VETERINARY SCIENCE FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS & VALID COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
T/F: Algae poisoning occurs when the water blooms are light and dispersed away from
the shore - CORRECT ANSWER false
T/F: exposure to a toxin can only happen through eating the toxin - CORRECT
ANSWER false
T/F: tolerance occurs when an organism shows less of a response to a toxin than it did
in a previous exposure - CORRECT ANSWER true
which organ is most often involved in the intoxication of poisons? - CORRECT
ANSWER liver
sweet clover poisoning involves what symptom? - CORRECT ANSWER hemorrhages
which domestic animal most often experiences poisonous snake bites? - CORRECT
ANSWER dogs
toxicology is the study of what? - CORRECT ANSWER poisons
T/F: an example of an elapine snake is a coral snake - CORRECT ANSWER true
rodenticides often interfere with which vitamin in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER
vitamin K
T/F: plant poisons do not affect domestic pets like dogs and cats - CORRECT ANSWER
false
what has the highest concentration of thebromine? - CORRECT ANSWER
unsweetened cocoa powder
T/F; the most common forms of rodenticide are often anticoagulants - CORRECT
ANSWER true
chronic toxicosis typically refers to exposure longer than what time period? - CORRECT
ANSWER 3 months
cyanide affects cattle through what? - CORRECT ANSWER apple tree leaves
QUESTIONS & VALID COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
T/F: Algae poisoning occurs when the water blooms are light and dispersed away from
the shore - CORRECT ANSWER false
T/F: exposure to a toxin can only happen through eating the toxin - CORRECT
ANSWER false
T/F: tolerance occurs when an organism shows less of a response to a toxin than it did
in a previous exposure - CORRECT ANSWER true
which organ is most often involved in the intoxication of poisons? - CORRECT
ANSWER liver
sweet clover poisoning involves what symptom? - CORRECT ANSWER hemorrhages
which domestic animal most often experiences poisonous snake bites? - CORRECT
ANSWER dogs
toxicology is the study of what? - CORRECT ANSWER poisons
T/F: an example of an elapine snake is a coral snake - CORRECT ANSWER true
rodenticides often interfere with which vitamin in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER
vitamin K
T/F: plant poisons do not affect domestic pets like dogs and cats - CORRECT ANSWER
false
what has the highest concentration of thebromine? - CORRECT ANSWER
unsweetened cocoa powder
T/F; the most common forms of rodenticide are often anticoagulants - CORRECT
ANSWER true
chronic toxicosis typically refers to exposure longer than what time period? - CORRECT
ANSWER 3 months
cyanide affects cattle through what? - CORRECT ANSWER apple tree leaves
