Small Animal Flashcards by Charley McColough

Aspergillosis

Cuases Purulent/hemorrhagic nasal discharge and epistaxis. Diagnosis by fungal culture or PCR. Treat with systemic azoles, topical clotrimazole or surgery with iodine cadexomer-impregnated bandages.

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Aflatoxin from moldy food

Tremors, vomiting and hepatopathy. Control tremors + activated charcoal + intralipid.

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Sporotrichosis

Cats: cigar shaped fungi inoculated via puncture wounds. Cutaneous ulcerative lesions. Treat with azole or potassium iodine.

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Cryptococcus

Cats (zoonotic): causes roman nose presentation and respiratory signs. Narrow-based budding yeast on cytology.

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Blastomycosis

Hunting dogs: causes primary pulmonary infection with secondary granulomatous lesions. Broad-based budding yeast.

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Coccidioidomycosis

Valley fever in dogs: Respiratory signs + lymphadenopathy + seizures + lameness. Mimics lung tumors. Spherules on cytology. Treat with fluconazole.

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Histoplasmosis

Respiratory and GI signs in cats + dogs. Anemia + neutrophilia + thrombocytopenia on bloodwork. Skin test or antigen testing.

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Pythium/Lagenidium

Water molds: granulomatous masses in GI tract or pruritic cutaneous disease. Poor prognosis - wide surgical excision or amputation of affected limb.

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Canine infectious tracheobronchitis

Distemper virus + adenovirus + parainfluenza virus

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Feline viral pneumonia

Calicivirus + FIP (less common)

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Lymphocytic portal hepatitis

No infiltration of neutrophils = good prognosis > 2 years

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Chronic cholangiohepatitis

Neutrophil infiltration = fair prognosis (50% survival at 3 months)

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Tick paralysis

Dermacentor ticks

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Otodectes cynotis

Ear mites

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Ring worm

Microsporum canis

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Myxedema

Increased mucin in dermis caused by hypothyroidism or excess growth hormone

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Hereditary defect of collagen synthesis –> pliable thin skin

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Tetrology of Fallot

Pulmonic stenosis + overriding aorta + RV hypertrophy + ventricular septal defect.

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Rickettsia rickettsia

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Soft tissue sarcoma

Locally invasive mesenchymal tumors with low metastatic rate

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Blastomycosis location

Ohio + Mississippi + Tennessee

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Suppurative + non-septic arthritis

Immune-mediated polyarthritis or rickettsial polyarthritis

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Hepatocutaneous syndrome

Necrotizing skin disorder associated with liver disease

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Paraneoplastic hypercalcemia

T-cell lymphoma or anal sac adenocarcinoma

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Ehrlichia canis

Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks

Granulocytic ehrlichiosis + anaplasmosis

Amblyomma americanum ticks

Lyme disease

Ixodes pacificus ticks

LV concentric hypertrophy (cats)

Systemic hypertension + hyperthyroidism + HCM

Dilated cardiomyopathy in cats

Taurine deficiency

FIV

Lentivirus

FeLV

Retrovirus

Cricopharyngeal achalasia

Pharyngeoesophageal sphincter fails to relax

Puppy strangles

Immune-mediated juvenile cellulitis

Bacterial conjunctivitis

Chlamydophila felis (indistinguishable from Herpesvirus-1)

Adult heartworms

Immiticide (melarsomine) or thiacetarsamide

Pyometra (medical)

Prostaglandins + dopamine agonists (Cabergoline & Bromacriptine)

Acral lick dermatitis

Steroids + antibiotics + Fluoxetine (Prozac)

Demodicosis

Ivermectin (2 negative skin scrapes 1 month apart).

Neorickettsia helminthoeca

Tetracyclines

Toxoplasma

Clindamycin

Small cell intestinal lymphoma

Low grade: Chlorambucil + pred

Large cell lymphoma

High grade: CHOP --> Cyclophosphamide + vincristine + doxorubicin + pred

Feline SCC

Radiation (Strontium-90) on small lesions otherwise surgery

Ringworm

Lime sulfur dip or Miconazole shampoo

Ventricular premature complexes

Mexiletine

Chylothorax

Octreotide (somatostatin) + Rutin (neutraceutical)

Cryptosporidium

Clindamycin or azithromycin or tylosin

Mastitis

TMPS or clindamycin or cephalosporins

Cheyletiella

Lime sulfur dips or flea products

Acute cholangiohepatitis

Ampicillin/amoxicillin or metronidazole + ursodeoxycholic acid (Actigall)

Hypoadrenocorticism

IV fluids + dex upfront --> Fludrocortisone (mineralocorticoids) + pred + sodium chloride in diet

Chlamydophila felis / bordatella / mycoplasma

Doxycycline

Trichuris vulpis

Whipworm: fenbendazole or milbemycin

Subaortic stenosis

Atenolol (β blockers)

Feline lungworm

Aelurostrongylus --> ivermectin or fenbendazole

Alopecia X

Neuter + melatonin

Urate stones in dalmation

Low purine diet + allopurinol

Feline asthma

Terbutaline (oral bronchodilator) + Flovent inhaler (steroid) + cyproheptadine (stops mast cell triggering)

Hyperadrenocorticism

Lysodren or trilostane

Doxorubicin

Renal toxicity in cats and heart failure in dogs

Cyclophosphamide

Sterile hemorrhagic cystitis in dogs

Cisplatin

Fatal pulmonary edema in cats

Discoid lupus erythematosus

Abnormal T-cell activation causing depigmentation of nasal planum + erythema + erosion/ulceration.

Small Animal Flashcards

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