VPAT 3100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Genetic Disorder, Idiopathy, Congenital Disorder
29 Apr 2018
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Veterinary terms in lay usage
4/16/18
Congenital vs Hereditary
• Congenital
o Birth defect
o Born with an abnormality
o Not all congenital disease is hereditary
o Some congenital disease is due to genetics, infections, toxins, random
mutations, etc.
▪ Some are idiopathic
• Hereditary
o Genetics- get from parents
o Not all hereditary disease is congenital (born with)
• Different/same
o You can have hereditary disease that can manifest later
Abortion
Spontaneous vs induced
• Abortion is the same as a miscarriage
o Spontaneous (genetics, infection, mutation, idiopathic)
o In vet med, we are talking about spontaneous abortion
• Abortion in humans is usually medically induced abortion
Asclepius
Asclepius- half god half human; god of healing
Hermes or Mercury- God of traveling
• Caduceus- staff of Hermes or rod of Asclepius??
o Often mistaken as the symbol of healing.
o Two serpents around staff with wings
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Document Summary
Spontaneous vs induced: abortion is the same as a miscarriage, spontaneous (genetics, infection, mutation, idiopathic, in vet med, we are talking about spontaneous abortion, abortion in humans is usually medically induced abortion. Asclepius- half god half human; god of healing. Hermes or mercury- god of traveling: caduceus- staff of hermes or rod of asclepius, often mistaken as the symbol of healing, two serpents around staff with wings. Immunotherapy- (using the immune system to treat) trying to use immune system to attack cells specifically. Morbidity vs mortality (on exam: morbidity- disease rate, mortality- death rate. Central line- getting into a large vein (maybe jugular: used for long term iv (intravenous) administration, example: chemotherapy. Placebo- a non-acting intervention: placebo works directly on animals or on the owners, medication- (cid:498)sugar pill(cid:499) will not do anything, placebo effect in vet med, effect in canine epilepsy trails. Cat names: male- tom, female- queen, young- kitten, parturition- queening.
