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Question | Answer |
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when doing a food trial for a patient suspected of having food allergies, how long should the new diet be fed before improvement is seen | 3 months |
animal protein considered a novel antigen to the vast majority of canine population | salmon |
toxoplasmosis can be transmitted by | transplacentally, ingestion of raw meat containing any life stages, gardening soil contaminated with oocysts |
canine parvovirus is resisten and may remain viable in the environment for ____________ | several years |
test definitively diagnostic of canine distemper | none |
rabies can be transmitted via | bite wounds, saliva exposure on open wounds, infected animal sneezes and droplets land in eyes or nose |
rabies virus introduced by a bite from an infected animal travels from the bite area to the brain via | peripheral nerves |
disinfectant most effective against parvovirus | sodium hypochlorite |
most common viral infections of dogs | canine distemper and canine hepatitis |
zoonotic diseases | rabies, toxoplasmosis, ehrlichiosis |
stages of rabies | prodromal, excitative, paralytic |
common reservoir for rabies virus | skunk |
treatments for distemper | IV Fluids, antiemetics, isolation, antibiotics |