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1
Q

Who has the most concentrated urine?
Rat
Guinea pig
Gerbil
Chinchilla

A

Gerbil

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2
Q

Where are scent glands located in the hamster?
Ventral on the midline
Dorsal
On both sides
None

A

On both sides

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3
Q

How many scent glands does a rabbit have?
1
2
3
4

A

3

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4
Q

Sludge is connected to which organ?
Stomach
Small intestine
Urinary bladder
Uterus

A

Urinary bladder

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5
Q

Which of these have feather cysts?

A

Canary

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6
Q

Guinea pigs are considered to have…
small size, large body surface
small size, small surface area
Large size, large surface
Large size, small surface

A

small size, large body surface

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7
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What drug can not be given PO to rabbits?
Amoxicillin
erythromycin
clindamycin
azithromycin

A

Amoxicillin

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8
Q

How many teeth does a guinea pig have?
20
22
24
None of the above

A

20

Rabbit = 28
Hamster = 16

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9
Q

What causes renal disease?

A

??

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10
Q

What doesn’t cause respiratory symptoms?
Abdominal mass
Mechanical irritation
Encephalitozoonosis
Dental problem

A

Encephalitozoonosis

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11
Q

What does Mycoplasma pulmonis cause in the rat?

A

CRD

= Chronic Respiratory Disease

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12
Q

What causes mucoid enteritis?
Stress
Too low fibre
Iron insufficiency

A

Stress
Too low fibre

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13
Q

What cannot cause an acquired dental disease?
Brachygnathia
Trauma
Metabolic bone disease

A

Brachygnathia → congenital

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14
Q

Vitamin D deficiency
Calcium cannot be absorbed and calcium binding proteins will be inhibited
Bone issues
Phosphorous cannot be absorbed

A

Calcium cannot be absorbed and calcium binding proteins will be inhibited

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15
Q

What do you do for overgrown incisors
Extraction
Grind down
Both
None

A

Both

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16
Q

Which of these has a diaphragm?
Guinea pig
Corn snake
Tortoise Herman
Swan

A

Guinea pig

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17
Q

How many eggs do day geckos lay at one time?
Only 1
Always 2
3-4
5-7

A

Always 2

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18
Q

Xylazine can cause what
Myocardial necrosis
Myocardial fibrosis
Does not affect the heart
Decreases GI motility

A

Decreases GI motility

Cannot be used in patients with renal and cardiac disease

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19
Q

Which drug causes apnoea
Propofol
Fentanyl
Ketamine
all 3

A

all 3

Propofol (Does cause apnoea)
Fentanyl (Sometimes causes apnoea).
Ketamine (causes apnoea)

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20
Q

Midazolam can be administered:
In combination
By itself
?
All 3 (Can also be given to at risk patients).

A

All 3 (Can also be given to at risk patients).

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21
Q

Which vein is used in rabbit
Marginal vein
Saphena
Cephalica
all 3

A

all 3

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22
Q

Vein with Larger volume:

A

Jugular and lateral saphenous vein

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23
Q

which causes hypothermia during surgery
Heat pad
Warm table
Feet covered
Alcohol

A

Alcohol

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24
Q

Rabbits are

A

Obligate nasal breathers

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25
Q

What is characteristic of guinea pigs
Narrow thorax
All of the above

A

??

Some characteristics:

  • Guinea pigs and chinchillas have a „mucus trap caecum separating mechanism”
  • Can’t synthetize Vitamin C
  • Polyoestrus
  • „Palatal ostium”, hole between the oropharynx and the pharynx
  • 20 teeth 2(I1 1C 0 0P 1 1M3 3 ) 30 angle occlusal line
  • Sebaceous glands on the back and around the anus
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26
Q

Which is zoonotic
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Cheyletiella
francisella tularensis
psoroptes
All of the above

A

All of the above

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27
Q

How long do chinchillas live for?

A

10-15 years (up to 22 years!)

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28
Q

How long do guinea pigs live for?

A

5-7 years

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29
Q

When is there symmetrical alopecia?
Mites
Ringworm
None
Both

A

None

30
Q

Which spp. should be fasted before surgery?
Ferret
Rabbit
Hamster
Guinea pig

A

Ferret

Ferrets have a gastrointestinal transit time of 3-4 hours, therefore only requiring fasting 3 hours prior to surgery. Allow your ferret access to food and water up until the time of admission to hospital.

31
Q

Which have white molars?
Guinea pig
Rabbit
Chinchilla
Hamster

A

Hamster

→ Omnivores are white, herbivores are yellow

32
Q

which are active at dusk and dawn?

A

Rabbit, guinea pig

33
Q

which are active at night

A

Rat, hamster, mouse, chinchilla

34
Q

When do you use premedication in rabbits?
When you use isoflurane after
Painful surgery
Risky patients
Always

A

Always

35
Q

What can you not give in a bolus?
Propofol
Ketamine
Fentanyl
none

A

none

36
Q

Which do have continuous molar tooth growth?

A

Rabbit (and guinea pigs)

37
Q

Which is not needed in fixing teeth?
Mouth gag
Foreign body forceps
Light source
Dental grind wheel

A

Foreign body forceps

38
Q

Which is needed for rabbit intubation (two question with different options):
Endoscope
Otoscope
Blindly
All of them

A

All of them

39
Q

Which one is the easiest to intubation
Ferret
Rabbit
Guinea pig
Snake

A

(birds were not on the list)

Snake

40
Q

What happens when a gecko has no setae on their feet?
Cannot swim
Cannot grasp insect pray
Cannot climb vertical glass
None

A

Cannot climb vertical glass

41
Q

Where is the sweat gland located → 2 of these questions, one for hamster, rabbit (if i recall correctly)

Dorsally
Ventrally
Nose ? - i don’t remember if that was an option

A

??

Hamsters do not have sweat glands

Rabbits have one set of sweat glands in their mouths (no external sweat glands).

42
Q

Which animal drops its tail?

Leopard gecko
Snakes
Tortoise

A

Leopard gecko

43
Q

Dental formula for guinea pig

A

20 2x((I1/1, C0/0, P1/1, M3/3)

rabbit 28
chinchilla 20
Degu 20

44
Q

What is for the rabbit?
Uterus duplex bicornis
Uterus simplex bicornis
Uterus duplex unicornis
Uterus simplex unicornis

A

Uterus duplex bicornis

45
Q

What causes fur chewing?
Iron insufficiency
Too little fibre
Stress

A

Too little fibre (in rabbits)
Stress (in chinchillas)

46
Q

Easy to intubate a rabbit?

A

no

47
Q

Which species has continuous molar growth?

A

Rabbits + obligate herbivore rodents (guinea pig, chinchilla, degu)

48
Q

Which species do NOT have continuous molar growth

A

obligate omnivore rodents (Rat, Mouse, Hamster)

49
Q

Which species have incisors continuously growing?

A

Don’t remember the animals but 2 of them were obligate omnivores and a third was obligate herbivore - so answered all of them (option D)

ALL HAVE CONTIONUS GROWING INCISOR

Rabbit, hare (logomorphs)
Guineapig, chinchilla, degu
Rat, mouse, hamster, gerbil
Squirrel

50
Q

Which species do NOT have continuous molar growth

A

Rat, mouse, hamster, gerbit, squirrels

51
Q

What can you get from palpating a client?

Body condition
Dehydration
Internal masses
All of the above

A

All of the above

52
Q

How to treat entamoeba infection?

A

Metronidazole

53
Q

Which snake is the biggest?

A

Python

54
Q

What does knemidokoptes sp. cause?

A

Affecting beak & legs

55
Q

What is a buck?

Male rabbit
Female rabbit
Male guinea pig
Female guinea pig

A

Male rabbit

56
Q

What is a doe?

Male rabbit
Female rabbit
Male guinea pig
Female guinea pig

A

Female rabbit

57
Q

Where would you NOT put an IV catheter in rabbits?

Marginal ear vein
Vena cava cranialis
Cephalic vein
Saphenous vein

A

Vena cava cranialis

58
Q

Also a question about where you would put an IV catheter

A

Jugular vein

59
Q

Which castration technique is used ?
Both rodents and rabbits where asked:

Closed
Open
Both can be used
Depends on the size of the animals

A

always closed

60
Q

When does the skin lose its elasticity in reptiles

2-3 % water loss
5-10 % water loss
15-20 % water loss
Not relevant

A

5-10 % water loss

61
Q

A question about finding two darker (I think?), hairless areas on the flank of a hamster

A

physiological as those are the scent gland - the sebaceous gland

62
Q

When neutering a doe do we..

Take out just the ovaries
Take out the uterus
Tie the fallopian tubes
Only take out the uterus when we see some pathological change

A

Take out the uterus

I think, not sure…

63
Q

The reason we castrate rabbits

To prevent reproduction
To prevent some odour problems
To change behaviour
All three answers

A

All three answers

64
Q

Body temperature of rabbits:
- Is important to monitor more and more when the patient is under anaesthesia for a long time
- Is checked at every general check up examination
- Doesn’t need to be checked

A

Is important to monitor more and more when the patient is under anaesthesia for a long time

65
Q

Which statement is true for rabbits?

Only some rabbits have atropinase enzyme
Giving atropine will increase gut motility
Ketamine can not be given to rabbits

A

Ketamine can not be given to rabbits

Only some rabbits have atropinase enzyme?

66
Q

How do we assist an intubation in rabbits?

With endoscope
With otoscope
We can use both
we don’t need help

A

Otoscope is used, not sure if endoscope is used?? Think yes…

67
Q

Which one is hard to intubate?

Guinea pig
Swan
Hermann tortoise
Snake

A

Hermann tortoise

68
Q

These are the real “herbivores”

Rabbit and guinea pig
Chinchilla and degu
Guinea pig and degu
Rabbit and chinchilla

A

??

i think Degu is one of them

69
Q

Which species is crepuscular?

A

Crepuscular = most active at dawn and dusk and tend to lay low during mid-day

Ferret
Bat
Hamster
Rabbits
chinchilla
mouse
squirrel

70
Q

which are obligate herbivore rodents ?

A

guinea pig, chinchilla, degu

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