Intestinal Diseases of Dogs and Cats

5 Written Questions

1. Acute-chronic diarrhea in dogs, acute onset of vomiting and diarrhea
2. nonfatal enteritis in puppies, rarely causes hemorrhagic colitis, villus atrophy
3. boxers, descending colon and rectum usually, thickened corrugated mucosa, punctate erosions and ulcers, cause is unknown, presence of large macrophages containing PAS+ granules
4. Large bowel diarrhea in cats, mild to moderate colitis with microabscessation
5. Lesions: Semiliquid, yellow-gray bone marrow, thymic atrophy, severe necrohemorrhagic gastroenteritis, crypt necrosis, focal myocardial necrosis

5 Matching Questions

1. Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala
2. Cardiac form of CPV-2
3. Campylobacter jejuni
4. Idiopathic mucosal colitis
5. Citrobacter freundii

1. a pups 2-8 weeks of age, sudden death from cardiac arrythmias, death by 5 mos of age
2. b Cause of large bowel diarrhea, no known etiology, congestion, hemorrhage and thickening of mucosa, erosion of superficial mucosa
3. c blood sucking parasite, iron loss anemia, hypoproteinemia
4. d colitis, hemorrhagic enterocolitis with mucohemorrhagic diarrhea
5. e Non-fatal diarrhea, Associated with superficial erosive colitis, potentially zoonotic

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. common in puppies and kittens; zoonotic; attaches to brush border
   1. Coccidia
   2. Pythiosis
   3. Giardia
   4. Coronavirus
2. may involve stomach, small intestine, colon, vomition if stomach involved
   1. Idiopathic mucosal colitis
   2. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
   3. Lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis
   4. Toxocara/Toxascaris
3. pups 8 weeks and older, vomiting, anorexia, pyrexia, dehydration, bloody diarrhea, lethargy, lymphopenia, hypoproteinemia, anemia
   1. Cardiac form of CPV-2
   2. Canine Parvovirus-2
   3. Leukopenia/enteritis of CPV-2
   4. Generalized form of CPV-2
4. tropism for mitotic cells, cerebellar hypoplasia, flaccid, segmentally reddened intestine; serositis
   signs: dehydration, depression, vomiting
   1. Feline Panleukopenia
   2. Citrobacter freundii
   3. Trichuris vulpis
   4. Canine Parvovirus-2
5. Irish setters, hereditary
   1. Trichuris vulpis
   2. Feline Panleukopenia
   3. Wheat-sensitive eteropathy
   4. Canine Parvovirus-2

5 True/False Questions

1. Toxocara/Toxascaris → nonfatal enteritis in puppies, rarely causes hemorrhagic colitis, villus atrophy

   True        False

2. Neorickettsia helminthoeca → salmon poisoning, severe diarrhea, vomiting, anorexia, splenomegaly

   True        False

3. Malabsorption/Protein-losing enteropathies → Irish setters, hereditary

   True        False

4. Strongyloides → nonfatal enteritis in puppies, rarely causes hemorrhagic colitis, villus atrophy

   True        False

5. Pythiosis → Skin disease or enteric disease of dogs, fungus

   True        False