It's a bug's life!
Ur-in-trouble!
It's a gut-feeling
Hormone talk..
When all cells break loose..
100
A protozoal infection causing large bowel diarrhea in cats (shelters, over-crowding)
Tri-trichomonas fetus
100
I am a stone who loves to thrive with bacteria. Who am I?
Struvite stone
100
Where is cobalamin absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract?
Ileum
100
What are the hormones produced/activated by the kidneys?
EPO, Calcitriol, Renin
100
Oncology's great pretender..
Lymphoma
200
Test of choice for diagnosing valley fever?
IgG antibody or AGID antibody test
200
I am a stone that is often present with hepatic vascular anomalies or Dalmatians. Who am I?
Urate stone
200
Lymphatic dilation in the intestinal tract is known as? What is the typical breed associated with this disease?
Intestinal lymphangectasia; Yorkshire terrier
200
I am produced by the pituitary when I sense a need, but enough steroids suppress my feed. What am I?
ACTH (adrenocorticotrophic hormone)
200
Name the drugs used to treat hypercalcemia
bisphosphonate, diuretics, prednisone, Na-based fluids
300
Possible outcomes of FeLV infection in cats-
Regressive, abortive, progressive, focal infection
300
Common causative agent for encrusted cystitis is....
Corynebacterium urealyticum
300
This liver enzyme pattern is considered pathognomonic for hepatic lipidosis..
Hint: Remember to add the other one that doesn't show up on our chem profile..
Increased ALP, ALT, Tbil, ~ normal GGT
300
Fluffy, a 10 year old MN Pom-mix presented for a BGC. He weighs 10kg and is on 8 units of Novolin BID. Suggest the next step based on this curve.
Change insulin type- insufficient duration of action
300
I am a chemotherapeutic agent sometimes used to help with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia. Who am I?
Vincristine
400
A 6 year old MN DSH presents with the following lesions. On cytology, you see round to oval encapsulated yeasts with thin cell walls and narrow based budding..name the organism.
Cryptococcus neoformans
400
Which ketone body is not detected reliably by the urine dipstick?
beta-hydroxybutyrate
400
What hormone is responsible for acid production in the stomach?
Gastrin
400
Interpret this LDDST..
Baseline 4.6
4 hour 2.0
8 hour 2.6
Pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism (PDH)
400
What type of immune reaction is seen in IMHA and involving what class of antibodies?
Type II- IgG or IgM
500
A 1 year old MN Belgian Malinois from Texas presents for lethargy, fever and inappetence. Physical exam revealed dyspnea, weak, irregular pulses, tachycardia and a heart murmur. Diagnostics revealed ascites and a ventricular arrhythmia. Blood smear revealed a hemo-parasite. Name the disease.
Chagas disease
500
Immunoglobulin light chains are found in the urine with this malignancy. Name both the protein and the malignancy.
Bence Jones proteins and multiple myeloma
500
Causative agent for granulomatous colitis in Boxers/brachycephalics?
E.coli
500
What is produced by the delta cells of the islets of Langerhans?
Somatostatin
500
I am rare as they come, arising from neuro-endocrine cells, commonly from the pancreas. Acid storms prevail and all you may see, is low PCV..
Gastrinoma