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UTCVM Souza
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Veterinary Medicine
Graduate
05/02/2014

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Seafood inspection is done by:
Definition
FDA
Term
who can get disease from rabies virus?
Definition
mammals
Term
who's got more rabies right now- domestic dogs or cats?
Definition
cats
Term
when was the translocation of raccoon rabies to mid atlantic?
Definition
1979
Term
where does the canine variant of rabies still exist in the US?
Definition
nowhere
Term
it is known that cats, dogs, and _____ may shed rabies up to ____days prior to clinical signs and death
Definition
ferrets; 3 days
Term
if a suspected rabid animal bites a person- how long is the quarantine period and when should you vaccinate the animal?
Definition
10 days; 10 days
Term
if a dog is potentially exposed to rabies- how long is the quarantine
Definition
45 day - 6 month
Term
4 main clincal signs of rabies in cattle
Definition
bellowing incoordination anorexia opisthotonus
Term
current dx gold standard for rabies and only test to rule OUT rabies
Definition
fluorescent antibody test of hippocampus, cerebellum, or medulla
Term
which rabies test can be done on frozen tissue?
Definition
direct rabies immunohistochemical test (dRIT)
Term
normal vaccination in humans has 3 parts at what days?
Definition
0, 7, 21or28 (0 1 week 3 or 4 weeks)
Term
after first inoculation of first rabies vaccine animals still not considered vaccinated for the next:
Definition
28 days
Term
what kind of vaccine is dropped in thw woods as bait?
Definition
raboral-vrg: recombinant- dogfood flavored
Term
when preparing a sample to send out for rabies testing do you:

frigerate
freeze
put in formalin
Definition
refrigerate- DO NOT do either of the other two
Term
what is a very critical component of sending out rabies samples
Definition
biocontainment
Term
how might a protocol fro quarantine of animals after a human being bitten by that animal change if the animal is vaccinated
Definition
doesn't
Term
Year where we first saw raccoon rabies in TN
Definition
2003
Term
what test is used to test for rabies from enhanced surveillance in TN
Definition
direct rabies immunohistochemical test (dRIT)
Term
human cases of rabies are usually which variant
Definition
bat
Term
period of communicability for rabies virus
Definition
3-4 days
Term
if a dog bites you and goes into quarantine- the amount of time in quarantine is based on _______
Definition
period of communicability
Term
incubation period for rabeies varies but is between usually
Definition
10 days- 6 months
Term
the quarantine period of animal who may have been exposed to rabies is based of of _______ and is how long?
Definition
incubation period; 45 days or 6 months
Term
what is the best test to do in a live animal for rabies?
Definition
None of the above
Term
post exposure for person already vax for rabies
Definition
2 im injections day 0 , 3
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post exposure for person without prev vax for rabies
Definition
4 injections + immunoglobulin
Term
how is rabies exposure defined?
Definition
bite from a suspected rabid animal
Term
How does the quarantine protocol change for a dog, cat or ferret that may have been exposed to rabies when they also have not been vaccinated
Definition
Quarantine change from 45 days to 6 months
Term
What two bacteria found in wildlife are considered category A bioterrorism agents
Definition
Francisella tularensis; Yersinia pestis
Term
Most common current mode of infection for Tularemia
Definition
tick bite
Term
which two of the six syndromes of tularemia make up about 85% of all cases in people?
Definition
Glandular and Ulceroglandular
Term
which two of the six syndromes of tularemia have the worst prognosis ( i.e up to 60% mortality untreated)
Definition
typhoidal and pneumonic
Term
how is tularemia dx in people and animals?
Definition
culture
Term
tx for tularemia in people
Definition
streptomycin and gentamicin
Term
which animal should we worry most about getting tularemia and/or the plague
Definition
cats
Term
how is the plague most commonly transmitted?
Definition
regurgitation on a flea bite
Term
most common form of the plague
Definition
bubonic
Term
% mortality of septicemic and pneumonic type of plague
Definition
100%
Term
tx for plague in humans
Definition
streptomycin, gentamicin, or doxycycline
Term
whats is way people have performed flea control in the wild in order to prevent spread of plague?
Definition
spray prairie dog burrow with pyrethrines
Term
two forms of psittacosis
Definition
elementary and reticular
Term
is psittacosis reportable?
Definition
no
Term
usually the clinical symptoms of psittacosis in people are in what organ system?
Definition
respiratory
Term
which zoonotic disease cause endocarditis
Definition
bartonella; psittacosis
Term
number one arthropod vector for Bartonella henselae
Definition
cat fleas
Term
who's more likely to be bacteremic for Bartonella and therefore put you at higher risk of exposure- old cats or kittens?
Definition
kittens
Term
when a cat gives a person Bartonella- what material is actually getting into the wound to cause transmission
Definition
dried cat blood or flea poop
Term
people have similar symptoms to cats or dogs?
Definition
dogs
Term
in Bartonella endocarditis- what part of the heart is targeted?
Definition
aortic valve
Term
what's important hx in a person suspect for cat scratch disease?
Definition
exposure to a cat
Term
how to ensure a cat is neg for bartonella
Definition
can't
Term
best advice to prevent bartonellosis in people
Definition
flea prevention, hygiene and prevention of cat scratches
Term
what kind of suture for gi surgery
Definition
absorbable monofilament
Term
you can resect up to ___cm of esophagus
Definition
5
Term
most important part of care in an esophageal perforation
Definition
gastrostomy tube
Term
persistent right aortic arch is the most common type of _____ anomaly and is a breed disposition in ______.
Definition
vascular ring anomaly; german shepherds
Term
with surgery for PRAA what do you need to address first and how soon do you wanna do it?
Definition
soon! prevent more esophageal stretching- and make sure to address aspiration oneumonia
Term
when measuring an esophagostomy tube want it to go between which intercostal spaces
Definition
5th or 6th
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