NAVLE Prep Questions and Verified 500 Correct

NAVLE Prep Questions and Verified 500 Correct Answers Guaranteed A+ At the First Attempt A 1 y/o female stray DSH cat was presented for pruritus. Your physical exam revealed a generalized miliary dermatitis and dark brown flecks in the fur. Which of the following findings are most consistent with the most likely diagnosis?

• Mites found on skin scraping, peripheral eosinophilia, anemia
• Mites found on ear swabbing, peripheral eosinophilia, anemia
• Yeast organisms found on impression smear

D. Anemia, peripheral eosinophilia, tapeworm infestation - CORRECT ANSWER: D.

Anemia, peripheral eosinophilia, tapeworm infestation

A 1-year old female spayed Doberman Pinscher has presented after being hit by a car.Initial chest radiographs show mild contusions, and the patient appears to be otherwise stable. A right mid-shaft long oblique femoral fracture has been identified. Routine pre- operative blood work is unremarkable. A buccal mucosal bleeding test (BMBT) is elevated at 6 minutes. What will you administer prior to surgery?

• 1,25 dihydrocholecalciferol
• Desmopressin acetate
• Vitamin K

D. Whole blood transfusion - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Desmopressin acetate

A 1-year old female spayed Doberman Pinscher has presented after being hit by a car.Initial chest radiographs show mild contusions, and the patient appears to be otherwise stable. A right mid-shaft long oblique femoral fracture has been identified. Routine pre- operative blood work is unremarkable. A buccal mucosal bleeding test (BMBT) is elevated at 6 minutes. What will you administer prior to surgery?

• Desmopressin acetate
• Vitamin K
• Whole blood transfusion

D. 1,25 dihydrocholecalciferol - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Desmopressin acetate

A 1-year old mixed breed stray dog is presented for extreme pruritis and the lesion shown in the picture. The dog was recently found and adopted off the street and has been itching despite being bathed and treated with flea preventatives. The owner reports that she has been itching and developing rashes on her own body since adopting this dog. Your physical exam shows that the dog has several additional similar lesions on the other legs, chest, and ventral abdomen. What is the most likely diagnosis?

• Sarcoptes infestation
• Cutaneous lymphoma
• Squamous cell carcinoma

D. Demodex infection - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Sarcoptes infestation

A 1-year-old female guinea pig is presented with round patches of scaly alopecia on the tip of the nose, ears, periocular areas and forehead. The affected areas do not 1 / 4

appear to be pruritic. Skin scrapings from the periphery of lesions and associated broken hairs demonstrate hyphae and arthrospores on direct microscopic examination.Which choice is the most likely diagnosis?

• Cheyletiellosis
• Dermatophytosis
• Demodicosis
• Trombiculosis

E. Notoedric mange - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Dermatophytosis

A 1-year-old female llama is presented with hyperkeratosis around the nose and mouth. What is the most likely diagnosis?

• Munge
• Dermatophilosis
• Dorsal nasal alopecia
• Wry face

E. Zinc-responsive dermatosis - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Munge

A 1.5-year old Quarter Horse gelding is presented to you for symmetric ataxia, weakness, and spasticity of all limbs, but worse in the hind limbs. When walking, the horse frequently drags his toes and the hind limbs frequently interfere with one another.Based on the signalment, history and physical examination findings, which of the following is the most likely cause of these clinical signs?

• Botulism
• Cauda Equina Syndrome
• Equine Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (EDM)
• Equine Motor Neuron Disease (EMND)

E. Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) - CORRECT ANSWER: C. Equine

Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy (EDM)

A 1.5-year-old spayed female cat presents with a 7-day history of vocalizing, rolling, and allowing a male neutered cat in the household to mount her. The cat has gone through one similar episode 1 month ago. She otherwise has been behaving normally and has no other health problems. You performed an ovariohysterectomy on the cat at

• months of age. You perform vaginal cytology which shows some cornified epithelial

cells but is inconclusive. You measure serum lutenizing hormone of 0.2 ng/ml (normal for an ovariectomized female is >1 ng/ml). Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action?

• Order MRI of the brain to rule out a pituitary tumor
• Measure serum estrogen and progesterone levels
• Measure serum testosterone levels

D. Exploratory laparotomy to remove the ovarian remnant - CORRECT ANSWER: D.

Exploratory laparotomy to remove the ovarian remnant

A 2 year old Angus cow is presented with weakness of the hind limbs and a staggering gait. On physical exam, the heart rate and respiratory rate are slow and irregular, and the pupils are dilated. The cow's breath and urine smell like the odor of mouse urine. 2 / 4

Suddenly the cow's pulse becomes rapid and thready, she collapses, and dies of apparent respiratory failure. Which one of the following plants is most likely to have caused this spectrum of clinical signs?

• Pinus ponderosa (Western yellow pine)
• Veratrum spp (False hellebore, Skunk cabbage)
• Centaurea spp (Knapweed, Yellow star thistle)
• Conium maculatum (Poison hemlock)

E. Tetradymia spp (Horsebrush) - CORRECT ANSWER: D. Conium maculatum (Poison

hemlock)

A 2 year-old budgerigar (parakeet) is presented with a history of limping on his left leg, which has gotten progressively worse over the last 3 weeks. He is eating and drinking normally, but has fallen off his perch twice in the last two days. Weakness in the left leg compared to the right one is observed. He retracts his left more slowly and more weakly when his toe is pinched. What condition is at the top of the differential diagnosis list?

• Pacheco's disease
• Polyoma virus infection
• Renal tumor
• Trauma- broken leg

E. Hypovitaminosis A - CORRECT ANSWER: C. Renal tumor

A 2-month old calf is presented that was found dead. The night before this calf was weak, feverish and had a mucoid brown diarrhea with a small amount of blood and a nasty odor. Necropsy reveals a pseudo-diptheritic membrane lining parts of the distal small bowel and large bowel. What is the diagnosis?

• Cryptosporidiosis
• Salmonellosis
• Bovine Viral Diarrhea, mucosal form
• Coccidiosis

E. Ostertagiasis - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Salmonellosis

A 2-year old female DSH cat presents for weight loss, anorexia, dyspnea, and lethargy.She was previously treated with antibiotics but is still febrile on physical exam. You detect pleural effusion and notice that the abdomen is distended. On CBC there is a non-regenerative anemia, neutrophilia, and lymphopenia. On chemistry there is hyperproteinemia and a slight elevation in liver enzymes. What is your primary differential?

• Feline calicivirus
• Feline leukemia virus
• Feline infectious peritonitis
• Feline immunodeficiency virus - CORRECT ANSWER: C. Feline infectious peritonitis

A 2-year old female DSH cat presents for weight loss, anorexia, dyspnea, and lethargy.She was previously treated with antibiotics but is still febrile on physical exam. You detect pleural effusion and notice that the abdomen is distended. On CBC there is a non-regenerative anemia, neutrophilia, and lymphopenia. On chemistry there is 3 / 4

hyperproteinemia and a slight elevation in liver enzymes. What is your primary differential?

• Feline infectious peritonitis
• Feline leukemia virus
• Feline immunodeficiency virus

D. Feline calicivirus - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Feline infectious peritonitis

A 2-year old female spayed Dachshund presents for further evaluation as a result of a mass on the pinna noted by the owner. On physical exam, the only abnormality noted was this mass. Cytology is consistent with a histiocytoma. Which of the following is the most reasonable treatment option?

• Cryotherapy
• Benign Neglect
• Chemotherapy using lomustine
• Radiation therapy

E. Radical surgical excision - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Benign neglect

(usually regress on their own)

A 2-year old female spayed Dachshund presents for further evaluation as a result of a mass on the pinna noted by the owner. On physical exam, the only abnormality noted was this mass. Cytology is consistent with a histiocytoma. Which of the following is the most reasonable treatment option?

• Cryotherapy
• Benign Neglect
• Radical surgical excision
• Chemotherapy using lomustine

E. Radiation therapy - CORRECT ANSWER: B. Benign neglect

A 2-year old female spayed Leonberger presents to you with hair loss around the face and eyes. A deep skin scraping is shown in the picture below. What is your diagnosis?

• Demodex
• Staphylococcus
• Fungal pyoderma
• Otodectes

E. Sarcoptes - CORRECT ANSWER: A. Demodex

A 2-year old male castrated Border Collie presents for a 1-week history of small bowel diarrhea. A fecal flotation shows numerous Giardia cysts. What is the treatment of choice for this dog?

• Albendazole
• Decoquinate
• Ipronidazole

D. Metronidazole - CORRECT ANSWER: D. Metronidazole

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