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Vet 210 BRCC
Pansystemic Disease
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
04/20/2010

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Term
Pansystemic
Definition
Involving primary target organ and multiple body systems (throughout body)
Term
FIP
Definition
Feline Infectious Peritonitis, corona virus, effusive or non-effusive forms. Starts as feline enteric coronavirus which is mild to subclinical and in some cats mutates to FIP (but not ALL)
Term
Effusive FIP
Definition
Wet form, vasculitis, ascites, pleural effusion, anorexia, depression, wt. loss
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Non-Effusive FIP
Definition
Dry form, wt loss, fever, cs based on what organs are being affected
Term
FIP Diagnosis
Definition
See hyperglobulinemia, cytology of abdominal/pleural fluids has a HIGH protein content
Term
FIP Vaccine
Definition
Intranasal, 50-75% effective in unexposed cats, give to at-risk cats only, vaccine induces serum ab titers so cat will have INCREASED titers
Term
Toxoplasmosis
Definition
Toxoplasma gondii, intracellular coccidian parasite, cats are ONLY definitive host, humans and other mammals can be intermediate hosts
Term
Toxoplasmosis transmission
Definition
ingestion of contaminated raw meat from an intermediate host (rodent), fecal-oral route, transplacental
Term
Ways to avoid transmission to humans
Definition
Cook meats thoroughly (more likely to get through raw meat than cats), clean litter box DAILY and wear gloves or have someone do it for you, wear gloves when gardening, cover sandboxes, keep cats indoors, do not handle unfamiliar cats
Term
Lyme Disease
Definition
Tick borne disease, tick must be attached for 48 hrs to transmit, many organs can be affected, but lameness is mc cs. Also see polyarthritis, fever, anorexia, lethargy, lymphadenopathy, myocardial abnormalities, nephritis
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