VTNE Practice Questions: Exotic and Lab
animal, Pharmacology (Latest Update
2025)
To improve respiratory efficiency under anesthesia, birds
should be kept in ____________ recumbency because
_____________. - Correct Answer ✅ Ventral; the weight of the
abdominal viscera may compress the air sacs
Lizards and chelonians have ________ saccular lung(s). Snakes
have one lung, and ___________ is reduced or absent. -
Correct Answer ✅ Two; left
The "three checks" technique is a method of ensuring that: -
Correct Answer ✅ The correct medication is selected
A mouse presents with hair missing from around its eyes, and
on closer inspection, all mice, except one in the cage, have
hair missing around the eyes. What is probably causing this? -
Correct Answer ✅ Barbering
The respiratory system of the bird can include up to
___________ air sacs. These air sacs communicate with the
proximal _____________ and ________________ bones. - Correct
Answer ✅ 9; humerus; femur
,VTNE Practice Questions: Exotic and Lab
animal, Pharmacology (Latest Update
2025)
Sulfa drugs work by: - Correct Answer ✅ Disrupting
microbial metabolic activity
Which of the following are zoonitic diseases?
a.
Salmonella infection, ringworm, lymphocytic choriomeningitis
b.
Salmonella infection, ringworm, chromodacryorrhea
c.
Ringworm, chromodacryorrhea, lymphocytic choriomeningitis
d.
Ringnworm, scurvy, chromodacryorrhea - Correct Answer
✅ a.
Salmonella infection, ringworm, lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Probiotics and prebiotics are used to: - Correct Answer ✅
Support healthy gut flora
, VTNE Practice Questions: Exotic and Lab
animal, Pharmacology (Latest Update
2025)
Metabolic bone disease or hypocalcemia in reptiles occurs
when: - Correct Answer ✅ A diet low in calcium and
improper UVB lighting is provided
Nucleated red blood cells are found in: - Correct Answer ✅
All reptiles and birds
Which species has two pairs of upper incisors, with a smaller
pair (peg teeth) found behind the large pair? - Correct
Answer ✅ Rabbit
When it comes to vaccinating ferrets, it's best to use: -
Correct Answer ✅ Rabies vaccine and canine distemper
vaccine
All of the following are true of pasteurellosis except that it
can:
a.
Be passed directly or through fomites
b.
animal, Pharmacology (Latest Update
2025)
To improve respiratory efficiency under anesthesia, birds
should be kept in ____________ recumbency because
_____________. - Correct Answer ✅ Ventral; the weight of the
abdominal viscera may compress the air sacs
Lizards and chelonians have ________ saccular lung(s). Snakes
have one lung, and ___________ is reduced or absent. -
Correct Answer ✅ Two; left
The "three checks" technique is a method of ensuring that: -
Correct Answer ✅ The correct medication is selected
A mouse presents with hair missing from around its eyes, and
on closer inspection, all mice, except one in the cage, have
hair missing around the eyes. What is probably causing this? -
Correct Answer ✅ Barbering
The respiratory system of the bird can include up to
___________ air sacs. These air sacs communicate with the
proximal _____________ and ________________ bones. - Correct
Answer ✅ 9; humerus; femur
,VTNE Practice Questions: Exotic and Lab
animal, Pharmacology (Latest Update
2025)
Sulfa drugs work by: - Correct Answer ✅ Disrupting
microbial metabolic activity
Which of the following are zoonitic diseases?
a.
Salmonella infection, ringworm, lymphocytic choriomeningitis
b.
Salmonella infection, ringworm, chromodacryorrhea
c.
Ringworm, chromodacryorrhea, lymphocytic choriomeningitis
d.
Ringnworm, scurvy, chromodacryorrhea - Correct Answer
✅ a.
Salmonella infection, ringworm, lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Probiotics and prebiotics are used to: - Correct Answer ✅
Support healthy gut flora
, VTNE Practice Questions: Exotic and Lab
animal, Pharmacology (Latest Update
2025)
Metabolic bone disease or hypocalcemia in reptiles occurs
when: - Correct Answer ✅ A diet low in calcium and
improper UVB lighting is provided
Nucleated red blood cells are found in: - Correct Answer ✅
All reptiles and birds
Which species has two pairs of upper incisors, with a smaller
pair (peg teeth) found behind the large pair? - Correct
Answer ✅ Rabbit
When it comes to vaccinating ferrets, it's best to use: -
Correct Answer ✅ Rabies vaccine and canine distemper
vaccine
All of the following are true of pasteurellosis except that it
can:
a.
Be passed directly or through fomites
b.
