Glasser's dz= Haemophilus parasuis gm neg bacillus, facultative anaerobe
Fowl cholera= Pasteurella multocida sp gallicida gm neg coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe
Sleepy foal dz= Navel ill= Actinobacillus equuli gm neg coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe
Plague (Bubonic, Pneumonic, Septicemic)= Yersinia pestis, gm neg coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe
Tularemia= Francisella tularensis, gm neg bacillus, aerobic
Glanders= Burkholderia mallei, gm neg bacillus, aerobic
Fowl spirochetosis= Borrelia anserina
Lyme dz= Borrelia burgdorferi, gm neg spirochete microaerophilic
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever= Rickettsia rickettsi, gm neg coccobacillus
Q Fever (stands for Query Fever since etiologic agent was unknown)= gm neg obl intracellular coccobacillus
African Heartwater Disease= Ehrlichia ruminatum, stains gm neg
Salmon Poisoning Disease= Salmon poisoning= Neorickettsia helminthoeca
Potomoc Horse Fever= Neorickettsia risticii, stains gm neg
Anthrax= Bacillus anthracis, gm pos strict aerobic spore forming bacillus
Avian Leukosis, simple retrovirus two copies single stranded genome
Ovine Pulmonary Adenomatosis (Jaagsiekta), simple retrovirus two copies single stranded genome
Feline Leukemia virus, simple retrovirus (number one cause of death by infectious agent in cats)
Feline Sarcoma virus (FeSV), simple retrovirus
Bovine Leukemia Virus, simple retrovirus-- lymphocytosis, Bovine Sarcoma Virus may arise
Equine viral arteritis
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus
Lactate Dehydrogenase Elevating Virus
Simian Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Cowpox Virus
Lumpy Skin Dz Of Cattle
Ovine Range Fever (ORF)
Bovine Papular Stomatitis
Swine Pox
Myxomatosis Of Rabbits
Ectromelia
Goat And Sheep Pox
Fowlpox
African Swine Fever
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Saved By The Mouse
I've been falling asleep in class lately. A lot. For the first time in my academic career. It's like the dam has broken.
This morning I drifted in and out of epidemiology and was barely paying attention in my bacteriology lecture. The professor was talking about some disease where pustules formed and then popped when two of my classmates in the corner interrupted her mid-sentence with their shrieking. At first I, and the rest of the class, assumed they were horrified by the image of the pustules popping. But this must be like the 50th disease we've learned about with vesicular lesions that rupture. When they could regain their speech, they said, breathlessly, "MOUSE!" We all looked. There was a little grey mouse with giant black eyes scurrying back under the podium. Our professor was terribly embarrassed-- we are in the midst of our AVMA re-accreditation process. With as much dignity as she could muster she sputtered, "Well, it IS that time of year."
The class turned into a circus, with the mouse periodically racing out from under the podium, across the floor, into someone's backpack, then back to the safety of the podium, all the while with our professor chasing it with an empty coffee can and three or four students scrambling on the floor while it madly deftly darted between them all.
Eventually one of my classmates caught it barehanded and banished it from the building. We joked we would time how long it took the mouse to re-enter the classroom but we didn't see it again.
Thank goodness for the mouse, at least I was awake for the rest of the lecture.
It's late. I spent the evening studying bacteria. I remember one of my vet tech professors saying that large animal disease have the coolest names. So very true. I can now tell you the etiological agent of African Heartwater disease is Ehrlichia ruminatum. I won't go into Blackwater and Black Leg. Can you imagine telling someone, "I'm sorry m'am, but I believe your dog has Black Leg!"
I've accumulated even more esoteric trivia useful only for cocktail parties than in previous classes. (Did I mention how hyenas give birth through their clitorises-- remind me if not to do so-- that was 3b). For example, anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) used to be seen mainly in people who worked with sheep-- it was called wool-sorter's disease. Nowdays it is seen most commonly in drumming circles. Yes, imported African drums are sometimes made with hides carrying anthrax spores (no, the tanning process does not kill the spores) which are then dislodged and aerosolized by drumming. So think twice before you get a drum from Africa. Of course, I have one hanging in my room as I write (courtesy of my landlady). Don't worry, I've been careful not to move it in the slightest! :)
This morning I drifted in and out of epidemiology and was barely paying attention in my bacteriology lecture. The professor was talking about some disease where pustules formed and then popped when two of my classmates in the corner interrupted her mid-sentence with their shrieking. At first I, and the rest of the class, assumed they were horrified by the image of the pustules popping. But this must be like the 50th disease we've learned about with vesicular lesions that rupture. When they could regain their speech, they said, breathlessly, "MOUSE!" We all looked. There was a little grey mouse with giant black eyes scurrying back under the podium. Our professor was terribly embarrassed-- we are in the midst of our AVMA re-accreditation process. With as much dignity as she could muster she sputtered, "Well, it IS that time of year."
The class turned into a circus, with the mouse periodically racing out from under the podium, across the floor, into someone's backpack, then back to the safety of the podium, all the while with our professor chasing it with an empty coffee can and three or four students scrambling on the floor while it madly deftly darted between them all.
Eventually one of my classmates caught it barehanded and banished it from the building. We joked we would time how long it took the mouse to re-enter the classroom but we didn't see it again.
Thank goodness for the mouse, at least I was awake for the rest of the lecture.
It's late. I spent the evening studying bacteria. I remember one of my vet tech professors saying that large animal disease have the coolest names. So very true. I can now tell you the etiological agent of African Heartwater disease is Ehrlichia ruminatum. I won't go into Blackwater and Black Leg. Can you imagine telling someone, "I'm sorry m'am, but I believe your dog has Black Leg!"
I've accumulated even more esoteric trivia useful only for cocktail parties than in previous classes. (Did I mention how hyenas give birth through their clitorises-- remind me if not to do so-- that was 3b). For example, anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) used to be seen mainly in people who worked with sheep-- it was called wool-sorter's disease. Nowdays it is seen most commonly in drumming circles. Yes, imported African drums are sometimes made with hides carrying anthrax spores (no, the tanning process does not kill the spores) which are then dislodged and aerosolized by drumming. So think twice before you get a drum from Africa. Of course, I have one hanging in my room as I write (courtesy of my landlady). Don't worry, I've been careful not to move it in the slightest! :)
Friday, November 12, 2010
A Good Bird Day
Yesterday I snapped this shot of the local red tail while filling up at the gas station. I like the way the diagonal lines turned out but I don't think it is completely in focus which is frustrating.I also saw a pileated woodpecker in my backyard yesterday but wasn't fast enough to get a picture! I saw a flash of a large black bird with white on the underside of its wings and immediately knew it was a pileated. Then I heard its call, very similar to a Northern flicker. I took off into the woods after it and was able to get it in sight for a brief few minutes. It was a good bird day:)
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Accurate Fortune Cookie:)
One of my pet sitting clients kindly treated me to a Chinese dinner last night. This is what my fortune cookie said:
'Excitement and intrigue follow you closely wherever you go!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Losing My Mind II
A few days ago my landlady gave me a shopping list and I didn't end up going to the grocery store until after 10. I spent twenty minutes looking for 'red skinned potatoes.' The only skinned potatoes were white, not red. The checkout guy finally pointed out to me that she probably meant potatoes with red skin. Of course! I felt stupid.
Then this morning in parasitology our professor was talking about trematodes and said you get a certain species from eating eggs. And I thought, weird, I've never heard of getting a trematode from eating a chicken egg! Then about a minute later it occurred to me that he meant a trematode egg (probably at the morula stage). I think I need to sleep more!
Then this morning in parasitology our professor was talking about trematodes and said you get a certain species from eating eggs. And I thought, weird, I've never heard of getting a trematode from eating a chicken egg! Then about a minute later it occurred to me that he meant a trematode egg (probably at the morula stage). I think I need to sleep more!
Losing My Mind I
Yesterday in our lab SmileySuperLesbian was chatting with my lab partner and I and mentioned going to Northampton last weekend. I said wistfully, "I wish I could have gone with you! Why didn't you tell me?" To which she replied, "I asked you to carpool with me and you said you were busy." I was so confused. I said, "What was I doing last weekend that I was busy?" My lab partner, KindEnvironmentalist, said, "You were petsitting." Right! You know you are in trouble when your lab partner knows what you were doing the past few days better than you do!
Also, I've been forgetting where I parked lately and have spent lots of time wandering around B lot looking for my car.
People talk about penguins falling off the iceburg in vet school-- which means your head becomes so full of information that you start forgetting things you have already learned. Some people even forget simple words like bed! I haven't experienced this so far but I think my forgetfulness with my schedule and my car is a sign I'm starting to lose penguins in my own special way. Oh well.
In good news, I passed my block 4 midterm by enough that I am not worried about passing the course although I would like to bump up my grade a bit so I will have to work harder.
I've been having lots of fun lately with my study group, pet sitting and tutoring an undergraduate in biochemistry. I've also been working on staining and finishing up some pretty wooden wine boxes which is great fun.
All in all, a much better fall than last year, thank goodness, despite losing my mind.
Also, I've been forgetting where I parked lately and have spent lots of time wandering around B lot looking for my car.
People talk about penguins falling off the iceburg in vet school-- which means your head becomes so full of information that you start forgetting things you have already learned. Some people even forget simple words like bed! I haven't experienced this so far but I think my forgetfulness with my schedule and my car is a sign I'm starting to lose penguins in my own special way. Oh well.
In good news, I passed my block 4 midterm by enough that I am not worried about passing the course although I would like to bump up my grade a bit so I will have to work harder.
I've been having lots of fun lately with my study group, pet sitting and tutoring an undergraduate in biochemistry. I've also been working on staining and finishing up some pretty wooden wine boxes which is great fun.
All in all, a much better fall than last year, thank goodness, despite losing my mind.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
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