Terms
A bacteria or virus that causes clinical disease:
Pathogen
Poultry rely on a ____________, a strong muscular organ that may contain grit, to grind their food.
Gizzard
This device is a steam-pressure sterilizer that uses heat to destroy microorganisms on instruments.
Autoclave
What is the fastest way to have substances enter the bloodstream?
Intravenously
Put in order the most dangerous chocolate types for dogs (least to most) white chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate
white chocolate, milk, semi-sweet, dark
This term refers to a collection of pus (dead white blood cells) that has accumulated in a cavity formed
by the tissue due to an infection or other foreign material.
Abcess
Your chicken has a heart rate of 275 beats per minute. Is that something to be worried about?
Nope, this is normal
The root work or combining form of the medical term that refers to the lung is:
Pulmonary, Pulmon
You are doing maintenance on an anesthesia machine. You happen to notice that the granules in the
canister are starting to turn purple. What does this usually indicate?
The granules have lost the ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
What does the suffix '-cyte', mean?
Cell
What type of connective tissue connects muscles to bones?
Tendons
Birds have airways that can connect into certain bones. What would be there term for this?
Pneumatic
Soaking items in a chemical disinfectant until they are used is called:
Cold Sterilization
Name two symptoms of distemper
Fever, vomiting, diarrhea, nasal secretions, and seizures
A male cat comes into the clinic with reported instances of yowling, and frequent visits to the letterbox. What is most likely the cause?
Blockage/Urinary Crystals
The term for lying down
Recumbant
The larger the _____, the more likely that this bird is to be a very strong flyer
Keel
Which of these is the scientific name for hookworm?
A Dipylidium caninum
B Toxocara canis
C Ancylostoma caninum
D None of these
C) Ancylostoma caninum
A kitten is suffering from FCV. Feline calicivirus is caused by:
RNA virus
What does the suffix, '-penia' stand for?
Deficiency of
An eight month old Chihuahua was stung by a wasp and had a fluctuation in its heart rate. Which term describes its fluctuating heart rate?
Arrhythmia
Name four characteristics that describe the avian species (in ten seconds)
Feathers, hollow bones, air sacs, oviparity, beaks, preening, crop, molt, homologous structures to humans, etc.
Which of these is the correct flow of blood through the heart?
Right Atrium, Right Ventricle, Pulmonary Arteries, Lungs, Pulmonary Veins, Left Atrium, Left Ventricle, Aorta
What are the percentages of cells, and plasma in blood?
40%, 60%
The term "veterinary" comes from the Latin word "veterinae" meaning "_____".
Working Animals