May the floss be with you
Among other causes (kidney failure, neurologic causes, medication side effects, etc.), this is one of the most common causes of anorexia
Dental disease
Side effect of using topical steroids (i.e. GenOne spray) for too long
What is thinning skin?
Symptoms of hypoglycemia
What are weakness, ataxia, lethargy and seizures?
Prevalence rate of tooth resorption in cats
What is 25-75%? (anything within this range will be accepted
Type of organisms we are checking for with skin scrapes
Mites (ex. demodex and scabies)
Name of an oral diabetes medication for cats (1)
What are Bexacat (bexaglifozin) or Senvelgo (velagliflozin)?
Extraction of this tooth is most commonly associated with jaw fracture during a dental procedure
What is the mandibular canine OR the first molar (in small dogs)?
Important history questions to ask a client (2) when a patient presents with a possible ear or skin infection
What is/are:
- Diet and treats
- Parasite prevention
- Swimming and bath history
- Seasonality of signs
- Previous treatment responses
- Concurrent systemic disease
Cats develop Type ___ diabetes, while dogs develop type ____ diabetes
What is type 2? What is type 1?
Symptoms of feline tooth resorption (2)
What is salivating, swallowing food whole, preference to eat on one side of the mouth, preference for soft food, or asymptomatic?
Reason to check bloodwork in dogs on Apoquel long-term (2 possible answers, 1 answer required for points)
What are: 1) Apoquel can cause decreased white blood cell counts and 2) need to check kidney/liver function as these organs metabolize the medication
Mechanism for oral diabetes medications used in cats
What is it dumps excess sugar into the urine?
cats do not become hypoglycemic on these medications
Two procedure-related complications that can occur after a COHAT with extractions
What are subcutaneous emphysema, sublingual swelling, oronasal fistula, ophthalmic damage, and maxillary lip entrapment?
Underlying causes for superficial pyoderma (2)
What are allergies (environmental, flea allergies, or food), endocrine disorders, ectoparasites (mites or fleas), cancer (ex. cutaneous lymphoma) or immune mediated disease (ex. pemphigus)?
Causes of hypoglycemia in animals (3)
- Owner administered too much insulin or administering insulin to an anorexic pet
- Insulinoma (insulin-secreting tumor of the pancreas)
- Diabetic remission (cats)
- Toy breed puppy or kitten (not enough glucose storage in the body)
- Pet got into owner medications
- Xylitol poisoning
- Sepsis
- Malnutrition/starvation
- Artifactual (sample error)