Large Animal Assisting

A ___________ extends from the fetlock to just below the elbow or stifle.

Tube cast

All of the following statements are true except

Tuberculosis testing involves an ID injection into the lateral cervical or flank area.

For heart auscultation, the dorsal landmark of the heart in horses and cattle is the ___________, and the ventral landmark is the _____________.

Shoulder joint, olecranon

Impending parturition in the horse is best predicted by

Testing calcium levels in mammary secretions

A hair whorl _________________ of a horse would not be useful for the purposes of identification.

flanks and over the trachea

When cleaning a syringe that will be used to inject modified live vaccines

NOT NOT NOT Never use soap, water, and a brush

In horses, ___________ never should be given by intravenous injection.

NOT NOT NOT Phenylbutazone

___________ intravenous catheters are the least likely to cause thrombophlebitis.

NOT NOT NOT Polyurethane

Which of the following statements regarding euthanasia is true?

NOT NOT NOT. If a horse to be euthanized is insured, the insurance company needs to be contacted prior to euthanasia.

A fullness of the plantar surface distal to the hock caused by hard stops or long sliding stops in an adult horse describes which disease?

curb

Detection of pregnant ____________ by rectal palpation is highly accurate only after 60 days of gestation.

Sheep

In recumbent patients, __________ results in various degrees of muscle and nerve dysfunction.

compartment syndrome

With regard to floating

"Hooks" are encountered in the upper arcade, and "ramps" are encountered in the lower arcade.

When mixing up a modified live vaccine, use it within

1 hour

Hooves grow an average of _________ per month and must be trimmed every __________ to prevent overgrowth.

1/4 inch, 5 to 8 weeks

If a standing surgery is performed on an elective vs. emergency basis, withhold grain for _______ and water for _________.

12 hours, 0 hours

Because neonatal foals are highly sensitive to hypothermia, efforts to warm the foal should begin at a rectal temperature of

100 F

The maximum volume of medication that should be injected intramuscularly at any one site in an average-size horse is

15 ML

Repositioning a recumbent patient should be performed every

2 hours

The dental formula for the permanent teeth in a horse is

2(I3/3 C0-1/0-1 PM3-4/3-4 M3/3)

Which of the following statements about Haemonchus contortus infestation is true?

20% of the flock harbors 80% of the worms

If the California Mastitis Test is run on a milk sample from a dairy goat and yields a score of 1 ("suspicious"), this indicates _________ somatic cells per milliliter.

240,000 to 1,440,000

The normal packed cell volume in a horse ranges from

32-52%

What is the maximum volume that can be administered subcutaneously in adult sheep and goats?

50 mL

A heifer should be at __________ of its mature cow weight before breeding.

60% to 65%

While creating a technique chart, you determined that a diagnostic-quality radiograph for a metacarpus that was 15 cm thick required a kVp of 80. What would be the kVp setting for a metacarpus that was 16 cm thick?

83

Hypoglycemia in neonatal foals is confirmed by analysis of blood glucose levels. Supplementation, therefore, should begin when levels fall to less than

90 MG/DL

Which of the following statements about Lyme disease is true?

A vaccine is available.

Somatic damage caused by electromagnetic radiation

Affects metabolically active cells and is immediate or can present later in life

Which of the following statements about general anesthesia in sheep and goats is not true?

An endotracheal tube with an internal diameter of 3 to 5 mm is the appropriate size for adult small ruminants.

When preparing the patient for general anesthesia

Anticholinergics are not routinely used

Deciduous premolars

Are called "caps"

Which of the following statements regarding xylazine as a preanesthetic drug in cattle is not true?

Because of their large muscle mass, cattle require 10 times the amount of xylazine as do horses.

Which of the following statements is not true?

Castration of a goat will reduce "buck odor" and eliminate the self-urination behavior.

Which of the following statements about intramammary infusion is not true?

Clean the teats, and then infuse them in the same order (e.g., cranial to caudal).

____________ is the most common way to sterilize an endoscope after use on a patient suspected of an infectious disease.

Cold sterilization

Strangles is transmitted by

Contact with nasal discharge from an infected horse

Which of the following local anesthetic procedures would not be used for a standing flank laparotomy in cattle?

Cornual nerve block

When performing venipuncture on the jugular vein in cattle

Direct the needle either cranially or caudally

Which of the following statements about ruminants under general anesthesia is not true?

Distention of the rumen is preventable.

In embryo transfer, flushing the uterus of the donor is done for the purpose of

Embryo recovery

Asymmetrical muscle atrophy of the quadriceps and gluteal muscles is a clinical sign of

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis

Colostrum for emergency use can be stored

Frozen up to 12 months

Which of the following statements about viral diseases is true?

Horses with equine influenza often have a fever in excess of 106° F.

Serum blood chemistry levels for creatinine will ________ with kidney disease, and serum creatine kinase levels will _________ with muscle damage.

Increase, increase

All of the following are clinical signs of colic except

Increased bowel movements

Detecting __________ in a neonatal foal could be a clinical sign of interstitial pneumonia.

Increased respiratory effort

The ______________ is not a mucous membrane.

Inner surface of the ear pinna

When examining a horse with colic, a rectal examination

Is not always possible

When taking the temperature on a horse, the string tied to the ring-top on a mercury thermometer

Is not used to prevent aspiration of the thermometer into the rectum

Regarding caudal epidural anesthesia for standing surgery

It never is performed cranial to the first intercoccygeal space.

Regarding Salmonella infection

It poses a major zoonotic risk.

When taking a history, it is important to

Keep the information in sequential format

The cannon bone in the foreleg of a horse is found between the

Knee and fetlock

Because it is less expensive and least toxic, which of the following local anesthetics is used most commonly in farm animals?

Lidocaine

When assessing pupil symmetry, constriction of the pupil is called ______________, and dilation of the pupil is called ______________.

Miosis, mydriasis

The most common procedure, and almost always the first method attempted, to resolve a dystocia is

Mutation and traction

In order for passive antibody transfer to occur, the foal must ingest sufficient quantities of colostrum in the first _________ of life.

NOT NOT NOT 24 HOURS

The average gestation period in the horse is

NOT NOT NOT 335-365

Which of the following statements is not true?

NOT NOT NOT Acupuncture can induce surgical anesthesia.

The single greatest risk from administering general anesthesia to a horse is

NOT NOT NOT Compartment syndrome

When applying a distal limb bandage in the horse

NOT NOT NOT It is primarily for protection and support

____________ is the diagnostic imaging technique used to evaluate the overall musculoskeletal system of an adult horse.

Nuclear scintigraphy

______________ is the most important aspect of external coaptation of limbs.

PADDING

All of the following statements about necropsy in ruminants are true except

Postmortem tympany is rare.

The following statements about acepromazine, used to restrain horses during standing surgery, are true except

Provides good analgesia

The ____________ is one of the most popular breeds in the United States and has the largest breed registry in the world.

Quarter horse

Which of the following statements regarding cryptorchidism is true?

Retained testicles do not produce sperm, but do produce testosterone.

Using _____________ as a wound dressing encourages wound granulation.

Saline-soaked gauze

Vaccines are available for all of the following diseases except

Salmonella

Regarding fecal collection in a horse

Sample sizes are similar to those collected in small animals.

All of the following statements about anesthetic maintenance and recovery are true except

The endotracheal tube is removed after the cuff has been deflated.

Which of the following statements about venous blood sampling is true?

The jugular vein is used most often in sheep and goats.

What procedure might be performed during a breeding soundness examination of a mare suspected of infertility due to uterine bacterial infection?

Uterine Culture

To help prevent blurring when radiographing a horse's foot

Use only high-speed film/screen combinations

Signs of strangulation of the coccygeal artery caused by a tail wrap would not include

Warm temperature of the tail

When loading a horse onto a trailer

always lead from the level of the poll

A mule

is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse

With regard to drugs used for pain management in animals undergoing surgery, the meat withdrawal time for ____________ is 7 days.

ketprofen

A horse whose medical record includes the designation NPO should

no food or water by mouth

When diagraming face markings on a horse, a _________ is a small marking between the eyes located anywhere from the poll to the bottom third of the forehead.

star

The preferred stall bedding for pregnant animals and neonates is

straw

Mobile veterinary units are used

in ambulatory practices