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| Actual use or inteded use of a drug in an animal in a manner that is not in accordance with the approved labeling |
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| American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) |
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| National organization representing the converns and interests of American veterinarians |
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| American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) |
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| Association of veterinarians representing the concerns and interests of veterinary hospitals |
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| The system of laws originated and developed in England and based on court decisions on the doctrines implicit in those decisions, and on customs and usages rather than on codified written laws |
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| A law or group of laws passed by a legislature or other official governign bodies |
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| An article of movable personal property |
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| A legal obligation or debt |
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| Improper or negligent treatment of a patient by a veterinarian, resulting in injury, damage, or loss |
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| Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party |
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| When a more severe form of negligence occurs |
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| Insurance covering the insured against losses arising from injury or damage to another person or property |
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| The branck of civil law dealing with interpretation and enforcement of written agreements between parties |
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| Violation of conractual obligation |
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| Body of law created by the federal government of a nation |
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| Model Veterinary Practice Act |
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| AVMA published guidline for individual state practive acts |
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Model Act Contains:
Preamble |
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| Defines the purpose of the veterinary practice act |
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Model Act Contains:
Definitions |
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| Defines terms taht will be used throughout the act |
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Model Act Contains:
License Requirement |
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| Declares unlawful the practice of veterinary medicine by any person not licensed or holding a temporary permit to practice in the state |
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Model Act Contains:
Veterinarian-Client Patient Relationship (VCPR) |
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| Veterinary medicine must be practiced within the context of a veterinary-client relationship, not established via telephone or electronic means |
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Model Act Contains:
Veterinary Technicians and Technologists |
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| The board has authority over the practice of veterinary technology and to discipline technicians who have not fullfilled all necessary requirements |
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Model Act Contains:
Veterinarian-Client Confidentiality |
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| Reflects the ethical obligation of veterinarians and their employees to consider information from clients and veterinary medical records privileged and confidential |
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Model Act Contains:
Cruelty to Animals- Immunity for Reporting |
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| Encourages veterinarians to report animal abuse to appropriate authorites by providing immunity to the reporting veterinarian |
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Model Act Contains:
Abandoned Animal |
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| Encourages responsible animal ownership and provides a standardized procedure for veterinarians to address animals that may have been abandoned by a client |
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| To distinguish or identify by diagnosis |
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| To predict the probable course and outcome of a disease |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
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| The federal agency that oversees workplace safety and enforces the laws designed to reduce dangers in the workplace |
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| Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
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| Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import |
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| Hazard Communication Coordinator (HCC) |
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| Designated coordinator who oversees a pre-decided plan that complies with the law in the vet clinic |
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| Personal Protective Equipment |
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| Gloves, goggles, aprons and gowns, masks and face shields, ear protectors, boots, and specialized equipment |
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| Measures taken whenever there is a possibility of infection from a patient or their bodily fluids to the handler |
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| Zoonotic Diseases or Zoonoses |
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| Diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans |
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| A highly fatal viral infection of the nervous system that affects all warm-blooded animal species, transmitted in the saliva. Most common transmission is via bite |
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| Inflamation of the intestine |
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| Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic causeing food poisoning, typhoid and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals |
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| A mycobacterial, infecgtious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs adn other tissues of the body, often developing long after the initial infection |
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| A contagious disease of all warm-blooded species caused by a sporozoan parasite. can cause sporadic ccases of pneumonia, central nervous system disease, retinochoroiditis, and hepititis in dogs and cats |
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| Ancylostoma Caninum and Tubaeforme |
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| The hookworm of cats; can cause human skin infections |
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| A common fungal infection of the superficial layers of the skin and hair fibers with oner of a group of dermatophytic fungi |
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| Fungi parasitic upon the skin |
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| A small, wingless, blood sucking insect |
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| A general name for species-specific parasitic insects which infest mammals |
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| Arthropod of the order Acarina; characterized by minute size, usually transparent or semi-transparent body, free-living or parasitic on animals or plants. Can cause irritation of the skin |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Rabies |
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| As in cats, disease is transmitted via saliva |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Toxocariasis |
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| Infection by worms of the genus toxocara |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Toxocara |
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| A genus of nematode (roundworm) parasites in the family ascarididae. Toxocara canis (dogs) Toxocara ccatic (cats) |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Visceral and Ocular larval migans |
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| Infection from unintentionally ingesting infectious toxocara roundworm larvae. Can cause blindness |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Ancylostoma Caninum |
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| Hookworms; larvae can cause cutaneous larval migrans in humas, transferred by feces |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Ringworm |
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| As with cats, ringworm is a common fungal infection of the superficial layers of the skin and hair fibers with one of a group of dematophytic fungi |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Mange Mites |
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| A human infeted will have itchy skin, scabies, or walking dandruff |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Mange Mites |
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| A human infeted will have itchy skin, scabies, or walking dandruff |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Mange |
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| A skin disease of domestic animals, caused by a number of genera of mites |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Mites |
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| Any Arthropod of the order Acarina (except ticks) characterized by minute size with a transparent or semi-transparent body |
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| An agent that is destructive to parasites |
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Zoonotic diseases from dogs:
Echinoccocosis |
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| A hydatid (cyst) disease; humans are infected with this disease upon eating raw meat from an animal infected |
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Flea- and Ticck borne diseases:
Lyme Disease |
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| An acute, often recurrent polyarthritis of dogs, cats and humans cuased by the spirochete Bonelia Burgdorfei and transmitted via tick |
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Flea- and Ticck borne diseases:
Plyarthritis |
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| Inflamation of several joints |
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Flea- and Ticck borne diseases:
Spirochete |
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| A highly coiled bacterium |
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| dogs carry disease yet show no sign of infection |
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Communicable diseases:
Campylobacterious & Salmonellosis |
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| Bacterial causes cramps and diarrhea in both dogs and humans. Contracted by infected milk or raw meat. Passed through food and dog and cat feces to humans |
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Communicable diseases:
Giardiasis |
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| A flagellate protozoan parasite transmitted through water; if a dog drinks contaminated water, they become infected. Diarrhea is the most common symptom |
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Communicable diseases:
Brucellosis |
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| Most likely to occur in breeding kennels. In humans, symptoms include high fever, shivering, and weakness. Dogs should be routinely tested for brucellosis |
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Communicable diseases:
Leptospirosis |
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| usually most common in rats; however dogs can be infected through bacteria in urine and can infect humans, causing death if untreated. Leptospirosis causes diseases in the kidney and liver also known as Weil's disease in humans. It is transmitted through bodily fluids, water, food, soil, and bedding that is contaminatied with urine |
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Communicable diseases:
Chlamydial diseases |
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| This rarely causes disease in dogs, however it can be transmitted to humans and can cause several different diseases |
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Infections from Bites:
Pasturella infections |
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| If a dog or human is bitten by an infected dog, he/she may develop purulent (full of pus) infection and abscesses |
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Infections from Bites:
Pasturella |
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Infections from Bites:
Tetanus |
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| Generally rare in dogs, however, the microorganism that causes tetanus can be passed to humans through deep bite wounds. |
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| Compilation of client and patient information |
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| Part of the client record containing patient information |
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S-Subjective- observations made by client
O-Objective- oberservations made by veterinarian
A-Assessment- Diagnosis by the veterinarian
P-Plan- action plan for different follow-up procedures or treatments |
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| Using the CARP method of handling difficult clients |
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C-Control- Take control of the situation
A-Acknowledge- Acknowledge the clients emotions
R-Refocus- Redirect the conversation and begin the process of solving the problem
P-Problem-Solve- Begin to solve the problem |
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| First In First Out in regards to inventory |
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Type of Rabies Vaccine:
Killed |
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| contain a dead version of the rabies virus with an adjuvant that stimulates immune response. |
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Type of Rabies Vaccine:
Modifies Live (MLV) |
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| Made from an isolate of virus or bacteria |
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| the element that carries the main component of meaning in a word and provides the basis from which a word is derived by adding affixes or infrlctional endings or by phonetic change |
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| A grammatical element that is combined with a word, stem, or phrase to produce derived and inflected forms |
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Terminology:Type of Affix:
Prefix |
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| An affix, such as dis- in disbelieve, attached to the front of a word to produce a derivative word or a inflected form |
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Terminology:Type of Affix:
Suffix |
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| An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or funtioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness |
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Terminology:Type of Affix:
Infix |
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| An inflectional or derivational element appearing in the body of a word |
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Terminology:
Compound word |
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| A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker |
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Terminology:
Combining form |
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| A modified form of an independent word that occurs only in combination with words, affixes, or other combing forms to form compounds or derivitives |
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