At the time it was acquired it was eating well and very active, but it is now thin, listless, and has a soiled vent. The client would like to leave the duckling with you until she returns from a medical appointment for one of her small children who is experiencing diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. You have just started your new job in a veterinary clinic in Arizona. A client has brought in the family cat who is sneezing and who's neck is swollen. The cat has a fever, swollen and sensitive cervical and submandibular lymph nodes, a submandibular abscess and oral lesions.
Auscultation reveals normal lung sounds and a thoracic radiograph is normal.
The owner lives in a rural area where the cat spends much of its time outdoors. The client apologizes for his dirty clothes. He had to retrieve the cat from the crawlspace of the house and came straight to your clinic. One of your clients has had an unusually high number of abortions in his flock this year. Over the past month you've examined a few fetuses, but no obvious gross lesions were apparent.