6: Charts and Tables

Need	Agency	Phone Number and Web Address
To obtain information regarding the treatment of a known or suspected poisoning or toxicosis case	American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center. A $65 fee for service may apply.	888-426-4435 www.aspca.org Search: pet care; animal poison control
To obtain information regarding the treatment of a known or suspected poisoning or toxicosis case	Pet Poison Helpline Available 24 hours; a $35 fee is charged per case.	800-213-6680
To report known or suspected adverse drug (not vaccine) reactions	Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)	888-332-8387 (voice messages accepted)www.fda.gov Search: animal and veterinary
To report shortages of medically necessary veterinary drugs	Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)	240-276-9239
To report known or suspected adverse vaccine reactions	U.S. Dept of Agriculture (USDA), Center for Veterinary Biologics It is recommended to contact the vaccine manufacturer directly before contacting the USDA. Note: This is for reporting purposes only.	800-752-6255 www.aphis.usda.gov Search: vaccine adverse event
For inquiries regarding transfusion medicine	Animal Blood Bank hotline (no charge to caller)	800-243-5759 (24-hour) www.animalbloodbank .com
For inquiries regarding transfusion medicine and purchase of blood and blood components	Eastern Veterinary Blood Bank	800-949-3822 (24-hour) www.evbb.com
For inquiries regarding transfusion medicine—a full-service, nonprofit blood bank and educational network for animal treatment	HEMOPET	714-891-2022 (24-hour) www.hemopet.org
Access to a commercial blood bank and purchase of blood and blood components	Veterinarians’ Blood Bank	812-358-8500 www.vetbloodbank.com
For inquiries regarding pesticides, pesticide products, poisonings, and toxicities	National Pesticide Information Center	800-858-7378
For inquiries regarding pet shipping regulations and regulations for shipping pets on airlines	U.S. Dept of Agriculture (USDA) (voice response service)	800-545-8732 www.aphis.usda.gov Search: pet travel
To contact the Office of Diversion Control of the DEA	Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)	800-882-9539 www.dea.gov

Table 6-2 Dog Breeds Recognized by The American Kennel Club (AKC)

The American Kennel Club (AKC) currently recognizes 150 dog breeds, each of which is assigned to one of seven breed groups. The AKC maintains an excellent website that offers considerable information on individual breeds (www.akc.org/breeds/index.cfm).

Sporting group
American Water Spaniel Boykin Spaniel Brittany Chesapeake Bay Retriever Clumber Spaniel Cocker Spaniel Curly-Coated Retriever English Cocker Spaniel English Setter English Springer Spaniel Field Spaniel Flat-Coated Retriever German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer Golden Retriever Gordon Setter Irish Red and White Setter Irish Setter Irish Water Spaniel Labrador Retriever Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Pointer Spinone Italiano Sussex Spaniel Vizsla Weimaraner Welsh Springer Spaniel Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Sporting group

Hound group
Afghan Hound American Foxhound Basenji Basset Hound Beagle Black and Tan Coonhound Bloodhound Bluetick Coonhound Borzoi Dachshund English Foxhound Greyhound Harrier Ibizan Hound Irish Wolfhound Norwegian Elkhound Otterhound Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Pharaoh Hound Plott Redbone Coonhound Rhodesian Ridgeback Saluki Scottish Deerhound Whippet

Working group
Akita Alaskan Malamute Anatolian Shepherd Dog Bernese Mountain Dog Black Russian Terrier Boxer Bullmastiff Cane Corso Doberman Pinscher Dogue de Bordeaux German Pinscher Giant Schnauzer Great Dane Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Komondor Kuvasz Leonberger Mastiff Neapolitan Mastiff Newfoundland Portuguese Water Dog Rottweiler Saint Bernard Samoyed Siberian Husky Standard Schnauzer Tibetan Mastiff

Working group

Terrier group
Airedale Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Australian Terrier Bedlington Terrier Border Terrier Bull Terrier Cairn Terrier Dandie Dinmont Terrier Glen of Imaal Terrier Irish Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Manchester Terrier Miniature Bull Terrier Miniature Schnauzer Norfolk Terrier Norwich Terrier Parson Russell Terrier Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Skye Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Wire Fox Terrier

Terrier group

Toy group
Affenpinscher Brussels Griffon Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Chihuahua Chinese Crested English Toy Spaniel Havanese Italian Greyhound Japanese Chin Maltese Manchester Terrier (Toy) Miniature Pinscher Papillon Pekingese Pomeranian Poodle Pug Shih Tzu Silky Terrier Toy Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier

Non-sporting group
American Eskimo Dog Bichon Frise Boston Terrier Bulldog Chinese Shar-Pei Chow Chow Dalmatian Finnish Spitz French Bulldog Keeshond Lhasa Apso Löwchen Norwegian Lundehund Poodle Schipperke Shiba Inu Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier Xoloitzcuintli

Herding group
Australian Cattle Dog Australian Shepherd Bearded Collie Beauceron Belgian Malinois Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Border Collie Bouvier des Flandres Briard Canaan Dog Cardigan Welsh Corgi Collie Entlebucher Mountain Dog German Shepherd Dog Icelandic Sheepdog Norwegian Buhund Old English Sheepdog Pembroke Welsh Corgi Polish Lowland Puli Pyrenean Shepherd Shetland Sheepdog Swedish Vallhund

Herding group

Miscellaneous class
American English Coonhound Bergamasco Boerboel Cesky Terrier Chinook Dogo Argentino Finnish Lapphund Peruvian Inca Rat Terrier Russell Terrier Sloughi Treeing Walker Coonhound Wirehaired Vizsla

Table 6-3 Cat Breeds Recognized by the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA)

The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) presently recognizes 41 pedigreed breeds for showing in the Championship Class. For additional information on individual breeds, see the CFA website, www.cfa.org (Search: Breeds)

Championship class
Abyssinian American Bobtail American Curl American Shorthair American Wirehair Balinese (including Javanese) Birman Bombay British Shorthair Burmese Chartreux Chinese Li Hua Colorpoint Shorthair Cornish Rex Devon Rex Egyptian Mau European Burmese Exotic Havana Brown Japanese Bobtail Korat LaPerm Maine Coon Manx Norwegian Forest Cat Ocicat Oriental Persian RagaMuffin Ragdoll Russian Blue Scottish Fold Selkirk Rex Siamese Siberian Singapura Somali Sphynx Tonkinese Turkish Angora Turkish Van

Championship class

Table 6-4 Useful Information for Rodents and Rabbits

Table 6-5 Determination of the Sex of Mature and Immature Rodents and Rabbits

Male	Female
Mature hamsters, mice, rats, guinea pigs, and gerbils
Anogenital distance longer in the male. Manipulate “genital papilla” (prepuce) to the protrude penis. Palpate for testicles either in a scrotal sac (if present) or subcutaneous in inguinal region. Males have only two external openings in the inguinal area: a. Anus b. Urethral orifice at tip of penis In very fat males there may be a depression between the penis and anus. This depression can be obliterated by manipulating the skin in this area.	Anogenital distance shorter in the female. Look for the three external openings in inguinal area: a. Anus (most caudal opening) b. Vaginal orifice (middle opening)—look carefully c. Urethral orifice at tip of urethral papilla (most anterior opening). In these animals the urethral papilla is located outside the vagina (unlike in dogs and cats). In very fat or young females, the vaginal orifice may be either hidden by folds of skin (the former) or sealed (latter). Gentle manipulation of the skin in this area will divulge the orifice.

Male

Female

Mature hamsters, mice, rats, guinea pigs, and gerbils

Anogenital distance longer in the male.
Manipulate “genital papilla” (prepuce) to the protrude penis.
Palpate for testicles either in a scrotal sac (if present) or subcutaneous in inguinal region.
Males have only two external openings in the inguinal area:

a. Anus

b. Urethral orifice at tip of penis In very fat males there may be a depression between the penis and anus. This depression can be obliterated by manipulating the skin in this area.

Anogenital distance shorter in the female.
Look for the three external openings in inguinal area:

a. Anus (most caudal opening)

b. Vaginal orifice (middle opening)—look carefully

c. Urethral orifice at tip of urethral papilla (most anterior opening). In these animals the urethral papilla is located outside the vagina (unlike in dogs and cats). In very fat or young females, the vaginal orifice may be either hidden by folds of skin (the former) or sealed (latter). Gentle manipulation of the skin in this area will divulge the orifice.

Mature rabbits
Protrude penis by manipulating skin of prepuce. Palpate for testicles. Anogenital distance is longer in males.	There is a common orifice for both the vagina and urethra (as in dogs and cats). No structure like a “penis” can be protruded from the urogenital orifice. Anogenital distance is shorter in females.

From Schuchman SM: Individual care and treatment of rabbits, mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, and gerbils. In Kirk RW, editor: Current veterinary therapy X, Philadelphia, 1989, WB Saunders.

Table 6-6 Blood Values and Serum Chemical Constituents for Rodents and Rabbits*

Table 6-7 Ferrets—Physiologic, Anatomic, and Reproductive Data

Data	Range or Value
Physiologic data
Life span	5-9 yr (average 5-7)
Commercial breeding life	2-5 yr
Body temperature	101°-104° F (38°-40° C)
Respiratory rate	32-36 breaths/min
Heart rate	220-250 beats/min (average 240)
Water consumption	75-100 mL/day
Chromosome number	2n = 40

Anatomic data
Dental formula	2 (I3/3, C1/1, P3/4, M1/2)
Vertebral formula	C-7, T-14, L-6, S-3, Cd-14–Cd-18

Reproductive data
Gestation	39-46 days (average 42)
Litter size	2-17 kits (average 8)
False pregnancy	40-42 days
Placentation	Zonal
Implantation time	12-31 days
Weaning	5-6 wk
Ovulation	30-40 hr postcoitus

From Randolph RW: Medical and surgical care of the pet ferret. In Kirk RW, editor: Current veterinary therapy X, Philadelphia, 1989, WB Saunders.

Table 6-8 Hematologic Values for Normal Ferrets *

Laboratory Test	Mean	Range
Hematocrit (%)	52.3	42-61
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	17.0	15-18
RBCs (10⁶ cells/mm³)	9.17	6.8-12.2
WBCs (10³ cells/mm³)	10.1	4.0-19

WBCs
Lymphocytes (%)	34.5	12-54
Neutrophils (%)	58.3	11-84
Monocytes (%)	4.4	0-9.0
Eosinophils (%)	2.5	0-7.0
Basophils (%)	0.1	0-2.0
Reticulocytes (%)	4.6	1-14
Platelets (10³ cells/mm³)	499	297-910
Total protein (g/dL)	6.0	5.1-7.4

RBCs, Red blood cells; WBCs, white blood cells.

* Values are for both sexes.

From Ryland L, Bernard S, Gorham J: A clinical guide to the pet ferret, Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet 5:25, 1983, which was adapted from Thornton PC, Wright PA, Sacra PJ, Goodier TE: The ferret, Mustela putorius furo, as a new species in toxicology, Lab Anim 13:119, 1979.

Table 6-9 Serum Chemistry Values for Normal Ferrets*

Table 6-10 Electrocardiographic Data for Normal Ferrets *

Parameter	Mean	Range
Rate rhythm	224 ± 51	150-340 bpm

Measurements
P wave
Width	0.03 ± 0.009	0.015-0.04 s
Height	0.106 ± 0.03	0.05-0.20 mV
PR interval
Width	0.05 ± 0.01	0.04-0.08 s
QRS complex
Q wave	Usually none
R wave
Width	0.049 ± 0.008	0.04-0.06 s
Height	1.59 ± 0.63	0.6-3.15 mV
S wave
Height	0.166 ± 0.101	0.1-0.25 mV
ST segment
Width	0.030 ± 0.016	0.01-0.06 s
QT interval
Width	0.13 ± 0.027	0.10-0.18 s
T wave
Width	0.06 ± 0.01	0.03-0.1 s
Height	0.24 ± 0.12	0.10-0.45 mV
Mean electrical axis (frontal plane)		+65-100 degrees