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Permethrin

A 3 year-old domestic longhair female spayed cat is presented at your clinic with hypersalivation, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, stumbling and a temperature of 105.2 F (40.7 C). Her pupils are normal size and responsive to light. While the vet examines the animal, she has a seizure. The owner relates that he had treated her the night before with a flea dip he had originally bought for his dog. What toxic ingredient do you suspect most highly?

Demodicosis

A 6-month-old mixed breed dog presents with a focal area of alopecia with comedones. A skin scraping is shown in the picture. Which one of the following choices is the most likely diagnosis?

As needed

A basset hound with galloping halitosis has been prescribed with medicated mint dog treats prn for bad breath. How often does the dog get treated?

454.5

A calf with pinkeye is being treated with an injection of long acting oxytetracycline. The calf weighs 100 lbs and the dose is 10mg/kg. How many milligrams will be needed for one dose?

1

A cat that weighs 11 lb (5 kg) is prescribed antibiotics at a dosage of 0.2 mg/lb (0.44 mg/kg). The medication is available only in 2 mg tablets. How many tablets should the cat receive in a single dose?

Bleeding, weakness

A client brings in her dog who ate a box of rat poison in the last 2 days. What symptoms would be expected?

Every other day

A rare Albanian hairy iguana has been prescribed "Iggy-cote" medicated shampoo q.o.d. for dandruff. How often does the iguana get treated?

Young animals

Fluoroquinolones should not be used in

Uncommon

How common are dental caries (cavities) in dogs?

1-2% lidocaine spray

How do you prevent laryngospasm in cats before inducing anesthesia?

Immediately

How long after a booster rabies vaccination is a dog, cat or ferret considered to be currently vaccinated and protected against rabies?

Years

How long is a practice required to maintain client medical records?

28

How many days after the first rabies vaccination is a dog, cat or ferret considered to be immunized and protected against rabies?

18-24

How many hours after birth does gut closure typically occur in calves and foals? (when protective maternal antibodies can no longer be absorbed from the gut to the bloodstream)

Multiply PCV by 1/3 (0.33)

How might you roughly calculate the hemoglobin concentration in a blood sample from a normal dog if you know the red blood cell (RBC) packed cell volume (PCV, %)?

Decrease kVp, decrease mA, decrease time

How would you change exposure settings to make an x-ray film lighter?

Schedule II

Hydromorphone, fentanyl, and pentobarbital are classified by Drug Enforcement Administration regulations as belonging to which of the following groups of controlled substances?

8-10%

If a patient presented with dry and retracted eyes, dry mucous membranes, weak and rapid pulses, and a significant loss of skin turgor, at what percentage of interstitial dehydration would you estimate the patient to be?

Pentobarbital

The major active ingredient in most IV euthanasia solutions is:

Declaw

The vet has asked you to prepare for an onychectomy on a cat. What kind of surgery is this?

Uterus

The vet has asked you to prepare for a pyometra surgery on a 7 year-old intact female schnauzer. What are you about to remove from the dog?

50 mL

To create a 5% dextrose solution in a 500 mL bag of 0.45% NaCl, how many mL of a 50% dextrose solution must be added? (Assume that a corresponding amount of NaCl solution will be removed prior to the dextrose being added.)

FelV, Rabies

Vaccine-associated sarcomas in cats are primarily linked to with which two vaccines?

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) in increased

What does it mean if a cat is azotemic?

Has given birth more than once

What does it mean if a cow is multiparous?

Phosphorus increases

What electrolyte change can occur if you leave a blood sample sitting too long with red blood cells (RBCs) in contact with the serum?

A bad outcome, inflicted by the therapy itself

What is an iatrogenic medical or surgical problem?

Immature neutrophil

What is a band neutrophil?

An infection acquired in a hospital

What is a nosocomial infection?

A Drug Enforcement Administration registrant authorized to receive unusable or unwanted controlled substances

What is a reverse distributor?

Good place to take pulse from femoral artery

What is the clinical significance of the femoral triangle in dogs and cats?

Cause blood clotting

What is the function of a thrombocyte?

Squamous cell carcinoma

What is the most common malignant oral tumor in cats?

18-25

What is the normal amount of expected moisture on a paper testing strip in Schirmer's tear test (in mm)?

Scrape hard tissues

What is the purpose of a curette?

Twice as long as film was in developer

What is the rule of thumb for how long an x-ray film should stay in the fixer bath?

7.5

What is the total serum protein level in a dog with an albumin of 4.0 g/dl and a globulin level of 3.5 g/dl? Answer is in g/dl.

Increased urine glucose, increased blood glucose

What lab result would you expect to find in a cat with Diabetes mellitus?

Xylazine IV

What treatment in the clinic will make the cat vomit as soon as possible?

60 mL/kg/h

When a cat is in compensatory shock the cat should receive isotonic replacement crystalloid fluids intravenously at a rate of

Ant baits

Where would a dog or cat be likely to encounter arsenic around the house?

Guttural pouch

Which anatomic area do these three surgical approaches access in the horse?

Modified Whitehouse
Viborg's triangle
Hyovertebrotomy

Suture the wound close

Which choice best describes the process of repairing a clean wound within a few hours of injury by first intention?

No breathing

Which choice correctly describes apnea?

Pressure regulator, flowmeter, vaporizer, patient, CO2 canister

Which choice correctly lists the order in which gasses pass through a typical circular anesthetic circuit?

Color changes from white to purple

Which choice indicates that the soda lime granules in a CO2 absorbent canister have become exhausted?

Higher milliamperage (mA); Shorter time (seconds)

Which choice is best for an x-ray of a nervous, moving dog?

Guaifenesin

Which choice is often used in combination with ketamine or thiopental to induce anesthesia in horses?

Horse, cow, goat, pig, dog

Which choice lists these species in order of gestation length, from longest to shortest pregnancy?

Aminoglycosides

Which class of drugs is NOT a good choice to treat an infection by a gram-positive anaerobe?

Red

Which color is a gram-negative bacteria on the microscopic slide?

Blue

Which color is a gram-positive bacteria on the microscopic slide?

Bain system

Which commonly-used anesthetic circuit is made up of a tube within a tube?

The bottom of the hindfoot

Which direction is plantar?

Yohimbine

Which drug can reverse the effects of xylazine (alpha2-adrenergic agonist with analgesic and sedative effects)?

Xylazine

Which drug causes vomiting in cats?

Tetracyclines

Which drug family is associated with tooth enamel problems?

Backhaus

Which forceps secure drapes to the patient by penetrating the skin?

Periodontist

Which is more severe, periodontitis or gingivitis?

Thick body parts

Which kind of tissue causes the most x-ray scatter?

Eyes stay open

Which of the following choices is a side effect that you should be aware of when using ketamine for anesthesia in cats?

Neomycin

Which of the following is the most nephrotoxic aminoglycoside?

All of the above

Which of the following statements is/are true about the inventory of controlled substances?

A new inventory of controlled substances on hand must be taken at least every 2 years.

An inventory must include the number of commercial containers of each finished form.

An inventory must include the date the inventory was conducted.

Mineral

Which one of the following choices does not produce energy when ingested?

English bulldog

Which one of the following dog breeds is classified as brachycephalic?

Eosinophil

Which of the following is the predominant white blood cell type seen on this peripheral blood smear from a dog?

Patient’s age

Which of the following pieces of information is NOT required on a prescription label?

Can be frozen up to 1 year

Which statement about the proper storage of fresh or frozen plasma is most correct?

Orchitis

Which term describes inflammation of the testicle?

Monocyte, neutrophil

Which two white blood cells are phagocytic (eat foreign cells and material by engulfing them)?

The musical ping of a left displaced abomasum

While examining a high-producing dairy cow that is off-feed, the vet puts her stethoscope on the left side in a line between the left elbow and the cow's hip bones and starts flicking her fingers against the side of the cow while listening to the stethoscope. What is she listening for?

Disrupts gram positive gram flora

Why are most antibiotics contraindicated in rabbits and hamsters?

Can be mistaken for cephalic vein in venipuncture

Why is the brachioradialis muscle clinically significant in dogs and cats?

Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, Lingual aspect-lower molar arcade

You are called to a farm to help do a routine dental exam and float the teeth of an 8-year old Standardbred mare. What parts get filed down with the rasp when a horse gets its teeth floated?

Diestrus

You are looking at a canine vaginal smear through a microscope.
At what stage of the estrous cycle is this dog?