Animal Handling

Question 1

Restraint

Answer 1

Control of an animal so that it can be examined or treated

Question 2

Physical restraint

Answer 2

Humane and safe restraint with the use of manual or mechanical means to limit an animals normal voluntary movement for purpose of examination,collection of samples, drug administration, therapy, or manipulation

Question 3

Chemical restraint

Answer 3

Sedative or tranquilizer given to a patient to reduce agitaion or potentially hazardous behavior

Question 4

Temperment

Answer 4

The peculiar behavioral character and mental cast of an animal

Question 5

Recumbent

Answer 5

Lying down

Question 6

Dorsal recumbency

Answer 6

Lying on the back

Question 7

Ventral recumbency

Answer 7

(Stomach, sternal) lying on the back

Question 8

Left later recumbency

Answer 8

Lying on the left side

Question 9

Right lateral recumbency

Answer 9

Lying on the right ride

Question 10

Scruffing

Answer 10

Grasping the cat by the scruff of the neck

Question 11

Positioning

Answer 11

Passive arrangement of the head,neck,and trunk or limbs in order to obtain the optimum X-ray image or to make a physical clinical examination

Question 12

Trough

Answer 12

M shaped false top that is placed on a surgical table for patients to be laid in and propped up in the groove

Question 13

Otic

Answer 13

Pertaining to the ear

Question 14

Aural

Answer 14

Pertaining to the ear, external ear

Question 15

Oral

Answer 15

Pertaining to the mouth

Question 16

Ophthalmic

Answer 16

Pertaining to the eye

Question 17

Topical

Answer 17

Pertaining to a particular area

Question 18

Acepromazine

Answer 18

prior to anesthesia and surgery because of its sedative effects and its ability to prevent vomiting. It’s also used as an aid in controlling excited animals during examinations, treatments, and grooming.

Question 19

Ketamine

Answer 19

Administered intravenously or intramuscularly to produce dissociative anesthesia

Question 20

Diazepam

Answer 20

Used as an anti-anxiety agent, a skeletal muscle relaxant, anticonvulsant, and as an appetite stimulant

Question 21

Xylazine

Answer 21

Analgesic and sedative which has become very popular for the immobilization of adult ruminants. Also for dogs cats horses deer elk
Often combined with ketamine

Question 22

Fractious

Answer 22

Irritable, unruly, readily angered