Avian
True or False
An Owner tells you that they house their parakeet primarily in their kitchen. This is a safe practice and we should not be concerned.
False
Fumes from cooking oils or pans can be harmful, even causing death, to birds.
Rats used in research to study the process of aging are used in this type of study...
Gerontology
Female reptiles, such as morning geckos, reproduce without the presence of a male. What is the term for this?
Parthenogenesis
What are required on prescription label?
Hospital Name, address, and phone number
Patient's name, Owner's Last name
Date
Drug, strength, quantity
Instructions
Expiration Date
What disease is found in all species and begins by ingesting spores found in contaminated food or bedding?
Bonus: what is the cause (specific name of causative spore)?
Tyzzer's Disease
Clostridium piloforme
True or False
A birds diet consisting of mostly seeds is nutrient sufficient.
False.
Birds should receive a mix of commercially made pellets, nuts, fruit, and veggies depending on where they are found in the environment
Gestation time for rabbits is?
29-35 days
Amphibians have these ______ to breath underwater and then develop these _______ to breath on land.
Gills
Lungs
Once they are fully mature they no longer have the ability to breath via gills.
Choices: Gabapentin 50mg, 100mg, 300mg
Note these are capsules and cannot be broken in half.
Two different bottles:
Gaba 50mg (#18) Give 1 capsule by mouth every 8 hours for 6 days.
Gaba 100mg (#18) Give 1 capsule by mouth every 8 hours for 6 days.
or
Gaba 50mg (#54) Give 3 capsules by mouth every 8 hours for 6 days.
In non human primates this disease can cause joint swelling and hemorrhage of the gums, eyes, and periosteum.
What is Scurvy.
What do a bird's "dropping" consist of?
Feces - brown/green
Urates - white, pasty - ammonia excreted from the kidneys
Urine - liquid portion
Rats and mice have how many front limb digits and how many hind limb digits?
Four
Five
The term used to describe the shedding of skin in exotic animals.
Bonus how do snakes shed in comparison to lizards?
Ecdysis
Snakes shed in one piece while lizards shed in small pieces like a sun burn.
Nutrients that cannot be produced in sufficient quantities by the animal itself and must be provided are know as what?
Essential Nutrients
Although difficult to isolate this disease is often identified by clinical signs including red-brown tears and infertility in females.
Bonus: what bacteria causes this disease?
Murine Mycoplasmosis
Mycoplasma pulmonis
When raising a young bird - what must you be cautious of during feeding?
Making the food too hot and causing crop burn
Several species develop this after mating to assist in the transfer, transport, and prevention of leakage of sperm.
Copulatory Plug
In turtles or tortoises the upper shell is called _____ and the ventral shell is called ______.
Carapace
Plastron
What is a potential draw back to using ear notching for identification?
The holes may grow closed over time.
This is one internal parasite that most cases are subclinical but can be treated with praziquantel.
Tapeworms
During a PE you open the oropharynx and see the tongue is grey with a bad odor and the glottis consists of several white oral lesions. What can you infer from these findings?
That the bird is not healthy and may have:
1) a bacterial infection
and
2) a vitamin A deficiency
When a female guinea pig is ready to breed, she will arch her back and sway her hips. This is considered what?
Lordosis
When not enough UVB light is provided to exotics what deficiency and disease can occur?
Vit D3 deficiency
Metabolic Bone Disease
The lab animal with the shortest gestation is?
Hamsters
A rabbit presents for anorexia and constipation but appears otherwise normal. PE findings include an abdomen that palpates as doughy. What should be considered?
Trichobezoars (gastric hairballs)