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| The provision of services essential or helpful to the restoration of health or the prevention of illness for others who for any other reason are not able to provide such services for themselves |
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| Cats with up to six or seven toes per foot |
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| Common Feline Diseases (CFD): Feline Lower Urinary Tract Diseases (FLUTD) |
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| A painful inflammation of the lower urinary tract that has the potential to be fatal, FLUTD could be caused by bacteria, a decreased intake of water and urine retention, diet or viruses |
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| CFD: Chronic Kidney Disease |
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| Elderly cats are commonly afflicted by this disease due to gradual deterioration of the kidneys. It becomes harder for the kidneys to function and to eliminate waste products. If 75% or higher of both kidneys are damaged, the cat will be in renal failure |
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| CFD: Feline Incectious Peritonitis (FIP) |
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| FIP is a virus that affects cats with decreased immune systems, such as kittens, geriatric cats, and those with other viruses. The FIP virus causes infection of the abdominal cavity, liver, kidneys, nervous system and brain |
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| CFD: Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) |
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| FeLV is a virus that causes cancer of the white blood cells and lymph system, spread through direct contact with other infected felines. Cats can be carriers with or without clinical symptoms |
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| CFD: Feline Immunodeficiency virus (FIV) |
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| Like the HIV virus in humans, FIV suppresses the immune system and makes the feline susceptible to infection. It is transmitted through the saliva of an infected cat |
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| CFD: Feine Chlamydophila felis (Previously called Chlamydia psittaci) |
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| Responsible for over 5% of all feline respiratory diseases, this bacterial disease is highly contagious, especially in young kittes, Clamydophila is a zoonosis |
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| CFD: Upper Respiratory Infections (URI) |
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| A condition affecting the mouth, nasal passages, sinuses, and upper airway, most commonly caused by the Herpes virus of Calicivirus |
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| CFD: Feline Herpes Virus (Keratitis) AKA Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis (FVR) |
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| A major cause of upper respiratory-tract infections, FHV is very serious and contagious |
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| CFD: Feline Calicivirus (FCV) |
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| A major cause of upper respiratory-tract infection in cats, FCV is widespread and highly contagious |
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| CFD: Feline Panleukopenia AKA Feline Distemper & Feline Infectious Enteritis (FIE) |
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| A highly contagious viral disease that can be transmitted through contact with humans, infected cats, clothing, hair, paws, food bowls, and even cat carriers, FIE attacks cells of the digestive system, bone marrow, lymph tissue, and white blood cells |
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| The most dangerous of all animal diseases, Rabies is highly contagious and fatal to all mammals including humans. It is a zoonosis transmitted thrugh the saliva of an infected animal |
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| Although this disease can affect all mammals, it is more present in cats than in dogs. Cats can become infected by eating raw meat or contaminated prey, unitentionally ingesting a microscopic intestinal parasite. Humans become infected by handling the feces of an infected cat. Pregnant woman that become infected can transmit the disease to their unborn fetus |
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| Many cat owners become concerned when their felines hack, cough, and throw up clumps of hair. This is common for felines as they bathe themselves with their tongues, thus ingesting fur. Long haired cats are more susceptible. In severe cases, the fur will build up in their small intestines causing blockage and requiring surgery |
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| CFD: Endoparasites, AKA Internal Parasites |
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| May cause discomfort for the feline and should be eliminated once detected. Internal parasites include: roundworms, tapeworms, thread worms, flukes, lungworms and heartworms |
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| CFD: Ectoparasites AKA External Parasites |
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| Commonly include: flease, ticks, lice, mange mites, and bot flies. |
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| If a cat is bitten by a tick, they may contract Lyme disease. |
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| CFD: Hyperthyroidism (Overactive Thyroid) |
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| Condition wehre the thyroid gland becomes enlarged and produces excess amount of thyroid hormone; the condition is often provoked by a benign tumor on one or both lobes of the thyroid gland. Thyroid tumors have a 2-5% chance of malignancy. |
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| Obesity can be secondary to age, physical environment, medications, hyperthyroidism, and Cushing's disease (hyperadrenocorticism) |
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Can affet cats of any age, but is most common in older, obese cats-typically males. There are two types of diabetes. Type 1: insufficient insulin production
Type 2: body's inability to handle insulin effectively
Another type of diabetes, secondary diabetes, occurs as a side effect of drugs or disease |
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| Common Canine Diseases (CCD): Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) |
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| Spread through the air and through contact with infected bodily fluids, it's a highly contagious neurologicacl disease that affects mostly dogs between 4 mo. and 4 yrs. If the dog survives they could live out the remainder of their life with neurological problems |
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| CCD: Infectious Canine Hepatitis |
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| An acute liver infection in dogs caused by canine adenovirus type-1 (CAV-1), hepatitis is spread through the bodily fluids (mainly urine) of an infected canine. |
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| A bacterial zoonosis that is transmitted throught the bodily fluids of an infected animal and attacks the kidneys and liver. It can also be passed through water, food, soil, and bedding that is contaminated with urine, ingestion of infected tissue, and bites from infected small animals. |
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| A virus that produces a mild respiratory tract infection, parainfluenza is often associated with other respiratory infections such as "Kennel Cough." It's spread through the nasal discharge of an infected animal and is highly contagious because the virus is airborne |
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| More often referred to as Parvo, is a highly contagious, potentially fatal, acute disease caused by a virus that attacks the lining of the small intestine of all canines. The disease is passed through the infected stool of one canine to another and is commonly present in animal shelters |
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| CCD: "Kennel Cough" or Infectious Tracheobronchitis |
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| Extremely contagious airborne infection of the upper respiratory tract, caused by the bacteria Bordetella bronchiseptica. Other causes are: Parainfluenza virus, Canine Adenovirus type II, and Distemper |
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| Most dangerous of all animal diseases, Rabies is highly contagious. It is a zoonosis transmitted through the bite of an infected animal |
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| Inflammation of the skin. Can be caused by allergies, excessive licking, parasites, and/or contact with poisonous plants or substances, diet, malnutrition, or a number or other factors. |
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| An increase in fluid pressure (Intraocular preassur or IOP) insed the eye can by caused by injury or disease; must be treated immediately or dog may lose it's eye |
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| An inflammation of the pancreas. Diabetes, some medications and obesity also contribute to the chronic type of this condition. |
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| CCD: Ectoparasites, AKA External parasites |
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| Skin parasites include fleas, mange mites, harvest mites, lice, ticks, blowfly maggots, and hookworm larvae, to name a few. |
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| Develops from the bite of the infected Common Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis). |
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| CCD: Hot Spots, AKA Acute Moist Dermatitis |
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| AKA 'pyotraumatic dermatitis' and are caused by the dog biting and chewing itself, leaving raw spots on their skin. |
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| CCD: Endoparasites, AKA Internal Parasites |
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| Most common endoparasites (roundworms and tapeworms) can be transmitted to humans. Other endoparasites include whipworms, hookworms, Giardia canis, Babesia,Coccidia, and Toxoplasma gondii, hearworms, bladder worms, lungworms. |
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| Canines with floppy trait ears (such as Cocker Spaniels) are not well-ventilated, so they are more prone to bacteria and yeast which encourage ear infections and parasites such as ear mites. Also foreign bodies can cause infections and can rupture the eardrum |
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| CCD: Cushing's Syndrome, AKA Hyperadrenocorticism |
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| Condition characterized by on increase in glucocorticoids which are secreted by the adrenal glands. |
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| CCD: Anal Sac Impactions and Infections |
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| The anal sacs are two glands located bilaterally on the sides of the opening of the anus. Once the anal sacs are expressed it must be done consistently or they will become impacted and possibly infected |
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| Cause or origin ofa disease or disorder as determined by medical diagnosis |
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| A pressure sore (bed sore) or an open wound that develops in the skin and tissues over a bony prominence, can occure as a result of prolonged lying down |
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| Abnormally decreased body temperature |
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| Abnormally increased body temperature |
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| Also known as fatty liver syndrome, hepatic lipidosis is a common syndrome characterized by excess fat accumulation in the liver of cats |
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| Introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube, AKA force feeding |
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| Inflammation of the lungs from inhalig foreign material |
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| A tube passed through the nose, down the esophagus, and into the stomach. Used to administer liquid medications and food to some species of animals |
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| A tube place surgically through the left side fo the pharynx, just behind the angle of the jaw that goes down the esophogus into the stomach |
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| An agent that causes disease, especially a living microorganism such as a bacterium or fungus |
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| Endogenous-type of pathogen |
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| Originating from within an organism, tissue, or cell |
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| Exogenous-type of pathogen |
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| Coming from outside a system |
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| The collective bacteria and other mircrooganisms in an ecosystem |
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| Contact with the skin of an infected animal |
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| The development of a deseased or morbid condition |
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| 1" of 1:30 chlorine bleach solution |
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| The drug is injected into the abdomen where it is absorbed |
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| The drug is injected into the layers of the skin |
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| The drug is injected directly into the heart |
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| The drug is injected into bone cavity |
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| Analgesics and anesthetics are injected into the epidural of the spine |
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| The drug is injected directly into an artery |
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| through or by way of the skin |
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| Pertaining to the dorsum or back of an animal and his/her side |
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| The space over the back between the scapulas |
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| Over the shoulder blades (right or life side) |
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| Group of muscles in front of the femur |
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| Just lateral to the spine |
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| Groups of muscles located caudally on the proximal portion of the hind leg |
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| The thickened and expanded bone rim at the upper border of the ilium |
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| The bone making up the expansive superior portion of the hip bone |
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| The long bone of the arm or forelimb, extending fromthe shoulder to the elbow |
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| The state or quality of being open, expanded, or unblocked pertaining to the catheter |
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| An abnormal increase in size, as by inflation, distention, accumulation of fluids, or the like |
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| A localized protective reaction of tissure irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by the 5 cardinal signs: pain, heat, redness, swelling, and sometimes loss of function |
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| An accumulation of fluid under the skin which, when pressure is applied, leaves and indentation |
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| A localized collection of blood whicch may or may not be clotted |
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| Inflammation of a vein, often occuring int he legs and involving the foramtion of a thrombus, charcterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color |
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| Infuses fluids, medication or nutrients into a patient's circulatory system. It is generally used intravenously, although subcutaneous, arterial and epidual infusions are occasionally used |
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| The administration of a drug, medication or other substance in the form of a single, large dose |
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| Usually delivers 10 to 15 drops of fluid per 1 mL |
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| Delivers approximately 60 drops per 1 mL (used for patients under 20 pounds) |
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| Formula to figure drops per minute |
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| Total infusion volume (mL) x drops/mL / Total infusion time (min) |
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| This device is made specifically for the purpose of extending the foreleg of patients on IV fluids |
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| A splint extenging the full length of the limb, holding the limb in a fixed position and transferring body weight from the limb to the splint |
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| A spoon shaped device used to splint the metatarsus or metacarpal bones in animals |
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| Cats and dogs have 5 metatarsal bones in the rear legs that are proximal to the Metatarsal-phalangeal joint |
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| Cats and dogs have 5 metacarpal bones in the front legs that are proximal to the Metacarpophalangeal joint |
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| The act or practice of killing hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
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| A tough, insoluble protein substance that is the chief structural consituent of hair, nails, horns, and hooves |
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| The bony projection over which the nail or claw arises; the ungula process also contains blood and never supply |
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