Common Veterinary Equipment
Vets use this instrument to listen to an animal's heart and lungs
What is a stethoscope?
APVMA
What is the American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association?
A baby horse
What is a foal?
These train the immune system to protect against specific diseases
What are vaccines?
These tiny jumping insects can make pets itch
What are fleas?
This cone shaped device keeps a pet from licking its stitches
What is an E-collar? (Elizabethan collar)
During this hands-on year of vet school, students move through services such as emergency medicine and surgery
What are clinical rotations?
A baby elephant
What is a calf?
This surgery prevents a female pet from becoming pregnant by removing her ovaries and uterus
What is spaying?
These eight-legged parasites attach to animals and can transmit Lyme disease
What are ticks?
This instrument is used to look inside an animal's ears
What is an otoscope?
A veterinarian seeking specialty training in areas such as surgery or cardiology may complete this multiyear training program
What is residency?
A baby goat
What is a kid?
Keeping pets away from this human treat that contains theobromine helps prevent poisoning
What is chocolate?
Intestinal parasite that looks like small white or cream colored grains of rice
What is a tapeworm?
This flexible tube is placed in a vein to deliver fluids or medication
What is an IV catheter?
This vet school is the closest to Canisius University
What is University of Guelph? (Ontario Veterinary College)
A young carnivore (such as a dog, lion, or bear)
a quick blood screening that checks an animal simultaneously for multiple common infectious or viral diseases
What is a combo test?
These tiny parasites can cause itchy ears and dark debris that resembles coffee grounds
What are ear mites?
This machine uses pressurized steam to sterilize surgical instruments
What is an autoclave?
A solemn pledge taken by graduating veterinarians to formally commit to the ethical, medical, and professional standards of their practice.
A baby ferret
What is a kit?
This term describes a disease that can spread between animals and humans
What is a zoonotic disease?
Mosquitoes transmit this parasite, whose adult worms mainly live in the blood vessels serving the lungs of infected dogs