2022

Question 1

Who has the most concentrated urine?
Rat
Guinea pig
Gerbil
Chinchilla

Answer 1

Gerbil

Question 2

Where are scent glands located in the hamster?
Ventral on the midline
Dorsal
On both sides
None

Answer 2

On both sides

Question 3

How many scent glands does a rabbit have?
1
2
3
4

Answer 3

3

Question 4

Sludge is connected to which organ?
Stomach
Small intestine
Urinary bladder
Uterus

Answer 4

Urinary bladder

Question 5

Which of these have feather cysts?

Answer 5

Canary

Question 6

Guinea pigs are considered to have…
small size, large body surface
small size, small surface area
Large size, large surface
Large size, small surface

Answer 6

small size, large body surface

Question 7

What drug can not be given PO to rabbits?
Amoxicillin
erythromycin
clindamycin
azithromycin

Answer 7

Amoxicillin

Question 8

How many teeth does a guinea pig have?
20
22
24
None of the above

Answer 8

20

Rabbit = 28
Hamster = 16

Question 9

What causes renal disease?

Answer 9

??

Question 10

What doesn’t cause respiratory symptoms?
Abdominal mass
Mechanical irritation
Encephalitozoonosis
Dental problem

Answer 10

Encephalitozoonosis

Question 11

What does Mycoplasma pulmonis cause in the rat?

Answer 11

CRD

= Chronic Respiratory Disease

Question 12

What causes mucoid enteritis?
Stress
Too low fibre
Iron insufficiency

Answer 12

Stress
Too low fibre

Question 13

What cannot cause an acquired dental disease?
Brachygnathia
Trauma
Metabolic bone disease

Answer 13

Brachygnathia → congenital

Question 14

Vitamin D deficiency
Calcium cannot be absorbed and calcium binding proteins will be inhibited
Bone issues
Phosphorous cannot be absorbed

Answer 14

Calcium cannot be absorbed and calcium binding proteins will be inhibited

Question 15

What do you do for overgrown incisors
Extraction
Grind down
Both
None

Answer 15

Both

Question 16

Which of these has a diaphragm?
Guinea pig
Corn snake
Tortoise Herman
Swan

Answer 16

Guinea pig

Question 17

How many eggs do day geckos lay at one time?
Only 1
Always 2
3-4
5-7

Answer 17

Always 2

Question 18

Xylazine can cause what
Myocardial necrosis
Myocardial fibrosis
Does not affect the heart
Decreases GI motility

Answer 18

Decreases GI motility

Cannot be used in patients with renal and cardiac disease

Question 19

Which drug causes apnoea
Propofol
Fentanyl
Ketamine
all 3

Answer 19

all 3

Propofol (Does cause apnoea)
Fentanyl (Sometimes causes apnoea).
Ketamine (causes apnoea)

Question 20

Midazolam can be administered:
In combination
By itself
?
All 3 (Can also be given to at risk patients).

Answer 20

All 3 (Can also be given to at risk patients).

Question 21

Which vein is used in rabbit
Marginal vein
Saphena
Cephalica
all 3

Answer 21

all 3

Question 22

Vein with Larger volume:

Answer 22

Jugular and lateral saphenous vein

Question 23

which causes hypothermia during surgery
Heat pad
Warm table
Feet covered
Alcohol

Answer 23

Alcohol

Question 24

Rabbits are

Answer 24

Obligate nasal breathers

Question 25

What is characteristic of guinea pigs Narrow thorax All of the above

Answer 25

?? Some characteristics: - Guinea pigs and chinchillas have a „mucus trap caecum separating mechanism” - Can’t synthetize Vitamin C - Polyoestrus - „Palatal ostium”, hole between the oropharynx and the pharynx - 20 teeth 2(I1 1C 0 0P 1 1M3 3 ) 30 angle occlusal line - Sebaceous glands on the back and around the anus

Question 26

Which is zoonotic Trichophyton mentagrophytes Cheyletiella francisella tularensis psoroptes All of the above

Answer 26

All of the above

Question 27

How long do chinchillas live for?

Answer 27

10-15 years (up to 22 years!)

Question 28

How long do guinea pigs live for?

Answer 28

5-7 years

Question 29

When is there symmetrical alopecia? Mites Ringworm None Both

Answer 29

None

Question 30

Which spp. should be fasted before surgery? Ferret Rabbit Hamster Guinea pig

Answer 30

Ferret Ferrets have a gastrointestinal transit time of 3-4 hours, therefore only requiring fasting 3 hours prior to surgery. Allow your ferret access to food and water up until the time of admission to hospital.

Question 31

Which have white molars? Guinea pig Rabbit Chinchilla Hamster

Answer 31

Hamster → Omnivores are white, herbivores are yellow

Question 32

which are active at dusk and dawn?

Answer 32

Rabbit, guinea pig

Question 33

which are active at night

Answer 33

Rat, hamster, mouse, chinchilla

Question 34

When do you use premedication in rabbits? When you use isoflurane after Painful surgery Risky patients Always

Answer 34

Always

Question 35

What can you not give in a bolus? Propofol Ketamine Fentanyl none

Answer 35

none

Question 36

Which do have continuous molar tooth growth?

Answer 36

Rabbit (and guinea pigs)

Question 37

Which is not needed in fixing teeth? Mouth gag Foreign body forceps Light source Dental grind wheel

Answer 37

Foreign body forceps

Question 38

Which is needed for rabbit intubation (two question with different options): Endoscope Otoscope Blindly All of them

Answer 38

All of them

Question 39

Which one is the easiest to intubation Ferret Rabbit Guinea pig Snake

Answer 39

(birds were not on the list) Snake

Question 40

What happens when a gecko has no setae on their feet? Cannot swim Cannot grasp insect pray Cannot climb vertical glass None

Answer 40

Cannot climb vertical glass

Question 41

Where is the sweat gland located → 2 of these questions, one for hamster, rabbit (if i recall correctly) Dorsally Ventrally Nose ? - i don’t remember if that was an option

Answer 41

?? Hamsters do not have sweat glands Rabbits have one set of sweat glands in their mouths (no external sweat glands).

Question 42

Which animal drops its tail? Leopard gecko Snakes Tortoise

Answer 42

Leopard gecko

Question 43

Dental formula for guinea pig

Answer 43

20 2x((I1/1, C0/0, P1/1, M3/3) rabbit 28 chinchilla 20 Degu 20

Question 44

What is for the rabbit? Uterus duplex bicornis Uterus simplex bicornis Uterus duplex unicornis Uterus simplex unicornis

Answer 44

Uterus duplex bicornis

Question 45

What causes fur chewing? Iron insufficiency Too little fibre Stress

Answer 45

Too little fibre (in rabbits) Stress (in chinchillas)

Question 46

Easy to intubate a rabbit?

Answer 46

no

Question 47

Which species has continuous molar growth?

Answer 47

Rabbits + obligate herbivore rodents (guinea pig, chinchilla, degu)

Question 48

Which species do NOT have continuous molar growth

Answer 48

obligate omnivore rodents (Rat, Mouse, Hamster)

Question 49

Which species have incisors continuously growing?

Answer 49

Don't remember the animals but 2 of them were obligate omnivores and a third was obligate herbivore - so answered all of them (option D) ALL HAVE CONTIONUS GROWING INCISOR Rabbit, hare (logomorphs) Guineapig, chinchilla, degu Rat, mouse, hamster, gerbil Squirrel

Question 50

Which species do NOT have continuous molar growth

Answer 50

Rat, mouse, hamster, gerbit, squirrels

Question 51

What can you get from palpating a client? Body condition Dehydration Internal masses All of the above

Answer 51

All of the above

Question 52

How to treat entamoeba infection?

Answer 52

Metronidazole

Question 53

Which snake is the biggest?

Answer 53

Python

Question 54

What does knemidokoptes sp. cause?

Answer 54

Affecting beak & legs

Question 55

What is a buck? Male rabbit Female rabbit Male guinea pig Female guinea pig

Answer 55

Male rabbit

Question 56

What is a doe? Male rabbit Female rabbit Male guinea pig Female guinea pig

Answer 56

Female rabbit

Question 57

Where would you NOT put an IV catheter in rabbits? Marginal ear vein Vena cava cranialis Cephalic vein Saphenous vein

Answer 57

Vena cava cranialis

Question 58

Also a question about where you would put an IV catheter

Answer 58

Jugular vein

Question 59

Which castration technique is used ? Both rodents and rabbits where asked: Closed Open Both can be used Depends on the size of the animals

Answer 59

always closed

Question 60

When does the skin lose its elasticity in reptiles 2-3 % water loss 5-10 % water loss 15-20 % water loss Not relevant

Answer 60

5-10 % water loss

Question 61

A question about finding two darker (I think?), hairless areas on the flank of a hamster

Answer 61

physiological as those are the scent gland - the sebaceous gland

Question 62

When neutering a doe do we.. Take out just the ovaries Take out the uterus Tie the fallopian tubes Only take out the uterus when we see some pathological change

Answer 62

Take out the uterus I think, not sure...

Question 63

The reason we castrate rabbits To prevent reproduction To prevent some odour problems To change behaviour All three answers

Answer 63

All three answers

Question 64

Body temperature of rabbits: - Is important to monitor more and more when the patient is under anaesthesia for a long time - Is checked at every general check up examination - Doesn’t need to be checked

Answer 64

Is important to monitor more and more when the patient is under anaesthesia for a long time

Question 65

Which statement is true for rabbits? Only some rabbits have atropinase enzyme Giving atropine will increase gut motility Ketamine can not be given to rabbits

Answer 65

Ketamine can not be given to rabbits Only some rabbits have atropinase enzyme?

Question 66

How do we assist an intubation in rabbits? With endoscope With otoscope We can use both we don't need help

Answer 66

Otoscope is used, not sure if endoscope is used?? Think yes...

Question 67

Which one is hard to intubate? Guinea pig Swan Hermann tortoise Snake

Answer 67

Hermann tortoise

Question 68

These are the real “herbivores” Rabbit and guinea pig Chinchilla and degu Guinea pig and degu Rabbit and chinchilla

Answer 68

?? i think Degu is one of them

Question 69

Which species is crepuscular?

Answer 69

Crepuscular = most active at dawn and dusk and tend to lay low during mid-day Ferret Bat Hamster Rabbits chinchilla mouse squirrel

Question 70

which are obligate herbivore rodents ?

Answer 70

guinea pig, chinchilla, degu