USF/Pre-Vet Society
Terms for Animals
Common Abbreviations
Anatomy
Vet Schools
100

The name of our first admissions speaker from last semester(St. George's University)

Lysa Minelli

100
A castrated male cow
A steer


100

PE

Physical Exam
100

An animal that walks on 4 limbs

Tetrapod

100

Typical length of a DVM program

4 years

200

The name of an animal biology degree at USF

B.S. Biology with Animal Concentration

200

A female sheep

A ewe
200

AU

Both ears

200

Anatomical direction term relating to the tail or the hind part of an organism

Caudal

200

This vet school is typically the highest-ranked in the country

UC-Davis

300

The current USF President

Rhea Law

300

An intact male dog

A stud

300

SOAP

Subjective, objective, assessment, plan

300

True term for the shoulder blade

The scapula

300

The number of vet schools in the US.

33

400

What year was ISA built?

2011

400

A female cat with kittens


A queen

400

TPR

Temperature, pulse, respiration


400

Order of the vertebra

Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, caudal

400
Length of the NAVLE exam

6.5 hours +/- 1 hour for orientation and break

500

What was the first building constructed at USF Tampa?

The John and Grace Allen Building(1956)

500

A young female pig that has not given birth 

A gilt

500

FIP

Feline infectious peritonitis


500

Sole of the hind paws/feet

Plantar


500

An estimate of how many new veterinarians graduate each year in the US

Roughly 4,000

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