1. Final Exam Review
Animal Technology II

2. What is the tough, clear covering over the iris and the pupil that helps protect the eye?
Cornea

3. Define Blepharospasm
Holding eyes shut tightly

4. Define epiphora
Excessive tearing

5. What is the first thing you need to do early in the eye exam before anything is placed into the eyes?
Culture

6. Define PLR and explain the difference between direct and consensual PLR.
Pupillary Light Reflex
Direct: shine light in one eye and the pupil should constrict
Consensual: shine light in one eye and both eyes should constrict

7. Explain the Schirmer Tear Test and the normal values.
Measures amount of tear production
Strip must touch cornea for 1 minute then read immediately
Normal range: mm/min

8. What is Fluorescein stain used to detect
What is Fluorescein stain used to detect? How do you know if it is positive?
Used to detect corneal ulcers
Green is positive

9. What type of drug is used to constrict the pupils?
Miotics

10. This eye disease causes the pupil to appear a soft gray color and only causes a slight blurring of the visionand poor depth perception.
Nuclear or Lenticular Sclerosis

11. This is the abnormal position of eyelashes on a lid margin that result in irritation of the eye.
Distichiasis

12. Transmission of parasites involve 3 factors:
Source of infection
Mode of transmission
Presence of a susceptible host

13. Sarcoptes scabiei

14. Is Sarcoptes scabiei zoonotic?
YES!
How do you diagnose it?
Deep skin scraping
Name 1 method of treatment.
Dips (Mitaban)
Ivermectin
Revolution
Anti-itch shampoo

15. Otodectes cynotis

16. Otodectes cynotis Common name? Ear mite What is the appearance?
“Coffee ground” appearance, black waxy
Treatment?
Acarexx, Milbemite and Revolution

17. Demodex

18. Demodex Common Name? Follicle mite 3 forms of disease? Zoonotic? No
Localized, Generalized, Demodectic pododermatitis
Zoonotic? No

19. Cheyletiella spp.

20. Cheyletiella spp. Common Name Walking Dandruff Diagnosis
Superficial skin scraping
Clear tape test

21. Ixodes scapularis
Deer Tick

22. Dermacentor variabilis
American Dog Tick

23. Order Mallophaga
Chewing or biting

24. Order Anoplura
Sucking

25. Ctenocephalides felis felis
Flea

26. Cat fecal

27. Dog fecal

28. Dog fecal

29. Dog fecal

30. Dog fecal

31. Cat fecal

32. Cat fecal

33. Cat fecal

34. Cat fecal

35. Dog Fecal

36. Dog fecal

37. Cattle fecal

38. Dog urine

39. Horse

40. Horse fecal

41. Ruminant fecal

42. Ruminant fecal

43. Dog fecal

44. Dog fecal

45. Dog fecal

46. Dog fecal

47. Dog fecal

48. Pig fecal

49. Dog fecal (very large egg!)

50. Dog fecal

51. Dog fecal

52. Swine fecal

53. What do Ascarids cause in people?
Ocular, visceral and neural migrans

54. Are Hookworms zoonotic?
YES
What do they cause?
Cutaneous larval migrans

55. What is the most common GI nematode of swine?
Ascaris suum

56. What is the “HOT” complex?
H = Haemonchus
O = Ostertagia
T = Trichostrongylus

57. What method do you use to find Pinworms in horses?
Scotch tape technique
What is another reason a male horses rubs its tail?
-Dirty sheath

58. Define aberrant host
Parasite not normally found and unsuitable for development
Roundworms in people

59. Name the parasite located in the bladder and the paratenic host is the earthworm.
Pearsonema plica

60. What don’t we commonly see tapeworm eggs in fecals?
Located in egg pouches within the proglottid
Not seen unless proglottid is ruptured

61. Which tapeworm’s intermediate host is the flea?
Dipylidium caninum

62. What is the name of the beef tapeworm?
Taenia saginata
What is the name of the swine tapeworm?
Taenia solium

63. What is the name of the common liver fluke?
Fasciola hepatica

64. Which form of Giardia is found in formed feces?
cysts
Which form of Giardia is found in diarrheic feces?
trophozoites

65. What is the name of the parasite that pregnant women need to be aware of?
Toxoplasma gondii

66. What parasite causes flu-like symptoms in immunocompetent people?
Cryptosporidium spp.

67. What is the name of the parasite that causes EPM in horses?
Sarcocystis spp.
What animal transmits EPM to horses?
Opossums

68. GOOD LUCK on your finals