Lappin Material

Question 1

CIRDC bordetela bronchiseptica or mycoplasma spp treatment

Answer 1

doxycycline

Question 2

CIRDC streptococcus equi zooepidemicus treatment

Answer 2

amoxicillin or clavamox

Question 3

what is a rescue drug/therapy for CIRDC

Answer 3

quinolones

Question 4

FHV-1 therapies

Answer 4

Lysine (prevention)
famciclovir (oral)
cidofovir (topical)

Question 5

when should you retest a cat after a bite wound to check for FIV? what does the test check for?

Answer 5

60 days
antibodies

Question 6

FeLV screening test tests for what?

Answer 6

p27 antigen

Question 7

FeLV often has coinfection with what?

Answer 7

toxoplasma gondii
cryptococcus neoformans

Question 8

what is pathognomonic for FeLV

Answer 8

macrocytosis without reticulocytes

Question 9

Mycoplasma haemofelis
diagnostics?
treatment?

Answer 9

cytology or PCR (more Se)
doxycycline or quinolone

Question 10

muscle enzymes elevated in a retrovirus positive cat, think….

Answer 10

toxoplasma

Question 11

midwest river valley fungi ddx

Answer 11

blastomyces

Question 12

midwest river valley and texas ddx

Answer 12

histoplasma

Question 13

southwest fungi ddx

Answer 13

coccidioides

Question 14

worldwise fungi ddx

Answer 14

cryptococcus

Question 15

fungi associated with skin and urinary and pulmonary

Answer 15

blastomyces

Question 16

fungi associated with colitic, bone barrow

Answer 16

histoplasma

Question 17

fungi associated with discospondylitis (bone) and pulmonary

Answer 17

coccidioides

Question 18

fungi associated with the nose and eyes

Answer 18

cryptococcus

Question 19

treatment for Aspergillus spp

Answer 19

debridement and nasal installation (topical) clotrimazole

Question 20

diagnostics for aspergillus spp

Answer 20

cytology (hyphae)
serology
culture and biopsy

Question 21

systemic fungi treatment, which are hepatic or renal toxic? which one is bactericidal?

Answer 21

ketoconazole - hepatic
itraconazole - hepatic
fluconazole - hepatic
amphotericin B (cidal) and renal tox

Question 22

Most common clinical manifestation of B.burgdorferi in dogs and cats?

Answer 22

nothing

Question 23

What breeds are most likely to develop lyme nephritis?

Answer 23

labrador retrievers, golden retrievers

Question 24

treatment for Lyme (B. burgdorferi)

Answer 24

doxycycline

Question 25

E. canis tick? cell tropism?

Answer 25

rhipicephalus sanguineus monocytes

Question 26

Anaplasma phagocytophilum tick? cell tropism?

Answer 26

Ixodes neutrophils

Question 27

Most likely vector borne disease diagnosis in Colorado, explaining **polyclonal gammopathy, LN hyperplasia and thrombocytopenia**?

Answer 27

E. canis

Question 28

True or false: all dogs with monoclonal gammopathy have multiple myeloma?

Answer 28

false - Ehrlichia can have poly or monoclonal

Question 29

E.canis diagnostics

Answer 29

PCR (acute) SNAP serology mid stage/chronic

Question 30

treatment for E.canis

Answer 30

doxycycline imidocarb dipropionate 28 days!

Question 31

what other tick borne agent responds to imidocarb?

Answer 31

Ehrlichia Babesia

Question 32

What is the best rescue drug for dogs with Ehrlichiosis that cannot tolerate doxycycline?

Answer 32

imidocarb

Question 33

What is another infectious disease agent commonly found in dogs with Ehrlichiosis because of the shared vector?

Answer 33

babesia vogeli

Question 34

Which is most likely to prevent ehrlichiosis, a “bite to die” product or repellant and why?

Answer 34

repellent - E.canis can be transmitted in as little as 3 hours

Question 35

E. ewingii tick? cell tropism?

Answer 35

Amblyomma americanum neutrophils

Question 36

Amblyomma americanum Oklahoma cat with anemia, fever, pale mm, acute onset

Answer 36

Cytauxzoon felis

Question 37

Cytauxzoon felis treatment

Answer 37

azithromycin + atovaquone

Question 38

Babesia vogeli tick? treatment?

Answer 38

rhipicephalus sanguineus imidocarb

Question 39

Babesia gibsoni treatment?

Answer 39

azithromycin + atovaquone

Question 40

toxoplasma gondii treatment

Answer 40

clindamycin azithromycin ponazuril

Question 41

Neospora caninum treatment

Answer 41

Clindamycin TMS

Question 42

hepatozoon americanum tick? treatment?

Answer 42

amblyomma americanum clindamycin, TMS, decoquinate