VETERINARY SCIENCE FINAL EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
T/F: Algae poisoning occurs when the waterblooms 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
poisons and toxins are most commonly excreted from the body through which organ? - correct answer
kidney
the animal that a parasite benefits from is known as what? - correct answer host
what are those organisms that live on the surface of an animal? - correct answer ectoparasites
giardia protozoa release what in the feces of contaminated animals? - correct answer cysts
T/F: a trichinellosis infection begins when an animal eats larvae that is present in the muscle of another
animal - correct answer true
coccidia live where in an animal? - correct answer at the cellular level
T/F: Algae poisoning occurs when the waterblooms 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
poisons and toxins are most commonly excreted from the body through which organ? - correct answer
kidney
the animal that a parasite benefits from is known as what? - correct answer host
what are those organisms that live on the surface of an animal? - correct answer ectoparasites
giardia protozoa release what in the feces of contaminated animals? - correct answer cysts
T/F: a trichinellosis infection begins when an animal eats larvae that is present in the muscle of another
animal - correct answer true
coccidia live where in an animal? - correct answer at the cellular level
