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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Infectious Diseases In Cats &amp; Dogs</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision-2/633/infectious-diseases-in-cats-amp-dogs</link><description>Welcome to the Revision Guide for Student Nurses (Part II) by Vanessa Bird VN. This guide contains notes, self-test questionnaires and practical tasks to help you through your exams (Level 2/3 NVQ, and beyond), and to use as a reference afterwards.Apr</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Infectious Diseases In Cats &amp; Dogs</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision-2/633/infectious-diseases-in-cats-amp-dogs</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:00:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:40e87c90-6deb-4cdb-b5aa-c51269f55e6a</guid><dc:creator>Arlo Guthrie</dc:creator><comments>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision-2/633/infectious-diseases-in-cats-amp-dogs#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Revision Guide For Student Nurses - Part 2 by Arlo Guthrie on 4/20/2009 2:00:43 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="h1img"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol class="wikiextraspace"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Give an example of a rickettsial disease. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the common name for haemobartonellosis? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name 2 other infectious diseases of cats that are associated with feline infectious anaemia. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What infectious disease of cats is caused by a coronavirus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What infectious disease of cats is caused by a species specific retrovirus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name the main neoplastic condition associated with FeLV. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Of all the infectious agents that affect cats, which virus is the single most important cause of mortality? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What infectious disease of cats is caused by an RNA retrovirus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the symptoms of chlamydial disease in cats. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why is chlamydial disease difficult to control? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the most common cause of conjunctivitis in cats? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of feline pneumonitis? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other names may feline panleucopenia also be known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;List 5 ways in which feline panleucopenia is transmitted. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the common name for feline upper respiratory disease (FURD)? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name the 3 viruses associated with FURD. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the most common route of infection for FURD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;List 6 complications that may arise post recovery from FURD. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of FURD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What breed of cat is often infected with FURD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to dogs, what other species may be infected with distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the most common route of infection for canine distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to being spread by the aerosol route, how else may distemper be transmitted? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the name of the virus that causes distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What tissues are targeted chiefly by the distemper virus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;There are many clinical signs of distemper. List them. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other name might canine distemper be known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other name is infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) also known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to dogs, what other species may be infected by ICH? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What 3 tissue types are primarily targeted by the ICH virus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name the 2 viruses associated with ICH. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What risk is associated with the use of vaccination against ICH with the CAV-1 virus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;State the main route of entry for the CAV-1 and CAV-2 viruses. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What condition affects 20% of dogs following recovery from ICH? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of ICH? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Give 2 other names by which canine contagious respiratory disease (CCRD) may be known. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the primary pathogen associated with CCRD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to B bronchiseptica, name the other viruses associate with CCRD. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;There are many sero-types of leptospirosis, but only 2 are significant in the dog. Can you name them? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other name might L icterohaemorrhagiae be known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the main source of infection of leptospirosis? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to being spread via urine, how else may leptospirosis be transmitted? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Which infectious disease of the dog is associated with myocarditits in puppies? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Infections Diseases In Cats &amp; Dogs</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision-2/633/infectious-diseases-in-cats-amp-dogs/revision/1</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:00:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:40e87c90-6deb-4cdb-b5aa-c51269f55e6a</guid><dc:creator>Arlo Guthrie</dc:creator><comments>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/nursing/w/vet-nurse-revision-2/633/infectious-diseases-in-cats-amp-dogs#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to Revision Guide For Student Nurses - Part 2 by Arlo Guthrie on 4/20/2009 2:00:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="h1img"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;QUESTIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol class="wikiextraspace"&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Give an example of a rickettsial disease. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the common name for haemobartonellosis? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name 2 other infectious diseases of cats that are associated with feline infectious anaemia. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What infectious disease of cats is caused by a coronavirus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What infectious disease of cats is caused by a species specific retrovirus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name the main neoplastic condition associated with FeLV. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Of all the infectious agents that affect cats, which virus is the single most important cause of mortality? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What infectious disease of cats is caused by an RNA retrovirus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the symptoms of chlamydial disease in cats. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why is chlamydial disease difficult to control? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the most common cause of conjunctivitis in cats? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of feline pneumonitis? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other names may feline panleucopenia also be known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;List 5 ways in which feline panleucopenia is transmitted. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the common name for feline upper respiratory disease (FURD)? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name the 3 viruses associated with FURD. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the most common route of infection for FURD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;List 6 complications that may arise post recovery from FURD. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of FURD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What breed of cat is often infected with FURD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to dogs, what other species may be infected with distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the most common route of infection for canine distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to being spread by the aerosol route, how else may distemper be transmitted? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the name of the virus that causes distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What tissues are targeted chiefly by the distemper virus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of distemper? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;There are many clinical signs of distemper. List them. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other name might canine distemper be known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other name is infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) also known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to dogs, what other species may be infected by ICH? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What 3 tissue types are primarily targeted by the ICH virus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Name the 2 viruses associated with ICH. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What risk is associated with the use of vaccination against ICH with the CAV-1 virus? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;State the main route of entry for the CAV-1 and CAV-2 viruses. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What condition affects 20% of dogs following recovery from ICH? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the incubation period of ICH? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Give 2 other names by which canine contagious respiratory disease (CCRD) may be known. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the primary pathogen associated with CCRD? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to B bronchiseptica, name the other viruses associate with CCRD. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;There are many sero-types of leptospirosis, but only 2 are significant in the dog. Can you name them? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By what other name might L icterohaemorrhagiae be known? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the main source of infection of leptospirosis? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In addition to being spread via urine, how else may leptospirosis be transmitted? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Which infectious disease of the dog is associated with myocarditits in puppies? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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