WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the average length of estrus in the cat?
A - 2-3 days
B - 4-5 days
C - 9-10 days
D - 6-7 days
E - 21 days. Answer: 6-7 days
◉ What is the proper name for the swine kidney worm?
A - Capillaria plica
B - Stephanurus dentatus
C - Dioctophyma renale
D - Gnathostoma spinigerum
E - Trichinella spiralis. Answer: Stephanurus dentatus
◉ Which lesions are most commonly associated with Marek's disease?
,A - Edematous facial swelling with sinusitis
B - Hemorrhagic skin lesions
C - Nerve enlargement
D - Wrinkled eggs
E - Blood in the trachea. Answer: Nerve enlargement
◉ Which nerve block would most specifically relieve lameness resulting
from fracture of the navicular bone?
A - Low four-point
B - Abaxial sesamoidean
C - Palmar digital
D - Median and ulnar
E - Tibial and peroneal. Answer: Palmar digital
◉ A two-year-old budgerigar (parakeet) is presented with a history of
limping on his left leg, which has gotten progressively worse over the
last three 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?
A - Pacheco's disease
B - Polyoma virus infection
C - Renal tumor
D - Trauma - broken leg
E - Hypovitaminosis A. Answer: Renal tumor
◉ Which one of the following diseases is characterized by schistocytes
on a complete blood count?
A - Congenital hepatic arteriovenous fistula
B - Disseminated intravascular coagulation
C - Cyanocobalamin deficiency
D - Methemoglobinemia
E - Acetaminophen toxicity. Answer: Disseminated intravascular
coagulation
, ◉ Feline leukemia (FeLV) status has been shown to affect many aspects
of disease progression and treatment of lymphoma.
FeLV seropositive cats with lymphoma are similar to FeLV seronegative
cats with lymphoma in which one of the following aspects?
A - Frequency of spinal lymphoma
B - Initial treatment response
C - Survival time
D - Prevalence of gastrointestinal lymphoma
E - Prevalence of mediastinal lymphoma. Answer: Initial treatment
response
◉ A cow was found recumbent and blind, with dorsomedial strabismus,
in tonic-clonic seizures that led to coma and death.
On necropsy, lesions shown below light up under ultraviolet light.
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What caused this problem?
A - High sulfur diet