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What is Acromegaly?
This disorder occurs when the pituitary gland in an adult animal produces too much growth hormone.
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What is a Portugese water dog?
While in the White House the Obama family adopted Bo, a dog of this breed.
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What is fear?
This is the single most common cause of dog bites!
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What is a Beta Blocker?
Propranolol is an example of this class of drugs that is frequently used by cardiologists to treat cardiac arrhythmias.
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What is a flea?
Dipylidium caninum is a tape worm that dogs and cats can contract from consuming this tasty bit of protein.
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What is sodium:potassium ratio?
This ratio if below its normal range could be indicative of primary hypoadrenocorticism.
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What is the Xoloitzcuintli
This hairless breed is sometimes called the Mexican Hairless.
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What is Buspirone?
This anxiolytic is commonly used in cats for unwanted spraying behaviors and is believed to act as a partial agonist at serotonin receptors without affecting GABA binding, but watch out! Giving this drug to dominant cats can make them more aggressive as it may reduce disinhibition! (credit: Plumb's veterinary drugs app)
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What are pulse-less ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation.
Unlike in the movies, a "Flat line" (asystole) on an ECG cannot be shocked back into sinus rhythm, but these two types of pulse-less electrical patterns can be.
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What is the trachea
Ancylostomiasis (most commonly caused by Ancylostoma braziliense) is typically associated with anemia and GI signs, however, can cause coughing in dogs because the larvae migrate to this area. Fortunately, in humans this species can only cause cutaneous larval migranes. Gross!
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What is Glucagon?
This hormone raises blood glucose levels and is often used to treat hypoglycemia.
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Who are Zeus and Apollo
Daily Double!!!!! These two famous characters were played by several different doberman pinschers throughout the production of Magnum PI.
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What is one for each cat plus one.
Cats can be picky! One should have this many litter boxes at home and should use non-scented fine substrates if inappropriate elimination becomes a problem.
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What is a patent foramen ovale (PFO)?
This is a condition where a hole exists in the septum between the left and right atria that unlike Atrial septal defects occurs after birth and are most often asymptomatic. In fact, in humans about 25% of the population has this defect and are often completely unaware. (and yes, dogs and cats can have these too!)
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What is the Anisakis complex.
Be careful feeding seafood to your dog after an offshore fishing trip. He or she could consume the larvae of this nematode complex.
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What is the Zona Reticularis?
Daily Double!!!! This inner most zone of the adrenal cortex is responsible for the production of androgens such as dehydroepiandrosterone.
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What is the borzoi
This dog known informally as the Russian Wolfhound is like a grey hound in shape but has long hair and can reach up to 100lbs.
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What is negative reinforcement
Releasing the reigns of a horse after follows a command to slow down fits into this category of operant conditioning.
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What is diastole.
The coronary vessels pump blood during this part of the cardiac cycle and empty into the right atrium via the coronary sinus.
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What are tapeworms.
Droncit is a great choice for a veterinarian wanting to rid a patient of these parasites.
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What is a Pheochromocytoma?
Removal of this tumor of the adrenal medulla can be nerve racking because of its propensity to spill out catecholamines.
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What is the Jack Russell terrier
This popular small dog breed is named for the man who was the vicar of swimbridge for almost 50 years beginning in 1832. (Credit: the actual Jeopardy show)
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What is the Ringling Bros. circus?
Removing elephants from the show following outcry from animal rights advocates was the nail in the coffin for this world-famous attraction. They are to close their "doors" for good by the end of the year.
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What is Left aorta
Alligators and crocodiles can achieve a very low stomach pH of less than 2 which is useful for digesting bones. They accomplish this by directing deoxygenated blood in this vessel to the stomach.
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What are ticks
Trifexis is a mixture of milbemycin and spinosad (Comfortis) and is a great choice for heartworm prevention. It is also effective against fleas! Be careful though! this product has little to no effectiveness against this exoparasite!
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