VP 2/13

Question 1

Hormone NOT elevated in ferrets with adrenal disease

Answer 1

Cortisol…so you can’t use SA diagnostics in ferrets… they present with non-inflammatory alopecia

Question 2

Test for PRRS in an outbreak situation

Answer 2

Test aborted fetuses via PCR

Question 3

Potential cause of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS)

Answer 3

exposure or ingestion of eastern tent caterpillars

Question 4

What family of viruses does hog cholera belong to

Answer 4

Flaviviridae….think BVD, border disease and WNV

Question 5

Treatment for FAD

Answer 5

topical admin of imidacloprid and permethrin (DOGS)

Question 6

Cat bite abscesses are full of what type of bacteria….

Answer 6

Anaerobes

Question 7

Ureteroliths and uroliths in horses

Answer 7

Calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate

Question 8

Valve most commonly affected with endocarditis in cattle

Answer 8

tricuspid

Question 9

at what age is a dog most likely to develop canine cutaneous histiocytoma

Answer 9

Less than 3 years of age

Question 10

When do you breed sheep and goats… short or long days

Answer 10

short days

Question 11

L-asparaginase is used to treat

Answer 11

lymphoma

Question 12

genetic disease of anglo-nubian goats

Answer 12

beta mannosidosis

Question 13

treatment for pigs with actinobacillus pleuropneumonia

Answer 13

inject enrofloxacin

Question 14

treatment for toxoplasmosis in cats

Answer 14

clindamycin