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Gastrointestinal
- teeth
- oral cavity
- esophagus
- stomach
- small intestine
- large intestine
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Urogenital
- kidneys
- urethra
- bladder
- uterus
- mammary glands
- testicles
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Ears
- mites
- drainage
- color
- smell
- use otoscope to look down ear
- palpation for neoplasia
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Eyes
- discharge
- swelling
- pupil size
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Brachycephalic
- pop-eyed dogs
- don't use to much pressure when restraining
- eyes can pop out
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Assessing integument
- scaling
- reddness
- lesions
- moist/dry/oily
- hair loss
- patchiness
- soft/course coat
- extoparasites
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Assessing respiratory
- discharge
- sneezing
- coughing
- wheezing
- breath patterns
- auscultation
- rate
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Auscultation
listening to heart/guts/lungs etc with stethoscope
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Assessing cardiovascular
- CRT-capillary refill time of gums
- pulse
- murmurs
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Assessing gastrointestinal
- dental disease
- obstructions
- vomiting
- diarrhea
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Assessing urogenital
- stones/cystals
- obstructions
- pregnancy
- pyometra
- neoplasia
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Assessing musculoskeletal
- pain & asymmetry involving movement
- muscle reduction due to atrophy
- bone fractures (HBC-hit by car)
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Assesing nervous system
- mental attitude
- ambulation
- twelve cranial nerves
- "On Old Olympus Towering Tops A Finn And German Views Some Hops"
- does he know where feet are?
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Assessing lymphatics
highway for the body as well as viruses & bacteria
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Assesing ears
- Palpation for neoplasia
- mites, drainage, color, smell
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Assessing eyes
- Discharge
- swelling
- pupil size
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Both sides of animal
bilateral
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One side of animal
unilateral
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Normal dog respiration
10-30 rpm
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Normal cat respiration
20-31
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Normal dog pulse
60-120 bpm
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Auscultation
listening with stethoscope
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Ambulation
dragging limbs
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Never give
- tylenol or advil
- only asprin
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Normal cat pulse
110-130bpm
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Sternal recumbency
chest to table
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can only get pulse from
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