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Quiz: Heartworm Disease: Daignosis and Treatment 20-1123132
Quiz: Heartworm Disease: Daignosis and Treatment 20-1123132
20-1123132
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1. The heartworm antigen test detects what substance?
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a. Protein from the female heartworm
b. Protein from the male heartworm
c. Wolbachia species, an intracellular bacteria that lives in the worm
d. Saliva of the adult heartworm
2. The microfilariae of heartworm represent what stage of the heartworm lifecycle?
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a. Young adult
b. Mature adult
c. Early larval stage
d. Juvenile
3. Steroids are often prescribed to dogs with heartworm infection to treat what condition?
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a. Pneumonitis and cough
b. Caval syndrome
c. Pulmonary hypertension
d. Right-sided congestive heart failure
4. Which of the following factors have likely contributed to increased heartworm prevalence?
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a. Urban environments that act as heat islands
b. Increased irrigation
c. Relocation of rescue/foster dogs
d. All of the above
5. Why is doxycycline used in the treatment of heartworm infection?
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a. Secondary bacterial pneumonia
b. Treats Wolbachia which lessens adverse adulticide reaction
c. Limits proteinuria secondary to antigen-antibody complexes
d. Provides sedation to limit activity aGer adulticide therapy
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