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- What is the purpose of the rheostat of the light source on a microscope?
Answer: To adjust light intensity
- A dog or cat with a hypomotile intestinal tract might most benefit from which of the
following medications?
Answer: Metoclopramide
- Which of the following small mammals has the longest life expectancy?
Guinea pig Chinchilla Rabbit
Answer: Chinchilla
- A dog has snail bait poisoning (metaldehyde) and presents with seizures. His
temperature is 109F, and you begin cooling techniques while the veterinarian treats the seizures. At what temperature should you stop trying to cool him?
Answer: 103F
- Organelles reside in which of the following compartments of the cell?
Answer: Cytoplasm
- Which of the following description of the properties of an inhalant anesthetic is
true?
Answer: Drugs with low minimum alveolar concentrations (MAC) are the most
potent
- MAC is a measure of anesthetic potency or, the concentration of drug required to
prevent response to a stimulus in 50% of patients. Listed from lowest to highest MAC, inhalant anesthetics include methoxyflurane, halothane, isoflurane, enflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane.
Answer: This means that methoxyflurane is the most potent, or, it requires the
lowest percentage of gas to cause its effects. Desflurane is the least potent Potency is not necessarily related to the speed of induction and recovery with an inhalant anesthetic; this property is determined by solubility.
- What is colic in a horse?
Answer: Abdominal pain that can be secondary to multiple etiologies
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- The elbow is extended by which muscle?
Answer: Triceps brachium
- You are taking indirect blood pressure readings on a cat with hyperthyroidism.
What is true when choosing a cuff for the patient?
Answer: The cuff diameter should be about 40% the circumference of the limb
- How many thoracic vertebrae do horses have?
Answer: Horses have 18 thoracic vertebrae.
- How many thoracic vertebrae do Dogs, cats, cows, and sheep have?
Answer: Dogs, cats , cows, and sheep have 13 thoracic vertebrae.
- How many thoracic vertebrae do pigs have?
Answer: Pigs have 14-15 thoracic vertebrae.
- What does a beta-2 adrenergic agonist cause?
Answer: Bronchodilation
These are often used in treating cases of "asthma" or other conditions that require bronchodilation as a treatment.
- What are examples of short acting beta-2 agonists?
Answer: terbutaline and albuterol.
- A 3-year old male neutered Labrador Retriever presents for lethargy and
inappetence of a few days in duration. The veterinarian diagnoses the dog with hypovolemic shock and orders isotonic crystalloid fluid therapy. What is the isotonic crystalloid total "shock dose" in dogs?
Answer: 90 ml/kg
- In cats, the isotonic crystalloids shock dose is?
Answer: 40-60 ml/kg.
- Release of what molecule from the sarcoplasmic reticulum ultimately helps to
achieve muscle contraction?
Answer: Calcium
- What is another name for a non-rebreathing anesthesia circuit?
Answer: Bain system
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- How are tissue architectures evaluated?
Answer: histopathology
- Cytology is only the study what?
Answer: a smaller number of cells, not intact tissue.
- What is the causative agent of visceral larval migrans in humans?
Answer: Round- worm
- Which of the following is required for chinchilla health?
Answer: Dust baths every 1-2 days in order to maintain coat health.
- Which of the following is an example of an analytical variable that may
- Variation in temperature at which an assay is performed
- A mislabeled tube
- Obtaining a blood sample from a non-fasted patient
- Genetic variation within a breed or population
adversely affect the accuracy of a laboratory result?
Answer: (1)Variation in temperature at which an assay is performed
- Erythropoetin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone produced mainly by the?-
Answer: Kidney
- What is the maximum time a fecal can be used for fecal flotation with zinc
centrifugation to look for ova and parasites if kept in the refrigerator?
Answer: 3 days
- You are processing a fluid sample from a cerebrospinal fluid tap. There is some
blood contamination of the sample. Which of the following values can be most significantly changed by blood contamination and is frequently corrected for when analyzing the results?
Answer: Nucleated cell count
- What is TRUE regarding the presence of crystals in a dog or cat urine sample?
Answer: It is usually normal
- To assess liver function in a patient with a possible portosystemic liver shunt,
which of the following tests is most likely to be helpful?
Answer: Bile acids test
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30. A urine protein:creatinine ratio may be requested for which purpose?
Answer: -Quantify urine protein
- You run a CBC on a dog that is heartworm positive. Which blood cell is
commonly elevated in dogs with heartworm disease or other parasitic infections?
Answer: Eosinophils
- What is phagocytosis when discussing physiology of cells?
Answer: Engulfing large particles such as bacteria into the cell
"Phago" means eating, and phagocytosis is the process of a cell engulfing SOLID particles into the cell such as bacteria.
- A large dog collapses in the lobby of your veterinary clinic. The dog is taken to the
treatment area where an ECG reveals that the patient is in ventricular tachycardia.What drug would be administered intravenously in an attempt to convert the dog to a normal sinus rhythm?
Answer: 2% lidocaine, administered as a bolus dose, can convert a dog into a
normal sinus rhythm.
- Fasciola hepatica requires which intermediate host?
Answer: Snail
- A 3-year old castrated male Doberman Pinscher comes in to the emergency
clinic with signs consistent with gastric dilation and volvulus (GDV). Following standard initial emergency treatment for suspected gastric dilation and volvulus, what imaging procedure would be most helpful in confirming the diagnosis?
Answer: Right lateral recumbency abdominal radiograph
A typical GDV occurs with repositioning of the pylorus to the left dorsal abdomen.
- A 7-year old female spayed domestic short hair previously diagnosed with
diabetes mellitus presents to your clinic dull and unresponsive. In addition to obtaining a blood glucose, what other laboratory test would be important for determining the cat's diabetic status?
Answer: Urine ketones
- The doctor is performing a physical exam on a horse and notices the horse has
some ticks in the ears. The ticks have large spines on their bodies. He refers to them as "spinous ear ticks". What is the proper name for this parasite?
Answer: Otobius megnini
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