A 6 year old terrier cross presents to you with rDVM bloodwork which shows a HCT of 20%, a high MCV and a low MCHC. Classify this anemia.
What is regenerative anemia?
100
This lyssavirus is able to infect all species of mammals. The disease is characterized by diverse CNS signs.
What is rabies virus?
100
This disease is diagnosed and treated using vasopressin eyedrops.
What is central diabetes insipidus?
100
In order to block H1 and H2 receptors, you need to combine these two medications.
What are diphenhydramine and famotidine/ranitidine/cimetidine?
100
This disease, characterized by infiltration of lungs, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow by neoplastic histiocytes is associated with this breed?
What is Bernese Mountain Dog? (Golden and Rottie also accepted)
200
These are the four broad category differentials for hyperbilirubinemia.
What is pre-hepatic, hepatic, post-hepatic and sepsis?
200
This common virus can cause several clinical syndromes in cats, including lameness, oral ulcerations, or systemic vasculitis.
What is feline calcivirus?
200
These two diseases are good differentials for an older cat that is polyphagic but losing weight.
What are diabetes mellitus and hyperthyroidism?
200
This drug selectively antagonizes 5-hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3) receptors found in the CNS chemoreceptor trigger zone, on vagal nerve terminals and enteric neurons in the GI tract.
What is Anzemet (Dolasetron)?
200
A deficiency in lipoprotein lipase leading to increased serum triglyceride with a mild increase in cholesterol is suspected to be inherited in this breed?
What is miniature schnauzer?
300
These are three ruleouts for glucosuria?
What are stress, diabetes, renal tubular damage, fanconi's, primary renal glucosuria or RTA?
300
The diagnosis of this fungal disease is made when small (2–4um) organisms with a bluish center surrounded by a clear halo are seen in macrophages on aspiration cytology samples of bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, or lungs.
What is Histoplasmosis?
300
This uncommon feline endocrine disease causes a fragile skin syndrome.
What is hyperadrenocorticism?
300
Lysodren causes necrosis of these two parts of the adrenal cortex.
What are the zona fasciculata and zona reticularis?
300
A distension of of the gallbladder by an inappropriate accumulation of mucus is predisposed in this breed.
What are Shetland Sheepdogs?
400
This is the definition of a stress leukogram.
What is a neutrophilia, lymphopenia, and monocytosis?
400
This bacteria is an obligate intracellular parasite transmitted to the dog through the bite of an infected tick, (Dermacentor variabilis or Dermacentor andersoni.)The organism creates a systemic vasculitis of small vessels.
What is Rickettsia rickettsii (RMSF)?
400
This endocrine disease is congenital in the rat terrier, but typically seen in older dogs. It is characterized by inactivity, weight gain, alopecia, anestrus and bradycardia.
What is hypothyroidism?
400
This vitamin analogues enhances calcium absorption from the GI tract, promotes reabsorption of calcium by the renal tubules, and increases the rate of resorption of minerals in bone.
What is calcitriol?
400
A slowly progressive, irreversible, and inherited kidney caused by multiple small cysts is seen in this breed of cat. Extra 300 points for naming the breed of dog for which this is also a genetic disease.
What is Persian cat? (West Highland White Terrier)
500
Although it is also found in liver, bone, intestine, kidney, white blood cells and placenta, only these two origins of ALP will result in a clinically significant elevation of measured ALP.
What are bone and liver?
500
This viral disease in dogs destroys precursor white blood cells resulting in a decrease in circulating white blood cells allowing the virus to easily invade dividing cells of the GI tract.
What is canine parvovirus?
500
You see a cat on appointment that presents for difficult diabetic management. He has a gallop rythym, large head, and increased interdental spaces, are more subtle. You suspect he has acromegaly. Which diagnostic test will help you prove this?
What is Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1)?
500
This drug antagonizes purine metabolism thereby inhibiting RNA, DNA synthesis and mitosis. Thus it is used to control delayed hypersensitivity and cellular immunity responses.
What is azathioprine (imuran)?
500
A systemic syndrome characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid A protein is found in this breed of CAT. Extra 100 points for listing the two organ systems most commonly affected.