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Pathology Lecture 7
Nervous, urinary, and reproductive
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Pathology
Undergraduate 2
08/21/2009

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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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Central nervous system
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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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24
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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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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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Coninuous or cluster seizures
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Status epilepticus
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What type of epilepsy occurs in young Arabians up to 12 months old
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Benign epilepsy
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What anti-convulsive therapy is usually recommended for epilepsy
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Phenobarbital
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How should urine  be collected for a culture?
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Cystocentesis
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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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Cystitis
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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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University of Minnesota
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How large do uroliths need to be to be visable on radiographs
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>3mm
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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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Struvite
Calcium oxalate
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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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BUN and creatinine
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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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Oxytocin
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An accumulation of pus within the uterus
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Pyometra
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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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Bacterial or mycotic
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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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