CANINE AND FELINE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT



CANINE AND FELINE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT

CARDIOVASCULAR and RESPIRATORY DISEASES HOMEWORK

NAME ______________________________

DUE DATE __01/20/2012

1. Describe the flow of blood through the heart beginning in the right atrium and ending with the right atrium:

2. Cats with dilated cardiomyopathy most likely have a deficiency of ______________

3. The primary pathologic change in the heart of a dog with dilated cardiomyopathy is ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. When cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy get thromboemboli, 90% of the time it gets lodged where: ________________________________________________________

5. Name 3 clinical symptoms seen in a cat with a “saddle thrombus”

a) _____________________________________________________________________

b) _____________________________________________________________________

c) _____________________________________________________________________

6. Characterize the shunt in a puppy with a patent ductus arteriosus: _______________________________________________________

7. Which direction does blood shunt in puppies with atrial septal defects: ____________, which direction does blood shunt in a dog with a ventricular septal defect: ______________

8. Pulmonic stenosis results in ________________-sided heart failure and aortic stenosis results in _________________-sided heart failure

9. Name the 4 abnormalities of the heart in a dog with Tetralogy of Fallot:

a) ________________________________________________________________

b) ________________________________________________________________

c) ________________________________________________________________

d) ________________________________________________________________

10. What is the predominant pathology of a dog with a persistent right 4th aortic arch

___________________________________________________________________

11. Mitral valve insufficiency causes _______________-sided heat failure and tricuspid valve insufficiency causes ____________-sided heart failure

12. What procedure needs to be done on a regular basis for a dog with polycythemia: ___________________________________________________________________

13. What is the name of the parasite that causes Heartworm Disease? ___________________________________________

14. Why is this parasite referred to as a ‘heart’worm? Which of the major blood vessels does the heartworm affect most significantly?

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

15. How can we detect heartworm disease in dogs? ________________________________________________________________________

16. How can we prevent heartworm disease in dogs? (Name 3 preventions)

a)________________________________________________________________________

b)______________________________________________________________________

c)____________________________________________________________________

17. How do we treat heartworm disease in dogs ( 2 protocols)?

a) ____________________________________________________________________

b) ____________________________________________________________________

18. The upper respiratory disease are in the following organs ______________, _______________, _______________________ and lower respiratory disease can occur in the following organs ___________________, ________________, __________________, _____________________

19. Sinusitis is usually caused by ______________________________________

20. If the patient is painful when opening the mouth, hard to intubate because of swelling on either side of the mouth you should suspect ? _____________________________

21. An important differential diagnosis for laryngitis is? __________________________

22. The clinical signs of kennel cough consist of a __________, ______________ cough, and it is treated with antibiotics against (what organism?) _________________________ and it is different from collapsing trachea because in the history the following are observed ___________________, ____________________

23. An acute condition in cats with coughing, wheezing and “donut” shaped lesions in the lung radiograph would indicate the following disease ____________________________

24. Name the 2 most common feline viruses responsible for respiratory disease: __________________, _______________________

25. Please name 2 diseases caused by the following pleural effusions:

a) Transudate: __________________, _____________________

b) Blood: _______________________, ____________________

c) Chyle: _________________________, ___________________

d) Empyema: _____________________, ___________________

26. In fungal diseases the clinical signs may be too non specific to diagnose the disease. What diagnostic test will help support the diagnosis of the disease: ________________

27. Please name 2 antifungal treatments commonly used in fungal infections: ______________, ________________________

28. Please name 2 fungal infections caused by avian droppings: ____________________, _________________________________

29. ________________________ is a fungal infection which is an opportunistic infection causing loss of nasal turbinates’ whereas __________________ is a fungal infection where dogs mostly show CNS signs and the following can also show abnormalities in the CBC (anemia): ____________________, _____________________

30. The definitive diagnosis for pulmonary lesions is: ___________________________

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