Small and Large Animal
List 3 foods that are toxic to dogs
Alcohol, Coffee, Yeast dough, Mushrooms, Grapes, Chocolate, Avocado, Raisins, Wild Cherry, apricot, etc.
Name 3 common pre-rec courses for vet school
Gen Bio, Gen Chem, Orgo, Physics, Genetics, Stats, Cell Bio, etc.
Hydrophobia is a common symptom for what disease, for which the latin translation is madness?
Rabies
ECC is the abbreviation for what vet specialty?
Emergency and Critical Care
What speciality is unique to exotics and wildlife?
Zoological Medicine
What kind of cat is a long-haired breed with a round face and a short muzzle? Contrary to its name, not all of them live in Iran.
A persian
How many vet schools are in the USA?
33
Osteosarcoma is one of the most common cancers found on dogs. It is a tumor found on what body part?
Which vet specialties focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to the kidney and urinary tract.
Nephrology and Urology
What is the deadliest creature in the world?
Hint: it carries disease
A mosquito
What word means a female dairy animal that has not yet given birth and therefore does not produce milk?
A heifer
What month are the VMCAS applications due?
September
What controversial elective ear surgery for dogs removes part of the outside of the ear for aesthetic reasons? It shares its name with an agricultural term.
Ear cropping
Virology, immunology, bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology are all included under what vet specialty?
Microbiology
What percentage of rabbit's diet should be hay?
80-90%
What is the disease that causes damage and inflammation of the tissue between the hoof and the underlying coffin bone of any ungulates (horses and cattle)?
Laminitis
How many recommendations do you need for your application (min and max)?
Min:3
Max:6
Bordetella bronchiseptica is the most common agent that causes what alliterative dog-afflicting respiratory disease?
Kennel cough
What vet specialty included epidemiology and is the evaluation of an animal's overall health and risk of disease and health problems?
Preventative Medicine
What is one technique for sexing a snake?
Probing, Popping, Ultrasonography, DNA testing
Due to their squished faces, pugs are prone to which syndrome that affects their breathing and starts with B?
Brachycephalic syndrome
What is the online situational judgment test that some vet schools require?
CASPER
What asymptomatic disease, that comes from a protozoa found in cat feces, do 40% of cat owners in the US have?
Toxoplasmosis
Cardiology, neurology, oncology, and nutrition are part of what vet specialty?
Internal Medicine
Which disease, that is easily transmitted amongst birds, do owners contract from parrot droppings/feathers?
Aka psittacosis
Parrot Fever