Lakritz

Question 1

Which of the following is a common form of liver disease in large animals?

Answer 1

Hepatic lipidosis***

Question 2

True or false. Palpation of the liver between the ribs resulting in rapid movement of the animal away from your finger is a clinical sign compatible with liver abscessation?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the following disease/disorders is compatible with liver disease?

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

You are asked to examine a feedlot steer (admitted to feedlot 61 days ago) that is inappetant, losing
weight and has dry stool. Ultrasound evaluation of the abdomen between the ribs indicates a large fluid
filled, hypo-echoic mass associated with the right caudal portion of the liver. Select another ancillary
diagnostic test which may be appropriate in this case?

Answer 4

No additional testing, it is the gall bladder

Question 5

Which of the following diagnostic tests would not be an appropriate diagnostic test for liver disease in both ruminants and camelids?

Answer 5

Serum bile acids

Question 6

Which of the following bacterial pathogens is associated with hemoglobinemia and hemoglobinuria?

Answer 6

Clostridium novyi type D

Question 7

A 4 year old Suffolk ewe is found by herself in a pasture in late November. Upon examination, you
notice some fluid filled masses present over the ribs and abdomen. Aspiration of one of these masses
produces blood. You suspect clotting disorder. Which of the following forages may be associated with
this condition?

Answer 7

Sweet clover

Question 8

Chronic pyrollizidine alkaloid toxicity in cattle is associated with which of the following serum enzyme changes?

Answer 8

Increased serum GGT

Question 9

Pregnancy toxemia in sheep/goats is commonly associated with which time in their production cycles?

Answer 9

Pre-partum***

Question 10

Ketosis is commonly treated with which of the following agents?

Answer 10

All of the above

Question 11

Clinical ketosis in sheep is associated with which of the following clinical signs?

Answer 11

All of the above

Question 12

High grain diets, especially when started abruptly may result in liver abscesses. Which of the following disorders is associated with abrupt changes in feed leading to bilateral nasal hemorrhage?

Answer 12

Caudal vena cava thrombosis with metastasis to the lung?

Question 13

Copper toxicity is commonly associated with which of the following conditions?

Answer 13

Excess copper in the diet of sheep***

Question 14

Which of the following agents may be associated with photosensitization?

Answer 14

All of the above

Question 15

Which of the following clinical signs associated with the oral cavity/pharynx/larynx could be associated with respiratory difficulty?

Answer 15

All of the above

Question 16

Which of the following would be assocaited with a cow that has a perforation of the caudal pharyngeal wall associated with administration of a calcium bolus to a cow?

Answer 16

Head and neck extension, open mouth breathing with mucous/debris covering the nasal planum (muzzle) of a cow with putrid smell

Question 17

You are asked to examine a 14 month old Angus bull for depression, anorexia and drooling.
Upon oral examination, you note a piece of wire tethered to the frenulum of the tongue
(underneath the tongue). You remove the wire and the bull relaxes but remains depressed and
anorexic and continues to drool. Which of the following choices may be associated with
continued inappetence and depression?

Answer 17

Metabolic acidosis due to loss of salivary buffers (phosphate, bicarbonate)***

Question 18

Lumpy jaw is a granulomatous inflammatory insult associated most often with the mandible and is associated with which of the following bacteria?

Answer 18

Actinomyces bovis

Question 19

Clinical lumpy jaw is characterized by which of the following/

Answer 19

Hard, non-painful swelling of the mandible

Question 20

Wooden tongue is a granulomatous inflammatory insult associated with swelling of the caudal aspect of the tongue and is associated with which of the following bacteria?

Answer 20

Actinobacillus ligneresii

Question 21

Sodium creosote is a common wood preservative. Which of the following situations is most
likely the cause of stomatitis associated with the presence of creosote treated wood enclosures

Answer 21

Cows licking wood due to lack of adequate minerals/salt available in their enclosure
b. Lactating cows in pasture without minerals/salt available in their pasture in the summer

Question 22

Bovine popular stomatitis is caused by a virus and is most common in which of the following animals?

Answer 22

Young calves on milk with or without starter grain mix***

Question 23

To Do:

Answer 23

Lakritz last material
Parker
Mudge / colic
Swine (2)
Avian
Niehaus

Question 24

Camelid compartment motility patterns differ from true ruminants. However, which of the following functions resembles that of a cow?

Answer 24

Multiple C1 contractions follow a single contraction of the lesser
curvature of C2.

Question 25

Whihc of the following most closely describes an 4 month old alpaca cria with normal serum and C1 chloride, painful, and distended abdomen and reduced fecal output?

Answer 25

Spiral colon impaction with trichobezoar

Question 26

The following are radiographs of the caudal abdomen of a 16 year old female llama that was found down in pasture, with no fecal production. Upon presentation, her HR > 160 bpm, CBC revealed dehydration and leukocytosis with band neutrophils. Profile revealed normal chloride, reduced albumin (mild) Based upon the radiographs, which of the following is the most likely cause?

Answer 26

Volvulus of the spiral colon

Question 27

A four month old cria which presents depressed and anorexic for approximately 3 days. The cria has a distended abdomen, increased fluid sounds in the abdomen and is not passing normal stool (quantity or quality – not pellets). Profile reveals hypochloremic, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis. The following radiograph of the crias abdomen was produced. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer 27

C3 obstruction

Question 28

2.5 year old male Alpaca presented with a history of chronic diarrhea, parasitism (GI parasitism) and coccidiosis (E. macusauniensis). The alpaca is depressed, hemoconcentrated with little fecal production. Ultrasound evaluation of the abdomen revealed some free abdominal fluid with marked gas distension of the GI tract. A lateral radiograph of the abdomen is produced. Which of the following is the most likely cause of disease?

Answer 28

Jejunal intususseption

Question 29

ou are asked to examine a 14 year old, female alpaca, currently 6 months pregnant for chronic colic. Physical examination reveals mild but consistent tachycardia, diarrhea (small volume). CBC and biochemical profile demonstrate mild abnormalities-hypoproteinemia, hypoalbuminemia, mild azotemia. Fecal examination was negative for parasites. Ultrasound evaluation of the abdomen reveals an echogenic mass in the right paralumbar fossa ventral to the right kidney. A dorso-ventral radiograph of the abdomen confirms the presence of dense mass in the right abdomen and lateral projections demonstrate gas cap in C1, with multiple fluid gas interfaces superimposed upon the C1 gas cap. Abdomino-centesis reveals cells present in images below (ultrasound, DV, Lateral radiographs, cytology of abdominocentesis). Based upon these findings, which of the following is most likely?

Answer 29

Small intestinal adenocarcinoma

Question 30

Select the most likely disease/disorder that fits a 2.5 year old heifer raised on pasture that has diarrhea, bottle jaw in March?

Answer 30

Ostertagiasis type II

Question 31

Bovine viral diarrhea infection is associated with which of the following diseases/disorders?

Answer 31

Persistent viremia in calves

Question 32

Vaccination of cattle to prevent BVDB infections in cattle must be performed using killed virus vaccines only

Answer 32

False

Question 33

Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infections result in chronic diarrhea, wasting, hypoproteinemia of cattle more than 2 years of age. Pregnant cattle that have clinically evident infections should not be retained in the her because?

Answer 33

Environemental contamination and infected calves are likely

Question 34

Winter dysentary is associated with which of the following presentations?

Answer 34

Cow's that have explosive diarrhea that runs through herd in short period of time***

Question 35

Malignant catarrhal fever in the USA causes low morbidity and high mortality disease in cattle. What virus causes this disease?

Answer 35

Ovine herpes type 2***