This is the Father of Veterinary Technology
Who is Walter E. Collins
This organization sets a standard of Veterinary Excellence in a hospital
Who is AAHA or the American Animal Hospital Association?
This exists when a veterinarian is responsible for clinical judgments, is personally familiar with an animal and is readily available for care of an animal
What is VCPR or Veterinary Client Patient Relationship
OSHA stands for this
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
The ages of 3-16 weeks in puppies and 2 to 7 weeks in kittens is called this
What is the socialization period?
This is FAS is measured to help the animal have a positive experience during their visits
What is Fear-Anxiety-Stress?
This is almost always a technician's responsibility during a physical exam
What is obtaining a TPR?
This occurs when maternal antibodies are passed from the dam to the fetus through colostrum or via intravenous infusion of antibody rich plasma
What is Passive Immunity?
Proteins are broken into these, while carbohydrates are broken down into these
What are amino acids and simple or complex sugars?
This means "pertaining to the tail"
What is caudal?
This is the average gestation for swine
What is 115 days
This causes chronic valvular disease.
What is thickening of the heart valves
These are 3 of the 9 domains on the VTNE (Veterinary Technician Nation Examination
What are: Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Surgical Nursing, Dentristy, Laboratory Procedures, Animal care and nursing, Diagnostic Imaging, Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine/Critical Care, and Pain Management/Anesthesia
What is 18 years old?
These 3 things can workplace hazards in the Veterinary Hospital
What is ergonomic injuries, clutter, lack of cleanliness, ineffective organization, eating and drinking in non designated areas, and improper storage
This is the preferred method of operant conditioning where the animal is rewarded when it does the performed behavior
What is positive reinforcement?
These are the 2 methods used to move cattle
What is Pressure and Release and Point of Balance?
An absence of a palpable pulse with an audible heartbeat
What is pulse deficit?
Rabies, CIV, Lepto and Lyme are types of this type of vaccine.
What are noninfectious vaccines?
These are the Fat Soluble vitamins
What is A,D, E, and K
The position this dog is lying in is called
What is right lateral recumbancy?
This gland in the female body is responsible for the production of melatonin which regulates seasonal or diurnal rhythms of breeding
What is the pineal?
Name 2 signs of cardiac disease
What is exercise intolerance, collapse, coughing, increased heart rate, increased respiratory rate
Veterinarians are the only ones who can do these 4 things
What are Prescribe, Diagnose, Prognose and Perform Surgery
This type of medical records utilizes SOAP, working problem lists and master problem lists
What is POVMR or Problem oriented veterinary medical record?
Section 2 of this identifies the hazards relating the the chemical being used
What is the SDS or Safety Data Sheets
A furrowed brow, dilated pupils, ears back or down, lips back, panting slow or frantic movements, possible defensive aggression indicate this level of stress in a dog
What is severely stressed
To perform this, you grasp a cow's tail 6-10 inches from the base at a 60 degree angle in order to release endorphins similar to using a twitch in horses.
This is an unequal appearance of an animal's pupils
What is anisocoria?
These are 2 routes that vaccines are normally administered
What are Subcutaneous, Intramuscular, Transdermal, Intranasal or Intraoral
Cats cannot convert the amino acid tryptophan into this B vitamin so it needs to be included in their diet
What is Niacin or B3? Deficiencies include inflammed gums, ulcers, weight loss, diarrhea

These are the 2 planes this animal is divided into
What is median-which divides the animal in 1/2 longitudinally and Dorsal--which divides the animal into 2-upper dorsal and lower ventral
Spermatogenesis occurs in this organ
What are the testicles?
There are this many stages in the grief process
What are 5 stages?
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
This member of the Healthcare team has completed a 2 year program of study at an accredited school, passed the VTNE and has been licensed by the state.
What is a Veterinary Technician?
This is 4 components included in the patients signalment
What is: Name, species, breed, gender, reproductive status, age, color and distinctive markings
This is something all veterinary hospitals have that can absorb chemical spills
What is cat litter?
This type of operant conditioning is when something aversive is removed when the animal does the desired behavior.
What is negative reinforcement?
This is wrapped around the horses tail to cover hairs and prevent the hair from getting into clean fields
What is a Tail tie?
What are 9 areas on each side?
What is Rabies and FVRCP?
This is essential in ruminants to prevent white muscle disease, especially in young lambs
What is selenium?
Aural is pertaining to this
What is the ear
Ovulation of a mature follicle is caused by an increase in which hormone
What is Luteinizing hormone (LH)
This is the most common disease of geriatric patients
What is neoplasia?
This is the primary set of laws of the Veterinary Profession and promotes public safety and welfare by ensuring competent Veterinary Medical Care.
What is the Practice Act
These are the areas of the hospital that are considered "Outpatient Areas"
What are the Reception area and the Examination rooms?
MAOR is the acronym for a summary of the patients hospital management
What is Medication Administration/Order Record
Ethlyene oxide and Glutaraldehyde which are used for sterilization and Formalin which is often used for tissue preservation need to to be handled carefully as they are considered to be this
A human carcinogen
These are located directly behind the horse and directly below its nose
What are the horse's blind spots?
These are often used in horses to release natural endorphins to help calm a horse
What are twitches?
This organ is on the Left side of the animal and is palpable during the physical exam
What is the spleen?
This is associated with Rabies and FeLV vaccines in felines and is monitored using the 1-2-3 rule
What are Vaccinal Sarcomas in Felines?
Ruminants use this to turn the protein in poor to moderate quality feeds into higher quality
What are rumen microbes?
Rostral is pertaining to this
What is the nose?
This term is used when a female is sexually receptive to a male for mating
What is Estrus?
This should be the 6th Freedom for all Pets
What is to die a good death?
Rules and Regulations are written by this entity, not by the State of Ohio Legislature
What is the Ohio Veterinary Medical Licensing Board or OVMLB?
This is where prepping the animal should take place prior to taking it into the surgical suite
What is the the treatment room or surgical prep room?
Advantages of EMR's or Electronic Medical Records includes these 2 things
What is protection of tampering of records, hacking, improved legibility, viewable by multiple people, incorporation of findings like labwork, ecgs, xrays
Ear protection needs to be rated to filter noise by this many decibels (dB) as noise levels in a dog ward can reach as high as 110 dB and pigs can squeal as loud as 130 dB.
What is 20 decibels?
An alert expression, mildly dilated pupils, ears fixed in one direction, head raised or lowered, intermittent nostril flare indicates this stress level in a horse
What is mildly stressed?
This is the area around livestock that is considered to be the animal's personal space-in dairy cattle it is 2-4 ft, beef cattle it is up to 20ft.
What is the flight zone?
These are the lymph nodes that are easily palpable during physical exam
What are the Mandibular, pre-scapular, and popliteal lymph nodes?
This is the name of the test in Equines that tests for EIA or Equine Infectious Anemia
What is a Coggins Test
These are 2 food myths often discussed in a veterinary practice
Ventral is pertaining to this
The corpus luteum (CL) produces which hormone to prepare and maintain the uterus for implantation and pregnancy?
What is progesterone?
Mitral regurgitation occurs in horses of this age
What is 15 years
Refusal of licensure is most commonly due to this
What are crimes of Moral Turpitude such as shoplifting, embezzlement, forgery, animal cruelty?
This is how often a performance review should be completed by management
What is after 90 day and then annually thereafter?
These are the 2 types of filing systems most commonly used with paper records
What are alphabetic and numerical?
These are 2 things a Veterinary Technician can do to protect themselves from WAGs (Waste Anesthetic Gasses)
What is use a proper Scavenging system, use proper anesthetic protocols and check the anesthetic machine for leaks prior to using
These are 2 of the many repetitive behaviors (formerly called "stable vices" in horses
What are wind sucking, cribbing, wood sucking and chewing, stall walking and weaving, kicking stalls and frequent pawing?
Use this as a 3rd wall when moving swine
What is a pig board?
Tetanus is caused by this organism that has entered the animals body via wound or surgery.
What is Clostridium tetani?
If there is damage to the nasal/oral cavity of an animal, this is often placed to provide long term nourishment
What is pharyngostomy, esophagostomy or gastrotomy tubes?
This is the position you place an animal in to take an xray where the beam enters the back of the animal first
What is dorsal ventral or DV?
This male hormone stimulates testosterone production
What is Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Luteinizing hormone secreted from the pituitary gland stimulates testosterone production
This drug can cause vomiting in animals
What is morphine (opiods)