ICVA2 Flashcards
T wave of the electrocardiogram represents
Ventricular repolarization
initial route of exposure of listeriosis in cattle and sheep
Ingestion of Listeria-contaminated soil, vegetation, or silage
a hydatid cyst found in the peritoneal cavity of the intermediate host
Echinococcus granulosus
An antiarrhythmic agents is believed to act primarily by blocking cardiac beta-adrenergic receptors
Propranolol
medial strabismus
Abducens (VI)
What fatty structure extending from the umbilicus to the diaphragm and the liver
Falciform ligament
Ig common with Allergic and anaphylactic reaction
IgE
One day after birth, a large Simmental calf that was delivered in caudal presentation is unable to bear weight on the right pelvic limb. Affected nerve is?
Femoral
heifers most likely to ovulate?
Approximately 12 hours after the end of estrus
ruminal epithelium
Stratified squamous
source of the majority of bilirubin in the plasma of healthy animals
Breakdown of senescent erythrocytes
acetaminophen intoxication?
Acetylcysteine
second degree atrioventricular block in horses
normal and considered benign
Increasing the body temperature causes which of the following changes in blood hemoglobin and pH?
Decreased oxygen affinity and decreased pH
half-life of benzylpenicillin is approximately 50 minutes. If the serum concentration is measured at 10 μg/mL, in how many minutes should the drug be readministered to prevent the serum concentration from decreasing to less than 2.5 μg/mL? *
100
most important therapeutic mechanism of action for NSAID - aspirin and flunixin meglumine?
Inhibit the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins
why epinephrine is used as an adjunct to local anesthetics?
It decreases absorption of the local anesthetic
flexures in the ascending colon separates the left ventral colon from the left dorsal colon
Pelvic
Which receptors increases blood pressure by decreasing arteriolar radius?
Alpha-adrenergic
decrease in the concentration of free (ionized) calcium in blood initially stimulates hormone secretion from?
Parathyroid gland