Puppy and kittens
Abbreviations
Toxicities
Medical terminology
Emergency medicine/surgery
100

What age do vaccines generally begin for puppies and kittens?

What is 8 weeks?
100

IV

What is intravenous?
100

A sugary dessert that comes in 3 varieties: white, milk and dark

BONUS: What does it do to the patient?

What is chocolate


BONUS: vomiting, diarrhea, increased heart rate, panting

100

What does the suffix -itis mean?

What is inflammation of?

100

When performing CPR, what song can help keep the correct rate/rhythm of compressions?

What is Staying Alive?

200

Which vaccine do puppies get every 4 weeks, until 20 weeks of age?

What is distemper-parvo?

200

PO

By mouth (orally)

200

What plant family is toxic to felines?

What is lily plant?

200

A serum that appears milky is described as what?

What is lipemic?

200

Name one drug that increases heart rate.

What is epinephrine, Atropine.

300

What is the most common, broad spectrum dewormer we use in both puppies and kittens?

What is Drontal (Praziquantal)?

300

PCV

What is packed cell volume?

300

Ingredient commonly found in sugar free gums, candies, foods

What is xylitol?

300
Name 3 veins that we commonly draw blood from.

What is cephalic, jugular, saphenous.

300

On presentation, a 90 lb yellow lab is panting heavily, owner reports collapse and lethargy, and has a history of going hiking in July. What are your first steps?

What is take temperature and start active cooling?

400

In kittens, what diseases are tested for on our feline snap test?

What is FIV and feline leukemia?

400

CHF

What is congestive heart failure?

400

Used in the household to deter/eliminate rats and mice.

BONUS: What does toxic rat poison do?

What is rodenticide (rat poison)

BONUS: prevents blood clotting

400

What is the term for an enlarged heart?

What is cardiomegaly?

400

Which radiograph view should you take for a patient you suspect has GDV?

What is right lateral?

500
Which intestinal parasite has a shed cycle of every 3 weeks, versus the 2 week cycle of most other parasites? 

BONUS points for how you treat it!

What is whipworms?

Administer Drontal every 3 weeks. 

500

FIP

What is feline infectious peritonitis?

500

This item generally comes from a vehicle, and tastes sweet.

What is antifreeze?

500

What is the correct medical term for a bloody nose?

What is epistaxis?

500

What is the term for making an incision into the stomach?

What is gastrotomy

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