This zoonotic disease is spread through tick bites and is well-known to cause a "bulls-eye" rash in humans.
What is Lyme disease
100
This disease is most commonly seen in cats and symptoms result from increased thyroid hormones.
What is Hyperthyroidism
100
The most common cause of neck or back pain in dogs, especially in chondrodystrophic breeds (ie. long back, short legs).
What is intervertebral disc disease (IVDD)
100
Rupture of this ligament is the common injury in the stifle.
What is Cranial cruciate ligament
100
Cats with this disease have an overly dilated colon that lacks normal peristalsis necessary for normal defecation, resulting in frequent constipation/obstipation.
What is Megacolon
200
This zoonotic disease is considered the most important for veterinary technicians to understand due to a nearly 100% fatality rate in both humans and animals.
What is Rabies
200
This disease is most commonly seen in dogs and is the result of the thyroid gland producing too little thyroid hormone.
What is Hypothyroidism
200
This disease causes hind limb weakness, is common in German shepherd dogs, and results from degeneration of the nerves in the spinal cord.
What is Degenerative myelopathy
200
This type of fracture is often caused by trauma and carries a greater risk of infection.
What is an open fracture
200
This type of liver disease is often caused by drugs or toxins and occurs when 70-80% of the functional liver mass is injured.
What is Acute hepatitis
300
While this disease is self-limiting in people, it causes extreme pruritus in animals from a microscopic mite living in the skin.
What is Sarcoptes mange
300
With this endocrine disease, the pancreas can no longer produce the necessary enzymes needed for digestion and affected animals become malnourished and very thin.
What is Exocrine Pancreas Insufficiency
300
This viral infection can go to the central nervous system to cause seizures, and is the most common cause of seizures in puppies less than 6 months old.
What is canine distemper virus
300
A total hip replacement is a surgery commonly performed for animals with this disease.
What is hip dysplasia
300
This virus typically affects young puppies and results in extreme dehydration due to very watery and bloody diarrhea.
What is Parvovirus
400
Pregnant women exposed to this zoonotic protozoan are at risk for abortion.
What is Toxoplasmosis
400
Animals affected by this disease will have very high levels of blood glucose due to lack of insulin production.
What is Diabetes mellitus
400
This disease is a true medical emergency and results in seizures lasting at least 5 minutes.
What is Status epilepticus
400
This is the most common bone tumor seen in dogs.
What is osteosarcoma
400
Halitosis is typically the first clinical sign noticed by owners of dogs affected by this disease.
What is Periodontal disease
500
Any animal presenting with signs of either acute kidney failure or liver failure (or both) should be suspected of having this zoonotic disease.
What is Leptospirosis
500
When the adrenal glands are unable to produce normal hormones, like cortisol, affected animals become very sick and may even collapse.
What is Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's disease)
500
This disease results in ascending paralysis, and eventually death, and is caused by a neurotoxin found in the saliva of some female ticks.
What is Tick paralysis
500
This disease is commonly seen in young dogs (6-8 months) and results in lameness that shifts from one leg to another.
What is Panosteitis
500
This disease is often called "bloat", but actually results from a distended stomach twisting 180 degrees, which is life threatening.