Pet Health General Knowledge

What is included in the DA2PP vaccine?

Distemper

Adenovirus

Parainfluenza

Parvovirus

When can you give DA2PP?

6-8 weeks start

Booster q 3-4 weeks ending at >16 weeks of age

Booster 1 year later then q3 after that

Where do you give DA2PP?

Left shoulder

How old to give a rabies vaccine?

12 weeks or older

Where to give rabies vaccine in dogs?

Right shoulder

How often to give rabies vaccine?

Booster 1 year after first

Q 3 years after thatvaccinations are typically given every

When to give lepto vaccine?

8 weeks or older, but wait until other cores are done for dogs <10kg (as an adult)

Booster 2-4 weeks then annually

How long do you have before you need to restart the series of lepto vaccines?

>6 weeks after first vaccine or >6 months after last booster

Where to give lepto vaccine?

Left hip

How often should you give bordetella vaccine?

6 months

What are the core canine vaccines?

DA2PP

Rabies

Lepto

When can you give canine influenza?

6 weeks or older

Where to give canine influenza vaccine?

Right hip

What is covered in FVRCP?

Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis (FHV-1), Calicivirus, and Panleukopenia

Schedule for FVRCP?

Start at 6-8 weeks

Booster q 3-4 weeks

End >16 weeks

Booster 1 year later then q 3 years

When do you use the FVRCP killed vaccine?

Immunocompromised patients

Pregnant (we do not recommend it though)

Where do you give the FVRCP vacccine?

SQ below right elbow

Where to give feline rabies vaccine?

Low right hind below stifle

How often to give rabies to cats?

booster in 1 year then every 3 years

Who gets the FeLV vaccine?

All kittens and high risk adults but not core otherwise

When do you give the FeLV vaccine?

>8 weeks then booster 2-4 weeks and then 1 year then every 2 if needed

Where to give FeLV vaccine?

Low left hind below stifle

PPP of Whipworms

70-90 days (very long)

Egg type of Trichuris?

Bi-polar plugged

How to treat and control whipworms?

Day 0, 3 or 4 weeks later, 3 months later (long PPP)

Control by picking up feces or preventative

T/F trichuris is zoonotic?

False

What is a Roundworm?

Toxocara

What is a hookworm?

Ancylostoma

How is Toxocara spread?

Ingestion of eggs with L3

Paratenic hosts with L3

Transplacental

Transmammary

What type of migration does roundworms have?

Hepato-pulmonary-tracheal migration in puppies

Hepato-tracheal-somatic in adults

How to treat puppies for Roundworms?

Pyrantel pamoate at 2 weeks old repeating every 2 weeks until 8 weeks old

What causes Visceral and ocular larval migrans?

Roundworms when kids eat them or paratenic hosts

What causes hookworms?

Ancylostoma

How are hookworms transmitted in dogs?

Cutaneous entry of L3

Ingestion of infective L3

Transmammary

Larval leak of reactivated larvae

How are hookworms transmitted in cats?

Ingestion of L3

Cutaneous entry

NO transmammary or larval leak