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Question 1

Name at least 3 direct effects of animal disease in pig fattening

Answer 1

affecting the livestock resource transformation process and resulting in extra resource use and or fewer animal products then before

immediately visible

e,g. abortion, death, reduced weight gain, reduced milk yield

Question 2

Name at least 3 metabolisms that can be altered by animal disease

Answer 2

Protein Metabolism
Energy Metabolism
Mineral and other Nutrient Metabolism

Question 3

Name at least 3 special veterinary services

Answer 3

x-ray, US, lab services, dentistry, geriatry

Question 4

Name at least 3 special card mailings/ e-mails that can be used in the marketing communication of a vet practice

Answer 4

Thank you for the referral

Sympathy for the death of pet

Welcome to the practice

Question 5

Name at least 3 community activities that could help build up a personal social structure of a veterinarian

Answer 5

National and Regional Veterinary Chamber
Scientific Society
University alumni
Sports clubs
Church, religious, and charitable organizations
local partiot clubs

Question 6

How many minutes can an average client wait without loosing patience in a waiting room of a small animal clinic?

Answer 6

8 minutes

Question 7

Name at least 3 durable goods in a small animal clinic

Answer 7

Ultrasound machine
x-ray machine
operation table

Question 8

Name the major parts of a marketing plan

Answer 8

Market survey and analysis

Price setting

Patient turnover

Marketing communication

Question 9

Name at least 3 pricing strategies in a small animal clinic

Answer 9

Minmum prices
cost based prices
competition based prices

Question 10

How many examination rooms should you recommend to a solo, small animal clinic?

Answer 10

2 per veterinarian

Question 11

How much is the real interest rate if the average nominal market interest rate is 5% and the inflation is 6%?

Answer 11

-1%

Question 12

Which of the following is an indirect effect of animal disease?
A) Ban on live animal trade
B) decrease in ADG
C) Increase in FCR
D) less number of piglets per litter

Answer 12

Ban on live animal trade

Question 13

Which of the following nutrient metabolisms can be altered by animal disease?

a) protein metabolism
b) energy metabolism
c) micronutrition metabolism
d) all of them

Answer 13

all of them

Question 14

Which of the following is a special service?
x-ray
pet food
pet shop 
grooming

Answer 14

x-ray

Question 15

which of the following is NOT a special card mailing/email?
referal
sympathy
welcome
vaccination reminder

Answer 15

Vaccination Reminder

Question 16

Which of the following community activity could help building up a personal social structure of a veterinarian?

a) scientific society
b) reliogious organisations
c) sport clubs
d) all of them

Answer 16

all of them

Question 17

Which of the following is not a pr activity?

a) presentation
b) cable tv ad
c) sponsoring special program
d) education in primary schools

Answer 17

Cable TV ad

Question 18

Which of the following is a durable good?

a) endectocides
b) vaccines
c) operation table
d) surgery gloves

Answer 18

c) operation table

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT part of the marketing plan?

a) market analysis
b) price-setting
c) SWOT analysis
d) marketing communication

Answer 19

swot analysis

Question 20

Which of the following is not true for depreciation?
) different time periods
b) cost item
c) accounted for durable goods
d) cash-outflow

Answer 20

cash outflow, because its the amount of item that has been used up over a year, it can be calculated as a fixed cost

Question 21

How much is the real interest rate if the average nominal market interest rate is 3% and the inflation is 1%?

Answer 21

you have to subtract the inflation rate from the nominal market interest rate:

3% - 1% = 2%

Question 22

12. What could be the direct effects of diseases in a pig fattening unit in terms of resources &/or of products?

Answer 22

Affects livestock resource transformation process
Results in extra resource use
Fewer animal products then before

Question 23

Describe the losses due to mastitis in a dairy herd!

Answer 23

Mastitis subclinical/clinical → reduced milk receipts (↓milk production/quality, discarded)
→ premature disposal
→ treatment costs (vet, drugs, extra labor)

Question 24

. What is the production function? Give an example assuming you as veterinary consultant recommend an anthelmintic preventive procedure for a dairy unit!

Answer 24

Production function – relationship between amount of input & the output produced

Number of doses compared to the kg of weight gain

Question 25

We are modeling the effects of the yearly number of veterinary visits on the farm profit in a pig breeding unit. At first we use the current prices for both inputs & outputs, but in the second place we change the price of piglets. What is the name of the second analysis & for what do we do this?

Answer 25

Sensitivity analysis
Reason for this is to find the break-even point
No visit should be preferred when the MR never exceed the AVC

Question 26

What is the main difference betw the conventional & the partial budget?

Answer 26

Conventional budget – easiest method of calculating farm profits
Partial budget – method of choice when proposed analysis concerns simple economic comparison with no specific time or high degree of uncertainty & does not affect the whole expense of the farm