Clinical Cases
A cat is repeatedly straining in the litter box and producing no urine. This life-threatening condition must be ruled out immediately.
What is urethral obstruction?
This medication reverses opioid-induced respiratory depression.
What is naloxone?
This highly contagious viral disease in horses causes fever, coughing, nasal discharge, and rapid spread through stables.
What is equine influenza?
This scheduling tool helps the front desk organize appointments, surgeries, and recheck visits throughout the day.
What is the appointment calendar?
This smaller equine friend is working on his social skills and is still not pony ride friendly despite his cute nature.
What is a Dilly?
A horse has severe abdominal pain, sweating, and repeated flank-watching. This broad clinical syndrome is typically suspected.
What is equine colic?
This antidote is used to treat acetaminophen toxicity.
What is N-acetylcysteine?
This metabolic disorder in dairy cows around calving causes weakness, muscle tremors, and sometimes recumbency due to low blood calcium.
What is milk fever (parturient hypocalcemia)?
When a client calls about a pet experiencing difficulty breathing, collapse, or uncontrolled bleeding, office staff should do this rather than schedule a routine appointment.
What is immediately alert the veterinary medical team and follow the clinic's emergency triage protocol?
This doctor-owned pack of hounds are low to the ground and are known for their procreation skills.
What is the Jack Pack/Dr. Webb's dogs
A disease in which a dog has increased thirst, increased urination, weight loss, and persistent hyperglycemia with glucosuria.
What is diabetes mellitus?
A particular genetic mutation that can make certain dogs unusually sensitive to ivermectin and other P-glycoprotein substrates.
What is an ABCB1 (MDR1) mutation?
A horse develops profuse watery diarrhea, fever, dehydration, and signs of endotoxemia after recent antibiotic treatment. This potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal condition is suspected.
What is antibiotic-associated colitis?
This process involves contacting clients after a visit to discuss laboratory results, communicate the veterinarian's recommendations, and arrange post visit care.
What is client follow-up?
This holy feline is a parking lot legend and is missing something.
What is a Bubbles?
This life-threatening condition is suspected when a dog has fever, hypotension, altered mentation, elevated lactate, and suspected infection.
What is sepsis with possible septic shock?
These antibiotics can cause proximal tubular injury and ototoxicity, particularly with increased exposure or predisposing renal conditions.
What is aminoglycosides.
This postpartum uterine infection in cattle is associated with retained fetal membranes, systemic illness, and foul-smelling uterine discharge.
What is puerperal metritis?
This process ensures that invoices, payments, refunds, and outstanding balances are accurately recorded and reconciled.
What is financial reconciliation?
This tech owns an old grumpy guy of her own and is the de facto spicy feline handler.
What is a Sara?
This emergency intervention may be necessary prior to radiographs when a cat develops severe respiratory distress after thoracic trauma, with markedly reduced lung sounds.
What is therapeutic thoracocentesis for suspected pleural air or fluid?
A dog ingests antifreeze containing ethylene glycol. This antidote prevents the formation of toxic metabolites when administered early.
What is Fomepizole.
A dairy cow develops left-sided abdominal distension, decreased milk production, reduced appetite, and a characteristic ping on simultaneous auscultation and percussion. The condition commonly occurs during the transition period after calving.
What is left displaced abomasum?
A client requests a copy of their pet's medical records, but the account contains sensitive information and notes involving multiple parties. Staff should verify the requester's authorization and follow applicable law and clinic policy before taking this action.
What is release only the records the requester is legally entitled to receive, following identity verification and the clinic's records-release procedure?
This staff member is full of fun facts, can fix just about anything, and is not phased by a stinky kennel mess.
what is a Raimo