
treatments
prognosis
DDx
Differential Diagnosis
colic
abdominal pain
what systems are involved in colic
digestive (gastrointestinal, urinary)
reproductive
types of gastrointestinal colic
spasmodic gas displacement impaction torsion/volvulus
what does lactate indicate
tissue damage/necrosis
by-product of anaerobic metabolism
animal origins of influenza
domestic ducks and pigs
animal origins of measles
cattle-rinderpest
animal origins of plague
rodents
animal origins of tuberculosis
cattle? or not?
animal origins of HIV
chimpanzee
animal origins of dengue
old world primates
animal origins of cholera
aquatic species?
animal origins of trypanosomes
ruminants
epidemiology
the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified population, and the application of this study to the control of health problems
outbreak
the occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a specific period. Usually, the cases are presumed to have a common cause or to be related to one another in some way
epidemic
more localized disease outbreak
zoonosis/zoonotic disease
an infectious disease that is transmissible between animals and humans
