6 Flashcards
- Which animal is the reservoir for Yersinia pestis (Plague)?
a. Cats
b. Deer
c. Bears
d. Ground squirrel
d. Ground squirrel
- What organ is affected in mushroom toxicity?
a. CNS
b. Heart
c. Lung
d. Liver
d. Liver
- Where should controlled drugs be kept?
a. In a cupboard with other controlled drugs
b. Lock box intermingled with non-controlled drugs
c. In the veterinarian’s locked office
d. In a drawer
c. In the veterinarian’s locked office
- Which test changes first in warfarin toxicity?
a. PTT
b. APT
c. PT
d. Fibrinogen
c. PT
- What is the most common cause of endodontic disease?
a. Tooth fracture
- What type of drug is contraindicated with glaucoma?
a. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor
b. Topical beta blocker
c. Mydriatic
d. Miotic
c. Mydriatic (atropine)
- What species are the carrier for rabies in CA?
a. Skunk
b. Bat
c. Fox
d. Coyote
a. Skunk
- There is a 70% abortion rate in unvaccinated cows in the 3rd term, which retained placenta and placentitis. What is the cause?
a. BVD
b. IBR
c. Neospora canis
d. Brucella
a. BVD (doesn’t usually cause abortion late term)
b. IBR (herpes virus that causes abortion)
c. Neospora canis (no placentitis)
d. Brucella (not in CA!)
- What is the most common cause of endometritis in cattle?
a. E. coli
b. Actinomyces pyogenes
c. Strep agalactica
d. Staph
b. Actinomyces pyogenes
- Which of the following drugs is prohibited in lactating dairy cattle?
a. Sulfadiazine
b. Penicillin
c. Sulfadimethoxine
a. Sulfadiazine
eradicated?
a. Strep uberis
b. Strep dysgalactiae
c. E. coli
b. Strep dysgalactiae
- Goat kid with multiple bony problems. What is cause?
a. Vitamin D deficiency
b. Calcium deficiency
c. Phosphorous deficiency
a. Vitamin D deficiency
- Bellowing, flaccid paralysis, blind, recumbent cow frothing at the mouth, CSF shows xanthochromia.
a. Rabies
b. Botulism
c. TEME
d. Polioencephalomalacia
a. Rabies
- Regulatory question on how to proceed if a herd of sheep sent to market were discovered to have fence-line contact with scrapie-infected sheep. What do you do?
a. Send them to market anyway
b. Contact authorities
c. Wait 30 days and ship
d. Test them and then ship
b. Contact authorities (within 2 days)
- Question on a cow with a uterine mass and exophthalmos
a. TB
b. Bovine leukosis
c. Mycoplasma
b. Bovine leukosis (lymphoma)
- Where is the “ping” from a LDA best auscultated on a cow?
a. On the middle to upper left abdomen, cranial to rib 11
b. Starting at the point of the left elbow and extending up to and over the dorsal spinal column
c. On the right abdomen, extending over the dorsal spinal column to the left rib cage
d. Along a line drawn from the left tuber coxae to the point of the left elbow in an area between ribs 9 and 13.
d. Along a line drawn from the left tuber coxae to the point of the left elbow in an area between ribs 9 and 13.
- Which mineral deficiency would cause paresis in lambs?
a. Magnesium
b. Molybdenum
c. Zinc
d. Copper
d. Copper (high Mb, Zn)
- At 55 days pregnancy, which finding on rectal palpation equals pregnant?
a. Fremitus
b. Uterine fluid
c. Placentomes
d. Membrane slip
d. Membrane slip
- How you do a sx correction of LDA?
a. Left paralumbar fossa abomasopexy and right paralumbar fossa omentopexy
- How do you treat a BAR cow in parturition diagnosed with emphysematous schistosomos reflexus?
a. Fetotomy
b. C-section
c. Lube and manual removal
a. Fetotomy