This protozoan parasite is contracted by exposure to dogs and causes abortion in large and small ruminants
While large dogs get DCM, small dogs are more prone to this cardiovascular disease.
What is chronic valvular disease?
Just by looking at the nose you might be able to tell if a cat or dog has chronic nasal discharge by looking for this. (not the mucus)
What is loss of pigmentation under the nares?
CIRD usually is self limiting and resolves within this number of days
what is 1-21days?
What is doxycyline, azithromycin or clavamox?
The primary driver of breathing
What is CO2?
What is 6 months?
These drugs should not be used when a patient is actively in heart failure, but may be used when a patient is in the occult phase.
What are B-blockers?
This is the primary agent causing fungal nasal disease in dogs
What is aspergillus?
Bordetella can be shed for this amount of time after infection.
What is 2-3 months?
Treatment of choice for Rhodococcus equi
The ET tube must be placed at or just behind the thoracic inlet or else your pet may present with this depth of anesthesia
What is deep?
This parasite causes pyometra in beef cows and decreased fertility. It also swims around on a slide with saline.
What is trichomonas?
What is snow nose?
Canine Influenza Virus produces signs that can last this long with or without treatment.
These drugs are the treatment of choice for a horse presenting with strangles and purpurea
What are corticosteroids and ceftiofur or penicillin?
These drugs can cause hyperthermia in cats
What are opioids?
Giving these drugs can help get fluid out of a uterus after birth by inducing contractions
What is cloprostinol and oxytocin?
While dogs get aspergillus nasal disease cats get this fungal disease in their nose.
What is cryptococcus?
You should not suppress a cough in case of this clinical sign.
What is productive cough?
These analgesia providing opioids have a ceiling effect and can not easily be reversed meaning you are SOL if this drug is not sufficient for pain control.
What is buprenorphine?
This hormone is a pregnancy marker in dogs and cats
What is relaxin?
The most common tumor of the nasal cavity in dogs and cats
What is SCC?
This is a reason that extremely brachcephalic dogs or obese dogs might die from not breathing after anesthesia despite having high paCO2
What is dependence on O2 as a driver of breathing?