Sample Questions
Domain – DISEASES
1. Neonatal isoerythrolysis in foals results from what?
A. Absorption of bacteria through the umbilicus at birth
B. Coprophagy
C. Ingestion of anti red blood cell antibodies from the mare’s colostrum
D. Ingesting mare milk rather than colostrum in first 24 hours
Domain – DISEASES
2. Name the bacteria responsible for causing shipping fever pneumonia in cattle.
A. Escherichia coli
B. Fusobacterium necrophorus
C. Pasteurella haemolytica
D. Streptococcus zooepidemicus
Domain – PHARMACOLOGY
3. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory toxicity in the equine patient can lead to which of the following conditions?
A. Anaphylaxis and hives
B. Hypothermia and low blood pressure
C. Respiratory depression and ataxia
D. Ulcerations of oral cavity and digestive tract
Answers 1. Answer: C 2. Answer: C 3. Answer: D
1. Neonatal isoerythrolysis in foals results from what?
A. Absorption of bacteria through the umbilicus at birth
B. Coprophagy
C. Ingestion of anti red blood cell antibodies from the mare’s colostrum
D. Ingesting mare milk rather than colostrum in first 24 hours
Domain – DISEASES
2. Name the bacteria responsible for causing shipping fever pneumonia in cattle.
A. Escherichia coli
B. Fusobacterium necrophorus
C. Pasteurella haemolytica
D. Streptococcus zooepidemicus
Domain – PHARMACOLOGY
3. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory toxicity in the equine patient can lead to which of the following conditions?
A. Anaphylaxis and hives
B. Hypothermia and low blood pressure
C. Respiratory depression and ataxia
D. Ulcerations of oral cavity and digestive tract
Answers 1. Answer: C 2. Answer: C 3. Answer: D
Reading List
Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult – Equine. Jean-Pierre Lavoie & Kenneth Hinchcliff. 2nd Ed. 2008. ISBN : 978-0-8138-1487-2
Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology, Vol. 2. Robert S. Youngquist & Walter Threlfall. 2nd Ed. ISBN: 978-0721693231
Equine Internal Medicine, Stephen M. Reed, Warwick M. Bayly, Debra C. Sellon, 3rd Ed. Saunders, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4160-5670-6
Equine Neonatology Medicine and Surgery, Derek Knottenbelt, Nicola Holdstock, John E. Madigan, Saunders, 2004. ISBN: 0702026921
Equine Veterinary Nursing Manual. Karen M. Coumbe. 1st Ed., Iowa State Press, 2001. ISBN: 0632057270
Manual of Equine Practice. Reuben J. Rose and David R. Hodgson. W.B. 2nd Ed., Saunders Company, 2000. ISBN: 0721686656
Large Animal Clinical Procedures for Veterinary Technicians 2nd Ed. Kristin J. Holtgrew-Bohling, Mosby 2012, ISBN: 978-0-323-07732-3
Large Animal Internal Medicine. Bradford P. Smith, 5th Ed. Mosby Elsevier, 2014. ISBN: 978-0323088398
Large Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians. Laura Lien, Sue Loly, and Sheryl Ferguson. Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. ISBN: 978-1118346716
Manual of Equine Emergencies: Treatment & Procedures, James A. Orsini and Thomas J. Divers. 3rd Ed. Saunders. 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4160-3609-8
Manual of Equine Reproduction, Steven P. Brinsko, Terry L Blanchard, Dickson, D. Varner, James Schumacher, Charles C. Love. 3rd Ed. ISBN: 978-0323064828
Medicine and Surgery of Camelids, 3rd Ed. Murry Fowler. Wiley Blackwell. 2010. ISBN: 978-0-8138-0616-7
Sheep and Goat Medicine, 2nd Ed. D. G. Pugh & A.N. Baird. Saunders, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-4377-2353-3
Veterinarian Practical Reference to Equine Nutrition. AAEP & Purina Mills, Inc 1997 Kent Thompson
Veterinary Clinics of North America-Equine PracticeVet. Clinics of N America, “Advances in Medical Oncology”, 5/03 – Kitchell, editor.
Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses.Radostits, Gay, Hinchcliff & Constable. Elsevier Saunders, 2007. ISBN: 0702027774
Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology, Vol. 2. Robert S. Youngquist & Walter Threlfall. 2nd Ed. ISBN: 978-0721693231
Equine Internal Medicine, Stephen M. Reed, Warwick M. Bayly, Debra C. Sellon, 3rd Ed. Saunders, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-4160-5670-6
Equine Neonatology Medicine and Surgery, Derek Knottenbelt, Nicola Holdstock, John E. Madigan, Saunders, 2004. ISBN: 0702026921
Equine Veterinary Nursing Manual. Karen M. Coumbe. 1st Ed., Iowa State Press, 2001. ISBN: 0632057270
Manual of Equine Practice. Reuben J. Rose and David R. Hodgson. W.B. 2nd Ed., Saunders Company, 2000. ISBN: 0721686656
Large Animal Clinical Procedures for Veterinary Technicians 2nd Ed. Kristin J. Holtgrew-Bohling, Mosby 2012, ISBN: 978-0-323-07732-3
Large Animal Internal Medicine. Bradford P. Smith, 5th Ed. Mosby Elsevier, 2014. ISBN: 978-0323088398
Large Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians. Laura Lien, Sue Loly, and Sheryl Ferguson. Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. ISBN: 978-1118346716
Manual of Equine Emergencies: Treatment & Procedures, James A. Orsini and Thomas J. Divers. 3rd Ed. Saunders. 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4160-3609-8
Manual of Equine Reproduction, Steven P. Brinsko, Terry L Blanchard, Dickson, D. Varner, James Schumacher, Charles C. Love. 3rd Ed. ISBN: 978-0323064828
Medicine and Surgery of Camelids, 3rd Ed. Murry Fowler. Wiley Blackwell. 2010. ISBN: 978-0-8138-0616-7
Sheep and Goat Medicine, 2nd Ed. D. G. Pugh & A.N. Baird. Saunders, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-4377-2353-3
Veterinarian Practical Reference to Equine Nutrition. AAEP & Purina Mills, Inc 1997 Kent Thompson
Veterinary Clinics of North America-Equine PracticeVet. Clinics of N America, “Advances in Medical Oncology”, 5/03 – Kitchell, editor.
Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses.Radostits, Gay, Hinchcliff & Constable. Elsevier Saunders, 2007. ISBN: 0702027774
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