Terminology
Commonly called “fixing” or “desexing,” what is the proper term for removing the testes of a male animal (castrate) and the ovaries and uterus of a female animal (spay)?
Neuter
X-rays are used to take a special photograph called a
Radiograph
The sports medicine and rehabilitation specialty includes subsets for what two kinds of animals?
Canine and Equine
At around 12 to 16 weeks of age, a puppy can start preventive care against what condition in which parasites lodge in the right side of an important circulatory organ?
Heartworm
Just like in humans, animals produce what “A” type of molecule, a product of the immune system that attacks a foreign substance in the body?
Antibody
The abbreviation 'DSH' means
Domestic Short Hair (a breed of domestic cat)
This device is a steam-pressure sterilizer that uses heat to destroy microorganisms on instruments.
Autoclave
What specialty deals with fungi?
Mycology (subset of Microbiology)
Doxycycline is commonly used to treat which tickborne disease, particularly when it’s associated with nephritis?
Lyme Disease
Osteosarcoma is one of the most common cancers found in dogs. It is a tumor found on what body part?
Bone
The suffix -cyte means
Cell
What machine is used to separate plasma and serum from blood cells?
Centrifuge
What specialty deals with treatments for pain, primarily during surgeries?
Anesthesia and Analgesia
An acaricide is a chemical agent used to kill what small insects, a general term for a small arachnid?
Mites
Just like humans, animals are susceptible to what common disease-causing inflammation or degradation of the joints?
Arthritis
What is the term for the period of development of an embryo or fetus in the uterus, the time between conception and birth?
Gestation
What tool used for drawing blood is named after an insect because of its shape?
Butterfly catheter/needle
Epidemiology falls as a subset of what specialty?
Preventative Medicine
It got a lot of attention during the COVID-19 pandemic for potential treatment in humans, but which antiparasitic is more commonly used in dogs, cattle, and horses? (Hint: Soolantra, Sklice, and Stromecto are some brand names).
Ivermectin
Not to be confused with aquaphobia, hydrophobia is historic name for which disease?
Rabies
A strong indicator that an animal is in good health, the veterinary acronym BAR stands for bright, alert, and what third adjective?
Responsive
These are biohazard materials such as needles, scalpel blades, and syringes that must be disposed in red, sealed containers labeled with the biohazard symbol
Sharps
What do theriogenologists specialize in?
Reproduction
Which term describes treatments that kill immature heartworms in the blood?
Microfilaricide
Bordetella bronchiseptica is the most common agent that causes what alliterative dog-afflicting respiratory disease?
Kennel Cough