Infectious dzs

Question 1

What organisms cause bloody diarrhea?

Answer 1

Salmonella, campylobacter, parvo

Question 2

What are 3 characteristics of Salmonella?

Answer 2

Blood diarrhea, gastroenteritis, septic shock

Question 3

What are 3 characteristics of Campylobacter?

Answer 3

Large bowel diarrhea (mucous), bloody diarrhea, asymptomatic carriers

Question 4

How do you diagnose Campylobacter?

Answer 4

Culture feces with a special medium; very tiny darting seagull like organisms

Question 5

What 3 organisms are spirochetes?

Answer 5

Helicobacter, Lepto, Lyme

Question 6

What is the main characteristic of helicobacter?

Answer 6

Chronic gastric ulcers

Question 7

How do you diagnose Helicobacter?

Answer 7

brush cytology of gastric mucosa

Question 8

How do you treat Helicobacter?

Answer 8

Triple therapy: Amoxicillin, metronidazole, H2 blocker

Question 9

This organism is found in the oral cavity and often involves draining wounds and bone

Answer 9

Actinomyces

Question 10

This organism is associated with wounds/pyothorax and involves the respiratory tract especially in cats…it can be diagnosed using an acid fast stain

Answer 10

Nocardia

Question 11

Which organism is slow growing so you must hold the culture for 10 days before making a diagnosis

Answer 11

Nocardia

Question 12

This organism lives intracellular, gives rise to bacteremia and causes ocular, neuro and repro problems

Answer 12

Brucella

Question 13

This organism can have positive titers up to 3 years and causes abortions; Euthanasia is recommended to its chronic zoonotic potential

Answer 13

Brucella

Question 14

OspA is located in the _______while OspC is located in the _______

Answer 14

Gut; saliva

Question 15

This bacteria causes polyarthritis (shifting lameness) and nephropathy

Answer 15

Borrelia Burgdorferi

Question 16

How many hours post attachment until an animal can be infected with Borrelia Burgdorferi?

Answer 16

48 hrs

Question 17

How many months until you will see clinical signs in an animal infected with Borrelia Burgdorferi?

Answer 17

2-5 months

Question 18

What will a biochem reveal if Lyme dz is present?

Answer 18

neutropenia and increase globulins

Question 19

A dog tests positive on a C6 Ab Snap Test…does this predict disease?

Answer 19

No only exposure and infection

Question 20

When would you treat Lyme dz?

Answer 20

If C6 positive + showing clinical signs

Question 21

Would you treat a lyme case that was C6 positive and showed proteinuria?

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

What is the treatment of choice for Lyme?

Answer 22

Doxy

Question 23

T/F Blood is a good specimen for detecting Lyme while synovial tissue is the worst

Answer 23

FALSE; synovial tissue is the best choice

Question 24

Renal and hepatic failure along with vasculitis (thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, anemia) is common with what dz?

Answer 24

Lepto

Question 25

T/F Lepto is shed in the urine and is highly zoonotic

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

If a dog presents with increase hepatic and renal enzymes and is acutely sick what bacteria is it most likely infected with?

Answer 26

Lepto

Question 27

T/F PCR is a good choice for Lepto since it is in the blood

Answer 27

TRUE; submit blood and urine

Question 28

T/F A sero of 1:3200 = dz while 1:800 = maybe dz

Answer 28

TRUE

Question 29

The carrier state of lepto is located in what organ?

Answer 29

Renal endo cells

Question 30

What 2 dz’s if giving vaccines do you want to start at 12 wks instead of 8? Why?

Answer 30

Lyme and Lepto because there will be fewer maternal Abs present

Question 31

Sardonic, trismus, dysphagia, saw horse stance are all signs of infection with what bacteria?

Answer 31

Clostridium tetani

Question 32

T/F Clostridium Tetani likes an aerobic environment

Answer 32

FALSE; anaerobic

Question 33

Unless a dog has had its spleen removed or is immunocompromised there will be no signs of hemolytic anemia associated with this bacteria

Answer 33

Mycoplasma hemocanis