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| Contains neurons of cranial and spinal nerves |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| Formed by neurons of the spinal cord, brain stem, cerebellum, and cerebrum |
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| Common cause of spinal cord disease in dogs, typically large breeds older than 5 years |
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| Fibroid disk degeneration. |
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| An interverteral disc disease patient loses deep pain perception, it's chances will be reduced by ~50% if surgery isn't performed within __ hours? |
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| Name two chondrodystrophoid breeds |
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| adachshund, Beagle, Shih Tzu, Lhasa Apso, and Pekingese |
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| Most common sites of disc extrusion |
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| Cervical and thoracolumbar regions |
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| Fly biting seizures that appear to be familial in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels |
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| Coninuous or cluster seizures |
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| What type of epilepsy occurs in young Arabians up to 12 months old |
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| What anti-convulsive therapy is usually recommended for epilepsy |
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| How should urine be collected for a culture? |
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| Name four things urine sediment should be examined for: |
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| RBCs, WBCs, epithelial cells, renal casts, crystals, parasitic ova, and bacteria |
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| What serum chemitry tests are often evaluated to confirm renal dysfunction |
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| BUN, creatinine, calcium, phosphorus, and eletrolytes |
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| A dog came into your clinic with clinical signs of breaking housetraining, hematuria in the last part of the voided urine, and a palpably thickened bladder wall. What disease do you think was at the top of the DVM's rule out list? |
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| Uroliths can occur in what four areas |
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| Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra |
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| What school are most uroliths sent to for quantitative analysis? |
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| How large do uroliths need to be to be visable on radiographs |
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| What does FLUTD stand for and what is another name for this disease? |
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| Feline lower urinary tract disease, Feline urological syndrome (FUS) |
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| ~65-75% of feline uroliths are ______, and ~10-20% are ______ (type or kind) |
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| Three classificatons of kidney disfunction |
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| Pre-renal, Renal, and Post-renal |
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| What two serum chemitry levels will be increased in azotemia? |
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True or false
Chronic renal failure is reversible. |
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False
Acute renal failure is potentially reversible, but not chronic renal faiure |
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| Your pregnant dog's temperature drops to <100F. What does this tell you? |
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| Parturition should occur within 24 hours |
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| What can be given IM to promote uterine contractions |
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| An accumulation of pus within the uterus |
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| What bacteria is commonly the infectious cause of pyometra |
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| Escherichia coli (E. coli) |
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| Mastitis is usally caused by infectious _____ or _____ pathogens |
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| Mastitis infection is diagnoed by culture and identification of the pathogen using what samle type. |
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| Aseptically collected milk |
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