Bmax Quiz 2

Question 1

Which of the following factors are thought to put horses at risk for developing gastric ulceration (you may pick more than one answer)
A. Intermittent feeding with prolonged periods when the horse has no access to food
B. Diets that consist of a high percentage of concentrates rather than fiber based feeds
C. Horses in race training or used other types of high level performance
D. Horses or foals that are or have recently been ill
E. Horses or foals treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications
F. Foals that have been recently weaned and/or separated from their dam
G. Horses and older foals fed hay that contains weeds with thorns and other sharp plant material

Answer 1

A. Intermittent feeding with prolonged periods when the horse has no access to food
B. Diets that consist of a high percentage of concentrates rather than fiber based feeds
C. Horses in race training or used other types of high level performance
D. Horses or foals that are or have recently been ill
E. Horses or foals treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications
F. Foals that have been recently weaned and/or separated from their dam

Question 2

What is the most acurate way to diagnose gastric ulceration in horses?
 A. Abdominal ultrasound
 B. Rectal palpation	
 C. Fecal occult blood test	
 D. Gastroscopy

Answer 2

D. Gastroscopy

Question 3

What type of drug is omeprazole?

Answer 3

proton pump inhibitor

Question 4

What type of drug is ranitidine?

Answer 4

H2 Blocker

Question 5

What type of drug is sucralfate?

Answer 5

mucosal protectant

Question 6

Horses that over eat are at significant risk for developing which of the following diseases (you can select more than one answer)
A. gastric rupture	
B. colitis	
 C. hepatitis	
D. enteritis	
E. laminitis	
 F. renal failure

Answer 6

A. gastric rupture
B. colitis
D. enteritis
E. laminitis

Question 7

What are the steps to changing a horse’s diet. Select all of the applicable (correct) answers
A. Introduce new feed over several weeks by gradually replacing old feed with new
B. Increase feed by no more than 2 lbs every week, splitting the feed into two meals (am and pm)
C. Changes hay types is much less risky than changing grain products, and can be done without concern
D. When turning a horse out on pasture for the first time, limit access to a few hours a day and gradually increase

Answer 7

A. Introduce new feed over several weeks by gradually replacing old feed with new
B. Increase feed by no more than 2 lbs every week, splitting the feed into two meals (am and pm)
D. When turning a horse out on pasture for the first time, limit access to a few hours a day and gradually increase

Question 8

You have just finished treating a horse with a gastric impaction. Now that the immediate crisis is resolved, what should you check to prevent this from recurrung?
A. Check the horse’s environment for access to foreign bodies like plastic bags
B. Check the horse’s teeth to make sure the horse can chew adequately
C. Check access to water
D. Check horse’s feed, looking for particularly fibrous hay or dry pelleted feed

Answer 8

A. Check the horse’s environment for access to foreign bodies like plastic bags
B. Check the horse’s teeth to make sure the horse can chew adequately
C. Check access to water
D. Check horse’s feed, looking for particularly fibrous hay or dry pelleted feed

Question 9

In a horse with colic, what clinical characteristics would place duodenitis-proximal jejunitis higher on your rule out list as compared to a strangulating lesion of the small intestine? (you may pick more than one answer)
A. history of fever
B. small intestine feels thick on rectal palpation and has some motility
C. small intestine feels very tight on rectal palpation but has minimal motility
D. presence of gastric reflux
E. horse continues to be painful after reflux
F. horse is less painful but still depressed after reflux
G. Heart rate is greater than 60 beats per minute
H. Evaluation of abdominal fluid reveals elevated protein concentration without concurrent increase in white cell numbers
I. Evaluation of abdominal fluid reveals elevated white cell numbers without concurrent increase in protein concentration

Answer 9

A. history of fever
B. small intestine feels thick on rectal palpation and has some motility
F. horse is less painful but still depressed after reflux
H. Evaluation of abdominal fluid reveals elevated protein concentration without concurrent increase in white cell numbers

Question 10

What might you feel on rectal palpation of a horse that has peritonitis. (you may pick more than one answer)
A. Gritty feeling on the serosal surface of the gut mucosa
B. Free fluid
C. Increased body temperature
D. Bladder wall defect

Answer 10

A. Gritty feeling on the serosal surface of the gut mucosa
B. Free fluid
C. Increased body temperature

Question 11

Horses with peritonitis commonly present as a severe colic.

True
False

Answer 11

False!!!