Quiz 1A

Question 1

boar that is fast-growing and heavily muscled is being evaluated because of progressive bilateral lameness of the forelimbs

Answer 1

Osteochondrosis

Question 2

small raised black swellings along the ventral mandible

Answer 2

Folliculitis can be treated with hot packs and topical medication

Question 3

core biopsy of the lytic area shows osteosarcoma. Which of the following complications of the core biopsy is of greatest concern in this dog?

Answer 3

Pathologic fracture

Question 4

Blind cat with a one-year history of renal disease that has been treated with a low-protein diet for the past eight months

Answer 4

Central retinal degeneration possibly due to Taurine defficiency

Question 5

The pathogenesis of acute pulmonary edema and emphysema in the bovine involves injury to pulmonary tissue due to ? What is the Rx?

Answer 5

3-Methylindole

Rx = monesin or lasalocid

Question 6

Dx for tachypnea and pleural effusion

Answer 6

ultrasonography of the thorax

Question 7

Lamb has corneal opacity of both eyes

Answer 7

Mycoplasma spp infection

Question 8

Rx for cow w/ enlarged fluid-filled uterus

Answer 8

Prostaglandin F2α intramuscularly

Question 9

coughing, nasal discharge, and regurgitation for the past three weeks. Horner’s syndrome in the left eye, Megaesophagus and aspiration pneumonia are suspected.

Answer 9

Cricopharyngeal achalasia

Question 10

male cat has firm painless enlargements in several mammary glands.

Answer 10

Mammary hypertrophy/fibroadenoma complex

Question 11

Physical examination shows mild depression, exposure keratitis of the right eye, and a head tilt, with the poll displaced to the right. The muzzle is deviated to the left, and the lower lip is flaccid and drooping. What is the most appropriate next step in establishing the diagnosis?

Answer 11

Electromyography

Question 12

What is the presumed diagnosis of a horse, nasogastric intubation, 12 L of reflux is obtained

Answer 12

Nephrosplenic entrapment

Question 13

Tritrichomonas (Trichomonas) foetus dx

Answer 13

PCR

Question 14

After diagnosing lactic acidosis, what is a cow at risk of?

Answer 14

Sole abscess

Question 15

What is the mortality/morbility rate for mycoplasma hyopneumoniae? Is it a chronic or acute infection? What clinical signs are often associated?

Answer 15

Chronic with a high morbidity and a low mortality

C.S. = peristant, non-productive cough, 2/3 weeks new introduction to herd

Question 16

Rx for chlamydial infections in birds

Answer 16

Tetracycline

Question 17

Hemophilia dx

Answer 17

Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)

Question 18

Expiratory dyspnea in the cat

Answer 18

Asthma

Question 19

grade III/VI sternal murmur and a gallop rhythm in cat

Answer 19

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Question 20

positive isolation of IBR

Answer 20

A nasal swab from a cow with a temperature of 107?F (41.7?C) and a serous nasal discharge

Question 21

Causative agent of ocular larva migrans

Answer 21

Toxocara canis

Question 22

urinary complications may occur in dogs with heartworm disease

Answer 22

Glomerulonephritis

Question 23

Cow with hematuria and smooth left kidney

Answer 23

Antibiotic

Question 24

linear ulceration of the ileum

Answer 24

Lawsonia intracellularis

Question 25

feces in the vagina, complete disruption of the external anal sphincter, and a full-thickness tear of the rectovaginal shelf.

Answer 25

Third-degree perineal laceration

Question 26

guttural pouch mycosis

Answer 26

Epistaxis

Question 27

Calf with harsh, pansystolic murmur heard equally well on either side of the thorax

Answer 27

Ventricular septal defect

Question 28

severe exertional rhabdomyolysis, fluid therapy is likely to prevent ?

Answer 28

Renal damage

Question 29

Sinus tachycardia, left atrial enlargement, pulmonary edema

Answer 29

congestive heart failure.