General Knowledge
Increased body temperature that is not associated with an alteration in the thermoregulatory set point
Hyperthermia
Chemical produced by a specific endocrine organ that is transported by blood to affect a distant target organ
Hormone
Abnormalities on the CBC Profile in Dogs With IMHA(3)?
Anemia
Polychromasia
Autoagglutination
Spherocytosis
Ghost cells
Evidence of inflammation (increased neutrophils, bands, metamyelocytes, monocytes)
Painful or difficult urination
Dysuria
Imaging study that best assesses liver size
Radiographs
Bacterial disease that can be transmitted through contaminated water when exposed to skin lesions
Leptospirosis
The pituitary gland is composed of 2 parts
Adenohypophysis (anterior)
Neurohypophysis (posterior)
Immunosuppressive dose of prednisone for a dog over 25kg?
50 – 60 mg/m2 once daily
What is the water consumption in polydipsia?
> 90 mL/kg/day
Most common type of PSS in large dogs
Intrahepatic PSS
Most common nasal tumor in cats
Nasal lymphoma
Mention at least two hormones that participate in the control of metabolism (energy, minerals)
• Energy: insulin, glucagon, cortisol, epinephrine, thyroid hormone, growth hormone
• Mineral: PTH, calcitonin, angiotensin, renin
What type of hypersensitivity occurs in anaphylaxis?
Type I (immediate)
Excessively frequent passage of small volumes of urine
Pollakiuria
Ideal diagnostic method for hepatic lipidosis (Less invasive)
Liver cytology
Most common nasal tumor in dogs
Nasal adenocarcinoma
System's output that causes the system to react in a way that opposes changes in the state of a regulated variable.
Negative Feedback
What type of hypersensitivity occurs in Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia?
Type II (cytotoxic)
Painful, slow, and often spasmodic urination
Stranguria
Benign condition of older dogs that does not cause clinical illness
Hepatic nodular hyperplasia
What is the autoimmune destruction of red blood cells and platelets called?
Evans Syndrome
Cell communication
Diffuses through interstitial fluids to influence adjacent cells
Paracrine
What type of hypersensitivity occurs in systemic lupus erythematosus?
Type III (immune complex)
Name the disorder in which urinary bleeding originates in the kidney?
Idiopathic Renal Hematuria
The Bedlington Terrier is predisposed to this liver disease
Copper storage disease
A rare, fatal genetic disorder caused by a lack of metabolic enzymes that leads to the buildup of substances in cells, most often affecting the nervous system
Lysosomal storage diseases
Hormonal control of physiological growth (2)
GH, T4, estrogen, androgen
What type of hypersensitivity occurs in Lymphocytic thyroiditis?
Type IV (delayed type)
Common nephrotoxin that affect cats
Lilies
Most common primary liver tumor in dogs
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Differential for a puppy with seizures, hypoglycemia, and normal bile acids
Cobalamin deficiency
Hormonal control of reproduction (2)
Reproduction: estrogen, androgen, progesterone, LH, FSH, PL
Chronic, potentially fatal autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the body's own cells and tissues, causing inflammation and damage to organs like the skin, kidneys, joints, and blood
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
Intoxication that can be treated with ethanol
Ethylene glycol toxicity
Etiologic agent of the disease known as liver fluke
Platynosomum fastosum