Certified Veterinary Assistant - Level 1: Course 101 General Veterinary Assistance Exam with Complete Solutions

Antiseptic - ANSWER-A chemical agent applied to living tissue to prevent growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Colic - ANSWER-Acute abdominal pain; a syndrome caused by severe paroxysmal pain due to disease of an abdominal organ. Corona - ANSWER-A virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea in dogs similar to parvo but not as deadly. In felines, this virus is very common and cause a mild diarrhea but one strain, Feline Infectious Peritonitis, is fatal in later stages. Disinfectant - ANSWER-A chemical agent applied to inanimate surfaces to kill pathogenic (disease causing) microorganisms. Distemper - ANSWER-A viral infection affecting several species that is characterized in dogs by discharges from eyes and nose, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing and seizures Fomite - ANSWER-An object that can be contaminated which aids in the spread of microorganisms. Inanimate objects, such as shoes, bowls, leashes, litter pans, surfaces of cages, brooms, and mops are examples of this. Heartworm - ANSWER-The common name for Dirofilaria immitis. Functional/Protective Immunity - ANSWER-The condition of being immune; security against a particular disease; non-susceptibility to the invasive or pathogenic effects of microorganisms or helminth parasites or to the toxic effect of antigenic substances. Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity - ANSWER-Responsiveness to antigen that leads to more rapid binding or elimination of antigen than in the non-immune state. Immunity - ANSWER-The capacity to distinguish foreign material from itself, and to neutralize, eliminate or metabolize that which is foreign by the physiological mechanisms of the immune response. Passive Immunity - ANSWER-Protection that is transferred from one animal (or person) that has a specific antibodies to an antigen that the recipient may not have and the antibodies are transferred as performed antibodies. This transfer can take place through