Veterinary assistant Exam 2023 Questions and Answers

Available to communicate with person - Answer- General supervisor Occupictenal, safety, health, adininton - Answer- O.S.H.A Mange, rabies, toxoplasmosis, hookworm, roundworm, ext. - Answer- Zoo When the animal lays on his/her back. 2 people. - Answer- Dorsal recumbency Chocolate, xylitol, caffeine pills - Answer- Toxins for dogs Temp, pulse, resp(watching patient breathe), weight - Answer- T.P.R.W Ideal is 6-8 weeks 11 weeks old- DAPPL 14 weeks- DAPPL, rabies 17 weeks- DAPPL, rabies( if not the 14 weeks) - Answer- When should I give my puppy shots? Monitors oxygen and heart rate - Answer- Pulse Ox Shows heart rate and heart electrical activity - Answer- ECG Watch breathing and measures the ETCO2 - Answer- ETCO2 Subjective, objective, assessment, plan field - Answer- SOAP % by 2.2 - Answer- How do you get Kg from ibs? Twice a day - Answer- BID Once a day - Answer- SID By month - Answer- PO Every - Answer- Q Every other day - Answer- EOD Both ear - Answer- AU Right ear - Answer- AD Left ear - Answer- AS Both eyes - Answer- OU Right eye - Answer- OD Left eye - Answer- OS Every third day - Answer- ETD Caudal is Towards the tail and cranial goes toward the head - Answer- The difference between caudal and cranial? Proximal is towards the center and distal is away from the center of the body - Answer- What's the difference between proximal and distal? VTAT - Answer- Veterinary team assistant of Texas The dog lay on his/side. (Mostly for X-rays) If the doctor wants something on the left side you would lay the dog down on the left side - Answer- Lateral recumbency The dog lays on his/ her chest - Answer- Sternal recumbency CKC - Answer- Continental kennel club • sporting • herding • toy • working • terrier • hound - Answer- 7 groups of dogs? Pointers, spaniels, Boston terrier, retrievers, setters - Answer- Sporting group? German shepherd, collie, Rottweiler - Answer- Herding group Protein and fat - Answer- What do pregnant dog need more of? Parvo- direct contact Distemper- contact with body Parainfluenza- get by air Adenovirus- dog to dog feces or urine Leptospirosis- through urine - Answer- What are dogs virus and how are they transmitted? Urinary, hairball, cat fights and respiratory - Answer- Main issues in cats FVR, FIV, Calicivirus, paeukopenia, FIP, leukemia - Answer- Cat viruses To see who needs help first - Answer- What does triage mean? • gloves • Needles • em drugs • blades - Answer- What should be in a crash cart? Hetastarch - Answer- Colloid fluid example LSR - Answer- Crystalloid fluid example Aspiration - Answer- Food entering the lungs is called? Prescription and controlled substances - Answer- Name the other two types of medication Fast heart beat and slow heart beat - Answer- What does Tachycardia and Bradycardia means Dorsal (laying on back) - Answer- What recumbency are patients mostly positioned in during a surgical procedure? DD X weight = total Total % mg = answer 15 mL - Answer- An 6 kg dog is to receive a drug dosage of 25mg/kg of BW. How many milliliter of the drug at 10 mg/ml are required? An 26 kg dog is to get a drug dosage of 1 mg/kg of BW. How many milliliters of the drug at 20 mg/ml are required? - Answer- DD X Weight = total Total % mg = answers 1.3 mL BAG(litter) - shows how the animal is doing BREATHING TUBE- helps them breath SODA LIME CANISTER- absorbs carbon VAPORIZER- coverts liquid anesthesia into a gaseous - Answer- Name parts of the anesthesia machine? Bladder and kidneys - Answer- Renal system Brain and spinal cord - Answer- Nervous system ? Glands, ovariers and testes - Answer- endocrine system Morgan, standardbred, quarter and throughbred - Answer- Racing horses Draft group - Answer- What group is the clydesdale horse in? Lead on a rope, be tied up, stop and back up, work on a long line - Answer- What should all horse be taught to do? Heart - Answer- Circulatory system Antibiotic - Answer- Chemical substance that has the capacity to kill or inhibit the growth of a microorganism? • ticks • fleas • flies • mosquitoes - Answer- External parasites • roundworms •hookworms •heart worms - Answer- Internal parasites Cats - Answer- What animal is polyesteus? Rabbit - Answer- Lagomorph Narrow sterile catheter is passed up the lower urinary passes - Answer- What is catherterization? Eyes - Answer- Ophthalmic meds are used for Caliper - Answer- Device used to measure thickness of a body part? Capnograph - Answer- Measures carbon dioxide levels Guinea pig - Answer- Cavy 31 days - Answer- What is the gestation length of a rabbit? 70 to 80 degrees - Answer- What is the ideal temp for a reptile? One can be the outer skin. Reptiles have scales, and plates and their toes have claws An amphibian has smooth skin - Answer- What's the difference between a reptile and an amphibian? Brown Swiss, shorthorn,jersey,milkin - Answer- Dairy cows Selecting cattle that should be removed from the herd • happens when cow is no longer producing - Answer- Culling What organ is known as the "master gland"? - Answer- Thyroid gland Circulatory system - Answer- WhT system works closely with the respiratory system in the transport of oxygen to organ? Fangs - Answer- What are the teeth used to grind down food called? • monogastric • nonriminat • ruminat • avian - Answer- What are the four types of the digestive system? Of an animal with one simple stomach - Answer- What is the monogastric digestive systems? ? An artery is a vessel that carries blood away from the heart and a vein carrys blood to the heart - Answer- Difference between an artery and a vein? Kidneys, ureter, bladder and urethra - Answer- The pathway of urine formation is ? • SQ or under the skin • IM or into the muscle - Answer- What is the most common routes of vaccine? Up and down also called intramuscular • diabetes - Answer- What way do you do the needle if you want to hit the muscle? What's the six nutrients necessary for animals? - Answer- Fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, water and carbs Building up an animals body to prevent stress from occurring - Answer- What is preconditioning? Condition- learning it Modeling- seeing it Imprint- already knew - Answer- What's the differences between conditioning, modeling and imprinting? • nose ring • tail jack • sometimes halter - Answer- What are some restraints for cattle? Hyper is when body temp is above normal And hypo is below normal - Answer- What's the difference between a hypothermia and a hyperthermia? Gastrointestinal system - Answer- Distemper Gastrointestinal system - Answer- Parvo Plasma - Answer- Purple tube top Blood will clot sinners to centrifuge used for serum - Answer- Red top tube 63 days - Answer- What is dogs gestation period? Respiratory system - Answer- Calicivirus Respiratory system - Answer- FRV Tissue that conducts messages - Answer- Nervous tissue Jugular V. Cephalic V. Saphenous V. Femoral V. - Answer- 4 vies for venipuncture Stethoscope - Answer- If a femoral (artery) pulse can't be found, what other instrument can be used? Mosquitos - Answer- What parasite causes heart worm? No lungs and salamanders - Answer- What does plethodonitas mean and what animal has it? Best method for urine - Answer- Cystocentesis Dental cleaning - Answer- Prophylaxis 42. 20 on top and 22 on the bottom - Answer- How many permanent teeth do dogs have? Grabbing and puncturing - Answer- What are the fangs used for? Nibbling - Answer- What are the incisors used for ? Crashing bones - Answer- What are the molars used for? Tearing - Answer- What are the premolars used for? •incisors •fangs (canine) • premolars •molars - Answer- What are the placements of dogs teeth?