VETERINARY SCIENCE- MIDTERM
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
It is fairly easy to gain admittance to a veterinary graduate program in the United States.
- CORRECT ANSWER False
In the past, people believed that animals did not feel pain in the same way that humans
did. - CORRECT ANSWER True
About how many universities in the United States offer graduate degrees in veterinary
medicine? - CORRECT ANSWER 28
Who called people who cared for animals "veterinarius"? - CORRECT ANSWER
Columella
Microbiology in veterinary science would be most likely to study which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER Viruses
Veterinarians do not need a license to practice in the United States. - CORRECT
ANSWER False
The term farrier was used for individuals who cared for which animals? - CORRECT
ANSWER Horses
Veterinary medicine focuses on the application of knowledge and techniques to
particular animals. - CORRECT ANSWER True
In 2006, about seventy-five of veterinarians in the United States were employed where?
- CORRECT ANSWER In private or group practice
The research in biosecurity involves the whole food chain as researchers need to
understand how biological agents might be introduced into not only human food, but
also into animal food. - CORRECT ANSWER True
The Bureau of Animal Industry helped discover the parasite that caused what illness? -
CORRECT ANSWER Texas cattle fever
The first veterinary school was established in which country? - CORRECT ANSWER
France
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
It is fairly easy to gain admittance to a veterinary graduate program in the United States.
- CORRECT ANSWER False
In the past, people believed that animals did not feel pain in the same way that humans
did. - CORRECT ANSWER True
About how many universities in the United States offer graduate degrees in veterinary
medicine? - CORRECT ANSWER 28
Who called people who cared for animals "veterinarius"? - CORRECT ANSWER
Columella
Microbiology in veterinary science would be most likely to study which of the following? -
CORRECT ANSWER Viruses
Veterinarians do not need a license to practice in the United States. - CORRECT
ANSWER False
The term farrier was used for individuals who cared for which animals? - CORRECT
ANSWER Horses
Veterinary medicine focuses on the application of knowledge and techniques to
particular animals. - CORRECT ANSWER True
In 2006, about seventy-five of veterinarians in the United States were employed where?
- CORRECT ANSWER In private or group practice
The research in biosecurity involves the whole food chain as researchers need to
understand how biological agents might be introduced into not only human food, but
also into animal food. - CORRECT ANSWER True
The Bureau of Animal Industry helped discover the parasite that caused what illness? -
CORRECT ANSWER Texas cattle fever
The first veterinary school was established in which country? - CORRECT ANSWER
France
