Certified Veterinary CVA Assistant
TVMA - Level 1 With Complete
Solutions 2025
antiseptic - ✔✔Chemical agent applied to living tissue t prevent growth and
reproduction of microorganisms
Colic - ✔✔severe abdominal pain; syndrome caused by severe paroxsysmal pain due to
disease of an abdominal organ
Distemper - ✔✔A viral infection affecting several species; characterized in dogs by
discharges from eyes
and nose, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing and seizures.
Fomite - ✔✔A physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to
person. (shoes, bowls, leashes, brooms, mops, ect.)
Dirofilaria immitis - ✔✔Heartworm
Parvo or Parvovirus - ✔✔A viral infection which may affect cattle, dogs, cats and swine.
Most commonly seen in
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dogs where the clinical symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea, often with blood, high
fever
and dehydration.
Ringworm - ✔✔dermatophyte of the superficial layers
Scabies - ✔✔intensely pruritic dermatitis caused by acarid mite
Acid Detergents - ✔✔Removes dried urine particles
Alkaline Detergents - ✔✔remove oils left from foods, fecal or animal skin or hair
Iodine - ✔✔sanitizes equipment
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (quats) - ✔✔Kills enveloped viruses (feline
Rhinotrachetitis)
Phenols - ✔✔kills envenloped viruses
OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PPE - ✔✔personal protective equipment
MSDS - ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet
ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus ; rhabdovirus - ✔✔rabies
Demodex canis - ✔✔demodectic mange
Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis - ✔✔Sarcoptic Mange (scabies)
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