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Question 1

What is the best treatment option for urethral prolapse in dogs?

Answer 1

Urethropexy with concurrent castration

Question 2

Which sound represents vibration of blood during ventricular contraction and closure of the AV valves?

Answer 2

S1

Question 3

How do you treat avian fowl pox/ avian diphtheria?

Answer 3

Mosquito control and vaccinate chicks with a single immunization

Question 4

What plant, eaten by pregnant cows, causes cleft palates, arthrogryposis, and crookes spines in calves?

Answer 4

Lupine

Question 5

How do you treat Listeriosis?

Answer 5

Penicillin

Question 6

What do you expect to see on CBC of a horse with hemolytic anemia that has been going on for 10 days or more?

Answer 6

Normocytic, normochromic anemia

Question 7

In an animal with pleural effusion, which radiographic view will give you the best view of the heart?

Answer 7

VD

Question 8

How do you treat malabsorption syndrome/runting-stunting syndrome in chickens?

Answer 8

Cull affected birds daily

Question 9

How do you abort a cow between 5-8 months gestation?

Answer 9

PGF2-a and dexamethasone

Question 10

How do you dx west nile virus?

Answer 10

Serum IgM capture ELISA

Question 11

A horse with patchy areas of erythema, scaling, and alopecia along the ventral midline and a diamond-shaped lesion of erythema and scaling along the forehead has what?

Answer 11

Onchocera

Question 12

What is the causative agent of RMSF?

Answer 12

Rickettsia rickettsii

Question 13

A cat with lethargy and bradycardia after receiving an enema likely has what electrolyte abnormality?

Answer 13

Hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia

Question 14

Small dogs are more likely to get what type of PSS?

Answer 14

Single extra-hepatic PSS

Question 15

What is the effect of PGF2-a during anestrus in cattle?

Answer 15

No effect

Question 16

A windswept foal will have which combination of angular deformity?

Answer 16

Valgus deformity of one limb + varus deformity of contralateral limb

Question 17

What is the most common early sign of lidocaine toxicity in dogs?

Answer 17

CNS depression

Question 18

What is the etiologic agent of scrapie in sheep?

Answer 18

Prions

Question 19

Lambs with domed heads, short limbs, thick trunks, and fine hairy wool likely have what diesase?

Answer 19

Border Disease virus

Question 20

What is the advantage to having bulls with large testicles?

Answer 20

Female offspring reach maturity at an earlier age

Question 21

How do you treat purpura hemorrhagica?

Answer 21

High doses of dexmethasone + penicillin

Question 22

Loss of cobblestone appearance and hypopigmentation of the nasal planum and philtrum of a dog is caused by what?

Answer 22

Discoid lupus erythematosus

Question 23

If concerned about the liver function of a neonatal foal, which abx does not undergo extensive hepatic metabolism?

Answer 23

Ampicillin

Question 24

What is the dental formula of sheep?

Answer 24

2 (I 0/4, C 0/0, P 3/3, M 3/3)

Question 25

What is the appropriate tx of a horse w/2* AV block?

Answer 25

No tx necessary (normal for slow HR)

Question 26

What is the most common cause of diffuse papules and occasional pustules (folliculitis) along the dorsal trunk of a Rhodesian Ridgeback?

Answer 26

Staphylococcus

Question 27

What does 90% oxygen saturation mean for an anesthetized patien?

Answer 27

Arterial O2 pressure is 60mmHg (don't let it drop any further)

Question 28

What enzyme is the most liver specific in the sow, sheep, horse, and goat?

Answer 28

Sorbitol dehydrogenase

Question 29

In horses, what disease is an immune complex disorder usually assoc. w/presence of Strep equi antigens and antibodies in high levels?

Answer 29

Purpura hemorrhagica

Question 30

What congenital cardiac defect is most common in cows?

Answer 30

VSD

Question 31

Which mite species is species-specific?

Answer 31

Demodex

Question 32

Where do nephrosplenic entrapments occur in the horse?

Answer 32

Between spleen and L kidney

Question 33

What is the most common signalment for strangulating lipomas in horses?

Answer 33

Mid- to older (15-20yo) geldings

Question 34

What is the definitive host for the causative agent of EPM?

Answer 34

Opossum

Question 35

How do yout reat synovial/articular gout in birds?

Answer 35

Systemic allopurinol

Question 36

What's the most important treatment for struvite calculi resolution?

Answer 36

Acidifying diet

Question 37

How do you treat IMHA?

Answer 37

pRBC transfusion + immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids

Question 38

How do you treat IMHA?

Answer 38

pRBC transfusion + immunosuppressive doses of corticosteroids

Question 39

What tumor is occasionally seen with megaesophagus?

Answer 39

Thymoma

Question 40

Causes anemia, enteritis, coughing, and dermatitis in young failure to thrive dogs

Answer 40

Hookworms and intestinal parasites