Listeriosis Basic Information Definition A disease caused by a gram-positive bacterium that causes encephalitis, septicemia, conjunctivitis, and abortion in animals Synonym(s) Silage disease Epidemiology Species, Age, Sex • Central nervous…
Wound Dressing Semiocclusive Dressings Basic Information • Commercially available as: Petrolatum-impregnated gauze (NU Gauze sponges, Johnson & Johnson Products Inc, New Brunswick, NJ; Vaseline Petrolatum Gauze, Tyco Healthcare Kendall, Mansfield,…
Locoweed Toxicosis Basic Information Definition • Locoweeds (Astragalus and Oxytropis species) are native plants of North America that can cause a variety of systemic effects, especially on the central nervous…
Splenic Abscess Basic Information Definition An encapsulated focus of purulent exudate, usually associated with bacterial infection, in the splenic parenchyma Clinical Presentation History, Chief Complaint • Fever • Colic (variable,…
Small Intestine Epiploic Foramen Entrapment Basic Information Definition • The epiploic foramen (foramen of Winslow) is bordered by the caudate liver lobe, forming the dorsal and craniodorsal border, the portal…
Urinary Catheterization Basic Information Overview and Goal(s) Urinary catheters can be placed to collect a sterile urine sample or to drain or lavage the bladder. Indications • Whenever a sterile…
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Basic Information Overview and Goal(S) • A micromanipulator is used to mechanically insert a spermatozoon into an in vivo or in vitro matured oocyte. • Fresh or…
Sand Enteropathy Basic Information Definition Colitis and/or diarrhea that occurs as a result of sand accumulation in the ventral or dorsal colon (or both) Epidemiology Geography and Seasonality Occurs most…
Pericardiocentesis Basic Information Synonym(s) Pericardial tap Overview and Goal(s) To obtain access to the pericardial space for therapeutic and/or diagnostic purposes. Indications • Percarditis • Pericardial effusion • Cardiac tamponade…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Basic Information Definition Primary inflammatory disease of immune-mediated or idiopathic etiology affecting focal or diffuse portions of the small (and sometimes large) intestine and resulting in intestinal…
