Pandystemic Flashcards
(121 cards)
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what are pan system disease diseases?
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Involve multiple body systems as well as the target organ
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What family of viruses is feline pan leukemia in and what is it related to?
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Parvo, canine Parvo
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What is another name for feline panleukopenia?
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Feline distemper
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Who primarily gets feline distemper?
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Young unvaccinated cats
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How is feline distemper spread?
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Transmission by direct contact or from a contaminated environment
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What test can test for feline distemper?
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Canine test with Pavo
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How long does feline distemper shed Virus remain infectious
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Years
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What does leukocytosis mean?
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Low white blood cell count
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Where does feline distemper virus Multiply.
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My attic cells of the new natal brain, bone marrow, lymphoid tissue, intestinal, lymphoid tissue
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What are clinical signs of feline panleukopenia?
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Fever, depression, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, anorexia, cerebellar hypoplasia
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How do you diagnose feline panleukopenia?
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CBC shows panleukopenia
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What is the treatment for feline panleukopenia
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Fluids, broad spectrum AB, TLC, isolation, hospitalization
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What is a fun fact about feline panleukopenia?
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Cats who survive have a lifelong immunity
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What does FIP stand for?
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Feline infectious peritonitis
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What is FIP primarily a disease of
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Catteries and multi cat households
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How does one get FIP?
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Exposure to feline coronavirus
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What percentage of cats in catteries have antibodies to corona
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90%
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When do cats shed FIP
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Intermittently
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What is FIP contagious through
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Faces, urine, saliva
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When does one become infected with FIP
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When mutation of virus occurs
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Is FIP easier or difficult to test for
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Difficult
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What is the new med for FIP?
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GS – 441524
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What are the two forms of FIP?
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Wet and dry
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What are signs of the wet form of FIP?
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Perry vasculitis results in the accumulation of fluid in the thoracic and/or abdominal cavity
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What are signs of the dry form of FIP?
May have ocular or neurologic signs, signs include ataxias, seizures, and behavioral changes
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What is the diagnosis for FIP
Clinical signs, rule, other disease, diseases, exam of fluid clear to yellow, less than 2000 cells per microliter, protein is greater than 3.5 g/dL
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What is treatment for FIP?
Can try GS – 441524, or humane euthanasia
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true, or false FIP is inactivated in the environment
True
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Feline leukemia is a retro virus. What does this mean?
Neo plastic and non-neo plastic disease
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What types of transmission are possible for feline leukemia?
Vertical and horizontal
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What is necessary for transmission of feline leukemia?
Close contact between cats
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True or false feline leukemia is isolated from saliva, tears, urine, milk; can be spread through fighting, grooming, contaminated objects
True
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True or false: transplacental, transmammary transmission occurs during feline leukemia.
True
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What can exposure to feline leukemia result in?
1. Regressive infection.
2. Progressive infection.
3. Active infection with clinical signs.
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True or false lymphoma is commonly associated with feline leukemia, neoplastic disease, tumors can occur anywhere
True
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What is the treatment for feline leukemia?
Supportive care
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Can you prevent feline leukemia with vaccination and limited exposure?
Yes
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What is the testing protocol for feline leukemia?
All cats tested; if positive retest in 3 to 4 months or IFA test
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True or false feline leukemia, positive cats may remain in good health for years unless stressed
True
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What percent of cats die within one year of testing positive for feline leukemia?
50%
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What percentage of cats die within three years of being diagnosed with feline leukemia?
80%
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What are clinical signs for feline leukemia?
Anything
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What is the diagnosis for feline leukemia?
ELISA or IFa test
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What is the treatment for feline leukemia?
Symptomatic
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What does CRF stand for?
Chronic renal failure
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What is feline immuno deficiency virus also known as
Feline AIDS
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True or false feline AIDS is lentivirus, similar to HIV, but antigenetically distinct
True
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Is FIV species specific
Yes
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How are FIV infections commonly acquired
Horizontal transmission among adult cats with males at greater risk due to bite wounds
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True or false kittens may get FIV antibodies from mom through milk; test is for antibodies so don’t test kittens until six months of age
True
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What are cats with FIV at greater risk for?
CRF
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What are the symptoms for FIV
Many, often recurring bouts of illness
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What is the diagnosis for FIV?
ELISA
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What is the treatment for FIV
Symptomatic
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True or false there is a vaccine for FIV but cats will test positive in future
True
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What are preventative measures for FIV
Keep cats indoors
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What is toxoplasmosis caused by?
Taxoplasma gondii – intercellular coccidian parasite
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Who is the host of toxoplasmosis?
Cats are only definitive host, but other mammals can serve as intermediate host
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What are the roots of transmission for toxoplasmosis
Eating contaminated meat, fecal, oral route, transplacental transmission
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True or false once sporulated oocytes are ingested, tachyzooites form and invade tissues of body, cats usually lung and eye
True
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How long do cats shed oocysts in feces
One to two weeks
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What is a caution for pregnant woman with toxo
Avoid defeating raw meat to cats, don’t clean litter box, wash hands before eating
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What are clinical signs of toxoplasmosis?
Depends on organs involved
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What is the diagnosis for toxoplasmosis?
Paired serum sample showing fourfold increase in tighter
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What should pregnant tech wear when running fecal?
Gloves and mask
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What are the symptoms of rabies?
Often vague and unrelated
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True or false rabies is a viral induced disease of mammals
True
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How is rabies spread?
Through a saliva of infected animals and may enter body through cuts or wounds in the skin or mucous membranes
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What is the incubation time for rabies?
3 to 8 weeks or longer
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How does rabies work through the body?
Enters nerves, travels to the brain, then through nerves to salivary glands
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What are the stages of rabies?
Prodromal stage, excitative phase, paralytic phase
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What is the prodromal stage of rabies?
Changes in behavior
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What is the excitative phase in rabies?
May appear hyperactive, though some are stuporish
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What is the paralytic phase in rabies?
Ascending paralysis of hindlimb leading to respiratory paralysis and death
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True or false rabies is always fatal
True
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How can you prevent getting rabies?
Get vaccinated, wear gloves to examine oral cavity, promote vaccinations for dogs, cats, horses, leave wildlife alone, assume rabies is on the differential when neural signs are present
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What is the treatment for rabies?
None
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What is canine distemper?
Viral disease of dogs, and other carnivores
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What is a paramyxovirus
Cleaning will kill in the environment
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True or false canine distemper is a paramyxovirus
True
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How is canine distemper transmitted?
Aerosolization of body secretions
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What are the signs of canine distemper?
Immuno suppression followed by secondary infections
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What is the diagnosis for canine distemper?
Diagnosis by clinical signs
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What is the treatment for canine distemper?
Supportive
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True or false canine distemper is not seen as much due to vaccinations
True
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What is Parvo virus?
Infectious enteritis
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What is Pavo virus closely related to?
Feline panleukopenia
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True or false Pavo virus is very resistant in the environment
True
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How does Pavo virus spread?
Feces and fecal oral root
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How does parvovirus work?
Virus invades rapidly dividing cells of intestinal, track, lymphoid, tissue, bone marrow, myocardium
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Who has a greater chance of severe of disease with parvovirus?
Dobermans and Rottweilers
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True or false parvovirus usually has a high fever and then goes to a low temp
True
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True or false parvovirus typically presents with profound lymphopenia and neutropenia, WBCC less than 2000
True
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What is the diagnosis for parvovirus?
Fecal ELISA for Pavo antigen
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What is the treatment for parvovirus?
Symptomatic
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What should you avoid in parvovirus animals?
SQ fluids
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What can you do to prevent parvovirus?
Vaccinate, virus survives, long-term in the environment
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What does RMSF stand for?
Rickettsia rickettsii
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What is RMSF?
Obligate, intracellular bacteria, tickborne
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How is RMSF transmitted
Attachment of the tick to the host for 5 to 20 hours
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What kind of tick spreads RMSF?
Dermacentor
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True or false with RMSF it replicate in vascular endothelium, causing inflammation, necrosis, vascular permability
True
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What are the clinical signs of RMSF?
Fever, anorexia, depression, edema, hypotension, weight, loss, vomiting, and diarrhea, coughing,tachypenia
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What is the treatment for RMSF?
Tetracyclines
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What tick spreads erlichia
Brown dog tick
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What is the acute stage of erlichia
2 to 4 weeks when organism multiplies within macrophages and spread spreads through the body
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What is the subclinical stage for erlichia
6 to 9 weeks, no clinical signs
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What is the chronic phase of erlichia
Bone marrow is suppressed producing non-regenerative anemia, pancytopenia, thrombocytopenia
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What is the treatment for erlichia
Tetracyclines
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What is erlichia ewingii and what is it spread by?
Acute polyarthritis, inflammation joint disease, amblyyomma teic
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What is erlichia equi and what does it spread by?
Nonspecific signs of severe lethargy and anorexia, ixodes
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What should you look for with erlichia
Thrombocytopenia
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What is the treatment for erlichia
Tetracyclines
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What is borreliosis commonly known as?
Lyme disease
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What is borrelia burgdorferi spread by
Ixodes
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How long must it take remain attached for the host to get to Lyme disease
24 to 36 hours
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What are symptoms of Lyme disease?
Arthritis, cardiac, neurologic, dermatologic, nephritis may occur
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What is the diagnosis for Lyme disease?
Clinical signs and ELISA
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What is the treatment for Lyme disease?
Tetracyclines
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True or false: with Lyme disease, AB may not eliminate the organism so chronic infections may occur
True
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True or false: with Lyme disease, AB may not eliminate the organism so chronic infections may occur
True
