Equine Medicine & Surgery Exam VII (33-45)

Question 1

Why do we do PPEs?

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Question 2

The purpose of a PPE is to determine the ____ health status of the horse.

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Current

Question 3

The purpose of the PPE is NOT to _____.

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Question 4

You are preforming a PPE on a horse, but who actually owns the horse at this stage?

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Question 5

Why should you use a standardized form when preforming a PPE?

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Question 6

What should you assess during your musculoskeletal portion of the PPE?

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Question 7

What should you do if you find that the horse is lame during your PPE?

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Question 8

What are some additional tests we may choose to preform during a PPE?

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Question 9

List some specific imaging modalities we may choose to preform as part of our PPE.

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Question 10

What are some specific bloodwork tests we perform as a part of our PPE?

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Question 11

What are some specifically circumstances where you may have to perform a modified PPE?

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Question 12

Describe the ideal client communication following your PPE.

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Question 13

What are some conflicts of interest when it comes to PPEs?

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Question 14

How can you protect yourself as the veterinarian preforming a PPE?

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Question 15

There is no ___ horse!

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Question 16

Why do some people opt into a post purchase exam in stream of a pre purchase?

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Question 17

What are some tips and tricks to preforming valuable PPEs?

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Question 18

What is the normal gestational length?

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Question 19

What happens during the first stage of parturition? How long does it last?

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Question 20

What happens during the second stage of parturition? How long does it last?

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Question 21

What happens during the third stage of parturition? How long does it last?

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Question 22

What should occur during the first, second, and third hour following parturition?

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Question 23

How long should it take a neonatal foal to become sternally recumbent?

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Question 24

How long should it take a neonatal foal to stand?

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Question 25

How quickly does the suckle reflex develop in neonatal foals?

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Question 26

How long does it take a neonatal foal to nurse?

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Question 27

How long does it take the meconium to pass?

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Question 28

How long does it take a neonatal foal to urinate?

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Question 29

How often should the neonate foal be nursing?

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Question 30

What is meconium?

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Question 31

What is a normal heart rate in a foal?

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Question 32

What is a normal respiratory rate in a foal?

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Question 33

What is a normal temperature in a foal?

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Question 34

How do we restrain a foal?

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Question 35

How do we assess mucous membranes in a foal?

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Question 36

Why should you always check the palate of a neonatal foal?

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Question 37

What is this veterinarian evaluating in the neonatal foal?

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Question 38

What are you looking for when evaluating the umbilicus of a neonate foal?

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Question 39

How do we measure body weight and monitor growth of the neonatal foal?

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Question 40

What are some routine post foaling procedures?

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Question 41

What are the 3 most common diseases/problems in the neonate?

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Question 42

What are the different levels of care we have for the neonate foal?

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Question 43

How do we classify the foal risk as low, moderate, or high?

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Question 44

What are some mare related risk factors to disease in the foal?

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Question 45

What are some foal related risk factors to disease in the foal?

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Question 46

What are some environment related risk factors to disease in the foal?

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Question 47

Describe the placenta of the mare. When does the foal receive immunoglobulins?

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Question 48

What is in colostrum? When should it be absorbed by the foal?

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Question 49

What are some colostrum versus foal causes of FPT?

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Question 50

What are some health problems associated with fescue toxicity in the horse?

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Question 51

What are some of the different ways we can diagnose FPT? What is the gold standard?

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Question 52

How do we analyze/read a stall side SNAP test for FPT?

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Question 53

How can we prevent FPT?

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Question 54

How can we treat FPT when its <12hrs post partum?

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Question 55

How can we treat FPT when its >12hrs post partum?

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Question 58

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Question 59

What are 2 other names for hypoxia ischemic encephalpathy?

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Question 60

What is considered normal relative to the eyes of the neonate foal?

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Question 61

What is considered normal neurological findings in the foal?

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Question 62

What is the etiology of HIE?

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Question 63

How do we classify HIE?

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Question 64

How do we classify the risk factors for HIE in the foal?

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Question 66

What are some maternal causes of HIE?

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Question 67

What are some placental causes of HIE?

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Question 68

What are some intrapartum causes of HIE?

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Question 69

List some clinical signs of HIE.

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Question 70

What glucose, PCV, TS, and IgG findings are consistent with HIE?

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Question 71

What are some clinical pathology findings consistent with HIE?

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Question 74

What are some differentials for a foal with HIE?

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Question 75

How do we diagnose HIE?

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Question 76

How do we treat HIE?

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Question 77

What is the prognosis for HIE?

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Question 78

What are the clinical signs of septicemia in the foal?

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Question 79

How do we prioritize/address the clinical signs of septicemia in the foal?

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Question 80

What are some glucose, PCV, TS, and IgG findings consistent with form septicemia?

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Question 81

What are some clinical pathology findings consistent with foal septicemia?

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Question 82

What are some stall side tests we can run to confirm foal septicemia?

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Question 83

List some potential etiological agents of foal septicemia.

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Question 84

How can we diagnose foal septicemia?

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Question 85

Describe the use of a blood culture to confirm foal septicemia.

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Question 86

Describe the use of a sepsis score to confirm foal septicemia.

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Question 87

What are the different pillars to treating foal septicemia?

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Question 88

Describe the use of IV antimicrobials to treat foal septicemia.

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Question 89

Describe the use of PO antimicrobials to treat foal septicemia.

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Question 90

Describe the use of IVF to treat foal septicemia.

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Question 91

How to foals adequate glucose? What are some causes of foal hypoglycemia and how do we treat it?

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Question 92

How do we provide immunological support to a foal with septicemia?

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Question 93

How do we provide nutritional support to a foal with septicemia?

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Question 94

How can we supplement/provide general nursing care to a foal while we treat them for septicemia/HIE?

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Question 95

What is the prognosis for HIE?

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Question 96

What is the prognosis for septicemia?

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Question 98

True or false?

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