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What is a common cause of feather plucking in parrots?

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Inappropriate pair bonding with owners.

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What is the most common causative agent for respiratory disease in rabbits?

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Pasteurella multocida

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What prokinetic drug is used in rabbits?

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Ranitidine

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Watery droppings in an african grey may be due to ?

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Excessive dietary fruit

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Watery droppings in an orange winged amazon may be due to?

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renal disease

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What toxin is commonly ingested by swans?

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lead

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An african grey parrot is presented with pale mucous membranes and yellow green Urates - what diagnostic test would you do?

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Chlamydophila PCR

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Occular discharge in the rabbit is most frequently due to?

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Dacryocystitis

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the treatment for Chlamydophila in parrots targets?

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Doxycycline for 4-6 weeks either once a week by injection or once a daily orally. azithromycin and fluoroquinolones also have some effect. It targets the extracellular elementary bodies.

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Creamy white plaques in the oral cavity or crop of a pigeon would NOT be caused by?

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Coccidiosis

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Which chelator is used to treat lead toxicity in birds?

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CaEdTA

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When would penicillin be indicated for rabbits?

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For treatment of treponema cuniculi

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Which drug would you prescribe to treat e cuniculi infection?

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Fenbendazole

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Which of the following antifungals would be most suitable to treat aspergillosis in an african grey with mild clinical signs

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Low dose terbinfine

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Blunting of the choanal and dermal papillae is commonly seen in parrots associate with which condiition?

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Hypovitaminosis A

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What is the recommended site for obtaining a blood sample from an obese rabbit doe?

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Lateral saphenous vein

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A client presents with a yellow crested cockatoo with watery droppings, what is this due to ?

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Polyuria

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A dyspnoeic harris hawk with open beak breathing, what should you do?

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Place in an oxygen enriched cage

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What is true regarding lead poisoning in swans?

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Eosophageal impaction may occur with lead poisoning

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What is the maintenance fluid rate for a rabbit?

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100mg/kg/day

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What would be the best method to repair a mid shaft fracture of the tibiotarsus in a 500g bird?

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Tie in (hybrid) fixator

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What is the anatomical structure called the syrinx?

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Tracheal bifurcation into the bronchi

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What is the incidence of uterine adenocarcinoma in a rabbit?

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50-80%

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To reduce the weight of an obese rabbit what should you do?

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Reduce the amount of pelleted diet and feed more hay

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In a sick bird, how much blood is it reasonable to collect?

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0.5% blood volume from the right jugular.

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In a dehydrate dbird, what blood parameters would be elevated?

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Uric acid, total protein, PCV

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What is the dental formula of an adult rabbit?

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2/1 0/0 3/2 3/3

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What should not be given orally to a rabbit?

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clindamycin

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What would be the first fee you gave to an emaciated raptor that has escaped for a few days?

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A sugar based liquid fe into the birds proventriculus via a tube.

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How long is the duration of analgesia provided by butorphanol in rabbits?

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2-4 hours

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A cockatiel is presented with ocular discharge and yellow green urates - which is the most likely diagnosis?

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Chlamydophila

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Excessive egg laying is especially common in which birds?

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Cockatiels

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32
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What is thee average daily water intake of a rabbit?

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50-100ml/kg

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33
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Which opioid is most suitable in birds?

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Butorphanol

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Which is the best therapy for a Chlamydophila infection in birds

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Doxycyline

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Which is the most useful diagnostic procedure for evaluating liver disease in a bird?

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Coelioscopic examination

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a 3.2kg rabbit is being anaesthetised using medetomidine 1mg/ml at 0.1mg/kg ketamine 100mg/ml at 5mg/kg and butorphanol 10mg/ml at 0.5mg/kg administered IM. calculate volumes you will administer

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Medetomidine 0.32ml, ketamine 0.16ml, butorphanol 0.16ml

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37
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Sore hocks are particularly seen with which breed of rabbit?

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Rex

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A suitable injectable anaesthetic regime for a rabbit undergoing OVH would be?

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Fentanyl/fluanisone + midazolam

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mild to severe crusting of the pinnae of a rabbit may be seen due to

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Psoroptes cuniculi

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A striking feature of the normal radiographic anatomy of the chinchilla is

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large tympanic bullae

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The best way to thoroughly evaluate rabbit dental disease is

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Radiography and oral examination under GA

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42
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an all seed diet for parrots is deficient in what?

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Vitamin A and calcium

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When should penicillin be indicated for rabbits?

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For treatment of treponema cuniculi

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Cyromazine is used to prevent which condition?

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Flystrike

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What husbandry is recommended for a grey parrot with low blood ionised calcium?

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Provide artificial UVB

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Which species can absorb large quantities of Ca independently of Vit D?

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Rabbits

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What is the best parameter to assess liver function in a bird?

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Plasma bile acids

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48
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What is the life expectancy of a rabbit?

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6-13 years

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49
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Where would you place an IO catheter in a bird?

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Proximal tibiotarsus

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50
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What is the rectal body temperature of a rabbit?

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38-39C

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What drug would not be suitable for Treating mycoplasma infection in waterfowl?

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Amikacin

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What is the max volume of bid which can safely be taken at any one time from a bird

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10ml/kg

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What is the standard diagnostic test for PBFD?

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whole blood for viral DNA by PCR

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A 2.5kg rabbit requires a course of enrofloxacin at 10mg/kg orally daily. to cover a 10 day course you need to dispense how much?

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10ml

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55
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Which rabbit disease is potentially zonotic?

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E cuniculi

Also cheyletiella parasitovorax mildly zoonotic

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A 2.23kg rabbit is being treated orally with ranitidine syrup (15mg/ml) at a dose of 4mg/g . approx how much should it be given each time it is treated?

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0.6ml

57
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What is PBFD?

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Psittacine beak and feather disease

58
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How can monomorphic birds be sexed?

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blood or feather pulp sample for DNA testing

59
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a 2yo harris hawk presented with acute onset open mouth breathing and cyansis. which immediate action should you take?

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Airsac cannulation.

60
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What is the most appropriate timing of vaccinations for myxomatosis and RHD in rabbits using the combined vaccination?

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5wks old and annual boosters

61
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Which is not a suitable route for fluid therapy in birds?

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Intracoelomic

62
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What is the recommended entry site to determine the gender of a parrot with endoscopy?

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left side of abdomen

63
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What is the most common cause of dental disease in rabbits?

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Lack of sufficient fibre (hay and grass) in the diet.

64
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A healthy rabbit to be used as a blood donor weighs 2kg - how much blood can be taken?

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20mls

65
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How would you best advise a client to encourage his parrot to eat a pelleted commercial parrot diet?

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Mix the diet with fruit juice

66
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What pathology is associated with overdose of fenbdendazole in birds?

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Bone marrow suppression

67
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Why would you examine rabbit and rodents urine with a woods lamp?

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Porphyrins fluoresce in the light

68
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What technique would you use to anaesthetise a cockatiel?

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Isoflurane mask induction

69
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A heterophilic leucocytosis often with a monocytosis and lymphopenia would be unlikely to be seen in birds with what

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PBFD

70
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What is the best way to trim a pet rabbits incisors?

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Use a burr in a conscious rabbit

71
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Which birds are dimorphic?

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Budgerigar

72
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Which vaccine is commercially available for rabbits?

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Myxomatosis, rabbit haemorrhagic disease

73
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What is the best site for obtaining a blood sample in a corn snake?

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Ventral coccygeal vein

74
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What is the dental formula for hystricomorphs?

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1/1 0/0 1/1 3/3

75
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What animal should not be picked up by the tail?

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gerbil

76
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What is not suitable for carapacial shell repair in a tortoise that has a fracture which is now infected?

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fibreglass

77
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A rate is presented with warty growths on its ears, what is this most likely due to ?

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Nododeres muris infection

78
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What is the average soft tissue wound ealing time in reptiles?

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6-8 weeks

79
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What is the recommended technique of sexing snakes?

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probing the hemipenes

80
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What animal is not sexed by ano genital distance?

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guinea pig

81
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A retrovirus has been implicated in case of ibd in snakes. what is the acronym IBD?

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inclusion body disease

82
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Which rodent commonly suffers from cystic ovarian disease?

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guinea pig

83
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What is gout in reptiles?

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deposition of uric acid crystals in body tissues

84
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What is the common causative agent for respiratory disease in guinea pigs?

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bordetella bronchiseptica

85
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What is a common infectious agent causing respiratory disease in rats

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Mycoplasma pulmonis

86
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Which lizards do not have acrodont dentition and is not prone to dental disease? Bearded dragon, chameleon, iguana

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Green iguana

87
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The most probable clinical signs in a snake with severe cryptosporidium serpentes infection is what?

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a mid body swelling

88
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Which mammal should be starved prior to GA?

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Ferret - for 4-6 hours

89
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A four year old ferret is presented with general weakness, lethargy and posterior paralysis, which is the most likely cause?

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Insulinoma

90
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What hormone is elevated in ferret adrenal gland disease?

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Androstenedione

91
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Which antibiotic would be suitable for a mixed aerobe and anaerobe infection in a snake?

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ceftazidime

92
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Which virus has been associated with chelitis in guinea pigs?

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Pox virus

93
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What may neutering a male ferret predispose to?

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Adrenal gland disease

94
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In a dehydrated chelonian, what blood parameters would be elevated?

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Urea, uric acid, sodium

95
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Which is a zoonosis affecting the skin that can be contracted from handling hedgehogs?

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Trichophyton erinaecei

96
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Neurological signs in a common garter snake are most likely caused by what?

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Hypovitaminosis B1

97
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What technique would you use to anaesthetise a rat?

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Isoflurane gas chamber induction

98
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In order to preserve the vitamin C content in commercial guinea pig food, the diet should be what?

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Kept in the dark

99
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When castrating hystricomorphic rodents what technique should be used?

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Closed castration - to avoid herniation

100
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Gryopus ovalis is a louse that commonly infections which rodent?

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guinea pigs

101
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Which mite is common in ferrets?

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Otodectes cyanotis

102
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In which species is lawsonia intarcellularis a common problem?

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hamsters

103
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How much blood can safely be withdrawn from a healthy 500g chinchilla

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1% of bodyweight, 5.0ml

104
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What technique would you use to anaesthetise a tortoise?

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IV propofol

105
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What is the maintenance fluid rate for reptiles?

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30ml/kg

106
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What vaccination is recommended for ferrets?

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Canine distemper

107
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Ophionyssus natricus is a black and shiny blood sucking mite that can be found in which species?

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Snake

108
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What is the dental formula for myomorphs

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1/1 0/0 0/0 3/3

109
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What is the dental formula for an adult ferret

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3/3 1/1 3/3 1/2

110
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Which vitamin deficiency is most common in guinea pigs?

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Vitamin C

111
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which chelonian species does not hibernate?

A

Leopard tortoise

112
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In preparation for hibernation tortoises should be starved for how long?

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21-28 days

113
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Name 3 suitable sites for chelonian venepuncture?

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Jugular vein, dorsal tail vein, subcarapacial venous sinus

114
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What diet is recommended for a guinea pig?

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Adlib hay(70%), green leafy veg (25%), small amount of pellets, and fruit 5% of diet max

115
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What is the dental formula for lagomorphs?

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2/1 0/0 3/2 3/3

116
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What reptile produces live young?

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Boa constrictor

117
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What gland commonly becomes neoplastic in gerbils?

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Ventral scent gland

118
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What is the life expectancy of a green iguana

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6-20 years

119
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What is the most useful biochemistry panel to id renal disease in a spur thigh tortoise ?

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Uric acid and phosphorous

120
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Which species should be bred early to reduce risk of dystocia?

A

guinea pigs

121
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a 6 week old syrian hamster is presented with a foul smelling watery diarrhoea and a palpably thickened intestine - the most common aetiological agent causing these signs is what?

A

Lawsonia intracellularis

122
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Which neoplastic condition is commonly seen in the ferret?

A

Insulinoma

123
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If a reptile requires a course of antibiotics how long would you prescribe it for?

A

28 days

124
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What technique would you use to anaesthetise a leopard gecko?

A

Iso gas chamber induction

125
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Nasal dermatitis can be seen in which species of rodent?

A

Gerbil

126
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What is the common causative bacterial agent for runny nose syndrome in tortoises?

A

Mycoplasma testudinis

127
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Which reptile does not have a requirement for uvb for vitamin D metabolism?

A

leopard gecko

128
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a 2yo iguana is presented with lethargy, waekness a slight tremor. it appears to be well muscled espec on its legs. the most likely cause of these signs is;

A

Hypocalcaemia

129
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What vitamin deficiency can cause occular disease in freshwater turtles?

A

Vitamin A

130
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Which reptile is carnivorous?

A

water dragon

131
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How many chamber are there in a chelonian heart?

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3

132
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A client wants to purchase a pet for her 10yo daughter, which of these would you recommend?

A

a guinea pig

133
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What is the average wound healing time for a shell in a terrestrial chelonian?

A

1-2 years

134
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What temperature should a Mediterranean tortoise hibernate at?

A

5C.

135
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Ivermectin is not suitable for use in which species?

A

chelonians - causes flaccid paralysis

136
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What is the most common fracture site in raptors?

A

Tibiotarsus

137
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Which lizards are herbivores?

A

green iguana

138
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Red staining on the face of a rat is usually caused by what?

A

Harderian gland secretions

139
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Which one of these conditions is likely to lead to anaemia in a jill?

A

Persistent oestrus

140
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What is the easiest way to sex a bearded dragon?

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Presence of femoral pores

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