Week 4, Assignment_ Preventative Health Care & Vaccines

This phase in the first of three phases in rabies, where the animal exhibits changes behavior such as excessive chewing or tone of vocalization.

Prodromal

This phase is the second of three phases in rabies, where the animal exhibits aggression, hyperexcitability and may randomly attack others.

Furious

This phase in the final phase in rabies, where the animal exhibits paralysis, beginning in the jaw muscles and slowly spread to the rest of the body.

Paralytic

Rabies Vaccine Certificates must include all of the following EXCEPT

The name of the RVT administering the vaccination

Spaying before the second heat cycle in cats and dogs decreases the risk of

Mammary carcinoma

Senior wellness checks are performed

Every 6 months

Serum thyroxine levels are frequently measured in senior pets to rule out hyperthyroidism in dogs and hypothyroidisim in cats.

False

Dogs that regularly swim are prone to excessive nail growth and will need more frequent nail trims.

False

Older dogs may require more frequent nail trims because of decreased exercise associated with

Osteoarthritis

Intranasally administered vaccines should not be administered

Subcutaneously or intramuscularly

What is the minimum age a puppy or kitten needs to be in order to start the vaccination series for DA PP 2 or FVRCP?

6 weeks

Core vaccines in the cat are

Feline viral rhiontracheitis, calicivirus, panleukopenia, and rabies

Core vaccines in the dog protect against

Parvovirus, distemper, adenovirus

Which of the following vaccinations is a CORE canine vaccination?

Distemper, Leptospirosis

Which of the following is a CORE feline vaccination?

Rhinotracheitis

Which of the following is NOT a core vaccination for dogs?

Bordetellla

Which of the following is NOT typically a core vaccination for dogs?

Bordetella

Which of the following is NOT a core vaccination for cats?

Chlamydia

Influenza

L forelimb

Rabies

R hindlimb

Lepto

L hindlimb

DA2PP

R forelimb

An immediate hypersensitivity response to a vaccine or other stimulus that may cause respiratory arrest, cardiovascular collapse, and, potentially, death is called

Anaphyalxis

Passive immunity in the puppy and kitten primarily occurs

By ingestion of colostrum within 24 hours of birth Non

Core vaccines refer to those vaccines that

are necessary to protect the animal from disease.

To maximize the chance of successful treatment in the event that a vaccine

related sarcoma develops, it is now recommended that feline vaccines be administered

Which of the following statements about rabies is most accurate?

The disease is characterized by altered behavior, possible aggression, progressive paralysis, and, in most species, death

Which of the following feline diseases is considered similar to canine parvovirus because it can cause dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and leukopenia?

Feline panleukopenia

Which of the following viral diseases of dogs is resilient in the environment, is easily spread by dogs and owners’ shoes, and is not easily killed by common disinfectants?

Parvovirus

At what age do we end the booster series for DA2PP or FVRCP?

16 weeks

How much time must pass between vaccine boosters?

3

What is the minimum age for Rabies Vaccination in California?

3 months

For which of the following feline diseases does vaccination usually reduce clinical signs of disease but does not always completely prevent the disease?

Feline rhinotracheitis

Infectious tracheobronchitis (kennel cough) is a very contagious disease of dogs caused by

Bordetella bronchiseptica.

Serum hormone that may be high senior cats and low in senior dogs

T4

Combination vaccine for cats, including herpesvirus, calicivirus, and panleukopenia

FVRCP

Combination vaccine for cats, including herpesvirus, calicivirus, and panleukopenia

FeLV

Herpesvirus that causes sneezing, ocular, and nasal discharge and fever

FHV

Upper respiratory disease that causes oral ulcerations

FCV

Parviovirus in cats

FPV

Paramyxovirus that causes fever, respiratory disease, vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, dehydration, seizures, etc.

CDV

One of the causes of canine infections tracheobronchitis that gives cross immunity ofr canine infectious hepatitis

CAV

Highly contagious virus in dogs that produces vomiting, diarrhea, leukopenia, and fever.

CPV

Combination vaccine for dogs, including distemper, parvovirus, etc.

DA2PP

Puppies and kittens are vaccinated every 3 to 4 weeks until they are 16 weeks old to stimulate an immune response once _ immunity declines.

active, passive

Vaccines should be injected within of reconstitution

1 hour

"_" is the length of time an animal is considered to be immune from developing disease after exposure to a pathogen.

Duration of Immunity

Active immunity can only be stimulated by an antigen injected in the form of a vaccine.

False

Foals that fail to ingest colostrum at birth are vaccinated with core vaccines within 24 hours of birth.

False

Sites for canine vaccination are not standardized, but the rabies vaccination is frequently administered in the left hind leg and the DA2PP in the left front leg in keeping with the feline recommendations.

False

Cats will test positive on the antigen

based FeLV screening test after vaccination.

Minor side effects to vaccines include lethargy, soreness at injection site, and decreased appetite.

True

Cats should test negative before vaccination against

Feline Leukemia

Disease process in dogs that manifests as a dry, honking cough and that is transmitted dog to dog through respiratory secretions is caused by

Bordetella bronchiseptica