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Control factors for shelters
- Temperature 72
- Humidity 40-60%
- Air exchanges 17/hr
- Light cycle 14 light/10 dark
- Sodium hypochlorite 30 parts water/1 part bleach
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Principles of vaccination
- 1) Protect individual
- 2) Herd immunity
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Attenuated vaccine AKA
Modified live
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Non-attenuated AKA
Killed
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3 vaccine types
- Attenuated
- Non-attenuated
- Recombinant
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Attenuated vaccines...?
Break through maternal antibodies and protect in young animals earlier. More rapid and complete protection.
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Recombinant vaccines..?
Complete immunity (humoral and cell-mediated). No adjuvants
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Nodes of intestines known as?
Peyers patches
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Lymphocytes and plasma cells come from?
Spleen, liver, thymus, bone marrow, and lymph nodes of intestines
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Bioavaliability
- IV 100
- IM 85
- SQ 70
- Per OS 45
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Non-specific immunities
- 1) Species resistance
- 2) Mechanical/chemical barriers
- 3) Inflammatory response
- 4) Interferon/ complement
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Specific immunities
- 1) Humoral (B-lymphocytes)
- 2) Cell-mediated (T-lymphocyte)
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3 common canine viral enteritis
- 1) Canine Parvovirus
- 2) Canine coronavirus
- 3) Canine rotavirus
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3 diseases that cause abortions in felines?
- 1) Feline Rhinotracheitis
- 2) Feline Panleukopenia
- 3) Feline Leukemia Virus
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Feline Viral Respiratory Diseases
- 1) Feline Herpesvirus type 1
- 2) Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis
- 3) Feline Calicvirus
- 4) Feline Panelukopenia (not respiratory)
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Plasma thick fluid
Exudate
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Feline Urological Syndrome (FUS)
Stopped up by stones
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Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)
Any ureter to bladder infection
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Saturation
Salt is added to a solvent (water), the salt dissolves until a particular concentration is reached, beyond which no further dissolution is possible. At which point the water is saturated with sodium chloride. Additional salt added to water will crystallize.
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3 areas to draw blood from dogs
- 1) Jugular
- 2) Cephalic
- 3) Saphenous
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3 areas to draw blood from cats
- 1) Jugular
- 2) Cephalic
- 3) Femoral
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Sublingual venipuncture
Under the tongue, injections or blood draws, only in emergency cases
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Where to inject for IM injections
Lumbar muscles, located at last rib and wing of ilium
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First symptom of reduced blood pressure and shock
Threading pulse
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Tracheal tube inserted where?
Glottis
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Most common dental pathology
Deciduous teeth
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Viverridae
Binturong, fossa, linsand, civet
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Herpestidae
Mongoose, meerkat
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Animal control officer
Person employed by Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services through Veterinary Public Health Division to enforce county regulation
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Animal shelter
Facility that keeps or legally impounds stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted animals
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Attack
Act by animal that cause person bodily injury
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Bite
Abrasion, scratch, puncture, tear or piercing of skin that causes bleeding and caused by animal
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Quarantine
- Placing animal in facility which provides
- 1) Absolute security
- 2) Isolation
- 3) Daily observation
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Quarantine must be in one of following
- 1) Animal shelter approved by Texas department of health
- 2) Vet operated by licensed vet
- 3) Owners home if approved by Local Health Authority
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Similarities between FIV and FeLV
- Immunosuppression
- Gingivitis/stomatitis/glossitis/halitosis
- Myeloproliferative disorders
- Lymphosarcomas
- Diarrhea/Panleukopenia/Abortion/Polyarthritis
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Feline enteric viral diseases
- Feline rotavirus
- Feline astrovirus
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FIP viral proteins
- Spike
- Nucleocapsid
- Membrane
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