| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Zoonosis | A disease found in animals that can be spread to and cause disease in humans |
| Anthroponosis | A disease found in humans that can spread to animals |
| Rabies | Viral disease spread to humans from warm blooded animals. Causes encephalitis. Always fatal. Spread by bites. |
| Vaccinated Pet | What type of pet that has had contact with a rabid animal should be "boosted" within five days of contact? |
| Unvaccinated animal | What type of animal that has had contact with a rabid animal needs to be either euthanized or quarantined before vaccination after contact? |
| 6 Months | How long do unvaccinated animals need to be quarantined before they can be vaccinated for rabies? |
| When any pet bites a human | When does the animal need to be quarantined for 10 days, and if healthy to the end of the period did not have rabies at the time of the bite? |
| 1 year | How long is your pets first rabies shot good for? |
| 3 years | How long is each rabies booster shot good for unless a bite takes place? |
| Saliva and Nervous tissue | What parts of the rabid animal are contagious? |
| Bartonella hensela | What bacteria causes cat scratch disease? |
| 33% | Approximately what percentage of cats have titers to CSD? |
| Scratches, bites, licking and fleas | How is CSD spread to humans? |
| No | Is declawing beneficial in protecting against CSD? |
| Lymphodenopathy & fever | What does a human infected with CSD get? |
| Enlarged lymph nodes | What is lymphodenopathy? |
| 1- Ocular/neurological, 2- Visceral, 3- Cutaneous | What three things do Larval Migrans infect? |
| Baylisascaris | What causes Ocular/Neurological, and Visceral Larval Migrans? |
| Raccoons, dogs and skunks | What animals are capable of spreading Balisascaris sp.? |
| Toxocara sp. | What other Larval Migran infects the ocular/neurological, and viscera, and is spread by dogs, cats and raccoons? |
| Transmammary and Transplacentally | How can the bitch and queen spread larval migrans to their neonates? |
| 4wks | At what age can pups and kittens begin shedding these worm eggs? |
| Dirty vegetables, handling dirty puppies and kittens | How can humans contrapt Baylisascaris/ Toxocara worms? |
| Anyclostoma or Uncinaria | What hookworm causes Cutaneous Larval Migrans? |
| Sitting on ground contaminated with the worms | How can humans get the cutaneous hookworms? |
| Yersinia Pestis | What bacteria is the cause of the Plague? |
| Southwest | In what part of our country is the plauge endemic? |
| Fleas from rats and prairie dogs | How is the plague spread? |
| Bubonic Plague | Which plague affects the lymphatic system? |
| Pneumonic Plague | Which plague affects the lungs |
| Campylobacter sp. | What bacteria causes Campylobacter? |
| Gull Winged | What appearance does the stained organism of Camplylobacter take on |
| Chlamydia psittaci | What bacteria is responsible for Psittacosis? |
| Air sacculitis, hepatitis, and peritonitis | What do birds infected with Psittacosis usually get? |
| Aerosolized feces, touching the infected birds | How do humans get Psittacosis? |
| Pneumonia | What does Psittacosis cause in humans? |
| Leptospira sp. | What bacteria causes Leptospirosis? |
| The urine of deer and rats | Where is Leptospirosis commonly found? |
| Fever, Jaundice, Abortion(last trimester), kidney failure, possible death | What does Leptospirosis cause in animals? |
| Toxoplasma gondii | What parasite causes Toxoplasmosis? |
| Protazoal Parasite | What type of organism is Toxoplasma gondii |
| Cats | What is the definitive host of Toxoplasmosis? |
| Feces | How do cats spread Toxoplasmosis? |
| Pregnant Women | Who shouldn't handle cat litter? |
| Schizophrenia/ Mental Retardation | What can in utero Toxoplasmosis infection possibly lead to? |
| Brucella abortis | What type of Brucellosis is seen in cattle? |
| Brucella canis | What type of Brucellosis is seen in dogs? |
| Brucella mellitensis | What type of Brucellosis is seen in sheep and goats? |
| Undulant Fever | What do humans get if they contract Brucellosis? |
| 4-8 months of age | When can cattle be vaccinated for Brucellosis? |
| It may be retained in the epidydimus | Why can't bulls be vaccinated for Brucellosis? |
| Francisella tularensis | What bacteria causes Rabbit Fever? |
| Tularemia | What is another name for Rabbit Fever? |
| Rabbits, dogs, sheep, beaver, muskrats | What animals can carry Rabbit Fever? |
| Soft, non-painful swellings with a dough-like consistency | What is one of the main characteristics of Rabbit Fever? |
| Direct contact, Aerosol, Ingestion, Arthropods | How can Rabbit Fever be contrapted? |
| Fever, septicemia, diarrhea | What do humans with Rabbit Fever get? |
| Dipylidium caninum | Which Tapeworms come from fleas? |
| You must eat the fleas, or tape segments | How can you get Dipylidium caninum tapeworms? |
| Human Pinworms | What type of human worms can Dipylidium caninum mimic? |
| Taenia | Which Tapeworms come from rodents? |
| Cysts in the liver | What can Taenia sp. tapeworms cause to happen? |
| Echinococcus | Which Tapeworms come from dogs and wild canids? |
| Hydatid disease | What can Echinococcus sp. cause to happen to the liver and or lungs? |
| Jugular, Cephalic, Saphenous, Femoral | What are the commonly used veins in veinipuncture? |
| 20-22 gauge | What gauge needle is usually used in dogs and cats for routine collection of blood for CBC and chemistries? |
| 1,3,6, or 12 | What size syringe is usually used for small animals? |
| 30 degrees | What angle is used for blood collection? |
| Rolling Veins | What is the saphenous vein considered as? |
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