HOSA Veterinary Science Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
Tick - ✔✔A parasite known to cause Lyme disease
60 seconds - ✔✔Typical time a thermometer needs to be in the rectum until reading
Endocardium - ✔✔The thin inner layer of heart muscle is called
Monogastric - ✔✔Swine and Humans have this type of digestive system
Abnormal Heartbeat - ✔✔Definition of Arrthymia
Epithelial - ✔✔The type of tissue that lines internal organ structures and serves as a
protective layer
Tapeworm - ✔✔A parasite that is flat and segmented, living in the small and large
intestine
Iron - ✔✔A type of mineral
5 years old - ✔✔Age a horse should have all it's adult teeth in place
Hairball - ✔✔Can build up in a cat's stomach due to excessive grooming
Radiograph - ✔✔X-rays are used to take this kind of special photograph
Sow - ✔✔A mature female pig that has had a little
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, Corn - ✔✔A food which herbivores eat
Quadriceps muscles, Hamstring muscles, and Pectoral muscles - ✔✔Sites for an IM
injection
Ear Notching - ✔✔Common procedure that is used for the purpose of identification
Change in diet, change in environment, and an infectious disease - ✔✔Causes of stress
Hookworm - ✔✔Parasite that can cause skin conditions in humans called cutaneous
larval migrans
Tetanus - ✔✔Disease caused by Clostridium
Ovine - ✔✔Genus for sheep
Physiology - ✔✔The study of the functions of the human body
Alopecia - ✔✔Term of hair loss
Ewe - ✔✔A mature female sheep
Poodle - ✔✔Which of the following breeds is in the non-sporting group: pug, poodle,
labrador or German Shepherd?
Recumbency - ✔✔Term for laying on the side
Pullet - ✔✔A young female chicken
Imprinting - ✔✔Type of behavior that is used to teach a young horse to lift its feet by
touching and handling the feet shortly after birth
Ca, P, and collagen fibers - ✔✔Bone is made up of
Gelding - ✔✔A castrated horse
Pulse - ✔✔Heart rate
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2025 Questions and Answers
Tick - ✔✔A parasite known to cause Lyme disease
60 seconds - ✔✔Typical time a thermometer needs to be in the rectum until reading
Endocardium - ✔✔The thin inner layer of heart muscle is called
Monogastric - ✔✔Swine and Humans have this type of digestive system
Abnormal Heartbeat - ✔✔Definition of Arrthymia
Epithelial - ✔✔The type of tissue that lines internal organ structures and serves as a
protective layer
Tapeworm - ✔✔A parasite that is flat and segmented, living in the small and large
intestine
Iron - ✔✔A type of mineral
5 years old - ✔✔Age a horse should have all it's adult teeth in place
Hairball - ✔✔Can build up in a cat's stomach due to excessive grooming
Radiograph - ✔✔X-rays are used to take this kind of special photograph
Sow - ✔✔A mature female pig that has had a little
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, Corn - ✔✔A food which herbivores eat
Quadriceps muscles, Hamstring muscles, and Pectoral muscles - ✔✔Sites for an IM
injection
Ear Notching - ✔✔Common procedure that is used for the purpose of identification
Change in diet, change in environment, and an infectious disease - ✔✔Causes of stress
Hookworm - ✔✔Parasite that can cause skin conditions in humans called cutaneous
larval migrans
Tetanus - ✔✔Disease caused by Clostridium
Ovine - ✔✔Genus for sheep
Physiology - ✔✔The study of the functions of the human body
Alopecia - ✔✔Term of hair loss
Ewe - ✔✔A mature female sheep
Poodle - ✔✔Which of the following breeds is in the non-sporting group: pug, poodle,
labrador or German Shepherd?
Recumbency - ✔✔Term for laying on the side
Pullet - ✔✔A young female chicken
Imprinting - ✔✔Type of behavior that is used to teach a young horse to lift its feet by
touching and handling the feet shortly after birth
Ca, P, and collagen fibers - ✔✔Bone is made up of
Gelding - ✔✔A castrated horse
Pulse - ✔✔Heart rate
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