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Question 1

Which E. coli is most commonly found in post-weaning diarrhea in pigs?

Answer 1

F4 (K88)

Question 2

What is the body’s compensatory mechanism to deal with rising phosphorus concentrations in chronic renal failure patients?

Answer 2

2* hyperPTH

Question 3

What are the most frequently isolated bacteria in cat bite abscesses?

Answer 3

Anaerobes

Question 4

What radiographic view do you to dx a GDV?

Answer 4

R lateral

Question 5

What will you find on a CSF tap of a cow with Listeriosis?

Answer 5

Mononuclear pleocytosis

Question 6

What is the most common mode of transmission for Strongyloides ransomi in pigs?

Answer 6

Transcolostrally

Question 7

What are the usual typical causes of emphysematous cystitis?

Answer 7

Cushings, DM, chronic UTI, bladder stones

Question 8

How do you treat pemphigus vulgaris and what is the long-term prognosis?

Answer 8

2-4mg/kg Pred BID + azathioprine with poor prognosis

Question 9

What is the most likely bladder stone to form in an animal with a PSS?

Answer 9

Urate

Question 10

Renal carcinomas are associated with _____ which causes elevations in hematocrit as a paraneoplastic syndrome

Answer 10

Erythropoietin secretion

Question 11

Why are Dalmations predisposed to urinary tract obstructions?

Answer 11

Genetic defect in making allatoin from urates (low solubility of urates)

Question 12

What cytokine is most typically assoc. w/SIRS?

Answer 12

IL-1

Question 13

What California plant causes collapse and sudden death?

Answer 13

Yew

Question 14

How do you treat Eimeria spp. in young calves?

Answer 14

Amprolium

Question 15

What is your top ddx for a group of 80lb pigs with a history of acute outbreak of sudden death and blood tinged fluid coming out of the dead pigs’ nostrils?

Answer 15

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Question 16

What urine pH promotes Ca carbonate urolith formation?

Answer 16

Alkaline urine

Question 17

What is the effect of an auriculopalpebral nerve block in a horse?

Answer 17

Disrupts motor innervation to orbicularis oculi

Question 18

What hyperT medication’s side effects includes facial excoriations and severe pruritis in cats?

Answer 18

Methimazole

Question 19

What hormone would a perianal adenoma be responsive to in a dog?

Answer 19

Testosterone

Question 20

Reticuloendotheliosis in chickens and turkeys causes what?

Answer 20

Lympoma

Question 21

How do you treat Giardia?

Answer 21

Metronidazole

Question 22

A 23yo horse is most likely to have what type of valvular regurgitation?

Answer 22

Aortic regurgitation

Question 23

Which aminoglycoside is most nephrotoxic to horses?

Answer 23

Neomycin

Question 24

In an occult HW infection in a dog, what would the results of a Knott’s test and HW antigen test most likely be?

Answer 24

Knott’s negative, antigen positive

Question 25

Air bronchograms on thoracic radiograph indicate what?

Answer 25

Uniform lung consolidation

Question 26

What diet do you prescribe to an animal with struvite bladder stones?

Answer 26

Acidifying diet

Question 27

Ivermectin is INeffective against what?

Answer 27

Trematodes

Question 28

What test should all diabetic patients receive upon initial diagnosis and why?

Answer 28

Urine culture b/c they are prone to UTI

Question 29

How do you treat Ancylostoma?

Answer 29

Fenbendazole

Question 30

Where in the GIT is cobalamin (Vit B12) absorbed?

Answer 30

Ileum