Sample Questions
Domain – PHARMACOLOGY
1. Which chemotherapeutic drug is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and achieve potentially beneficial drug concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid?
A. Carboplatin
B. CCNU
C. L-Aspariginase
D. Mitoxantrone
Domain – PHARMACOLOGY
2. In regards to doxorubicin chemotherapy and cardio toxicity, which statement is correct?
A. Cardiotoxicity is a cumulative problem with doxorubicin
B. Cardiovascular effects from doxorubicin can be reversed
C. Dogs with pre-existing cardiomyopathy can be treated with doxorubicin
D. Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy causes bradycardia
Domain – ANESTHESIA & ANALGESIA
3. What would be an effective analgesia for radiographing a potentially pathologically fractured tibia, from a biopsy confirmed chondrosarcoma, in an otherwise normal, healthy, 5-year old Labrador retriever?
A. Acepromazine
B. Dexmedetomidne
C. Pamidronate
D. Piroxicam
Answers 1. Answer: B 2. Answer: A 3. Answer: B
1. Which chemotherapeutic drug is able to cross the blood-brain barrier and achieve potentially beneficial drug concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid?
A. Carboplatin
B. CCNU
C. L-Aspariginase
D. Mitoxantrone
Domain – PHARMACOLOGY
2. In regards to doxorubicin chemotherapy and cardio toxicity, which statement is correct?
A. Cardiotoxicity is a cumulative problem with doxorubicin
B. Cardiovascular effects from doxorubicin can be reversed
C. Dogs with pre-existing cardiomyopathy can be treated with doxorubicin
D. Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy causes bradycardia
Domain – ANESTHESIA & ANALGESIA
3. What would be an effective analgesia for radiographing a potentially pathologically fractured tibia, from a biopsy confirmed chondrosarcoma, in an otherwise normal, healthy, 5-year old Labrador retriever?
A. Acepromazine
B. Dexmedetomidne
C. Pamidronate
D. Piroxicam
Answers 1. Answer: B 2. Answer: A 3. Answer: B
Reading Lists
RE Raskin & DJ Meyer, Canine and Feline Cytology: a color atlas and interpretation guide, 2nd ed., Saunders/Elsevier, 2010, ISBN: 9781416049852
MC Moore & NG Palmer, Calculations for Veterinary Nurses, Blackwell Science Ltd, 2001, ISBN-13: 978-0632054985
OUT OF PRINT - DS Fischer, HJ Durivage, MT Knobf, & N Beaulieu, Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook, 6th ed., Elsevier, 2003. ISBN: 9780323018906
K Crump & DH Thamm, Cancer Chemotherapy for the Veterinary Health Team, Wiley, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0813821160
WB Morrison, Cancer in Dogs and Cats, Medical and Surgical Management, 2nd ed., Teton NewMedia, 2002. ISBN-13: 978-1893441477
CJ Henry & ML Higginbotham, Cancer Management in Small Animal Practice, Saunders/Elsevier, 2010, ISBN-13: 978-1416031833
DJ Argyle, MJ Brearley & MM Turek, Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology, Blackwell Publishing, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-08103822754
AC Valenciano & RL Cowell, Cowell & Tyler's Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Dog and Cat, 5th ed., Mosby/Elsevier, 2020, ISBN: 9780323533140
GK Ogilvie & AS Moore, Feline Oncology, Veterinary Learning Systems, ISBN-13: 978-1884254536
CH Sodikoff, Laboratory Profiles of Small Animal Diseases: A Guide to Laboratory Diagnosis, 2nd ed., Mosby-Year Book, 1995, ISBN-13: 978-0939674374
GK Oglivie & AS Moore, Managing the Veterinary Cancer Patient: A Practice Manual, Veterinary Learning Systems, 1997, ISBN-13: 978-1884254208
AS Moore & AE Frimberger editors, Oncology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0813812762
DC Plumb, Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 9th Ed. 2018. ISBN# 978-1119344452
DJ Meuten editor, Tumors in Domestic Animals, 5th ed., Wiley-Blackwell Professional, 20017. ISBN: 9780813821795
WJ Reagan, AR Irizarry Rovira & DB DeNicola, Veterinary Hematology: Atlas of Common Domestic and Non-Domestic Species, 3rd ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2019, ISBN: 9781119064817
MA Thrall, G Weiser, R Allison & T Campbell, Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry, 2nded., Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-0813810270
RC Rosenthal, Veterinary Oncology Secrets, Hanley and Belfus. 2001. ISBN-13: 978-1560534167
SJ Withrow, DM Vail & R Page, Withrow & MacEwen’s Small Animal Clinical Oncology, 6th ed., Saunders Elsevier; 2020, ISBN: 9780323594967
Veterinary Clinics of North America, “Advances in Medical Oncology”, 5/03 – Kitchell, editor
MC Moore & NG Palmer, Calculations for Veterinary Nurses, Blackwell Science Ltd, 2001, ISBN-13: 978-0632054985
OUT OF PRINT - DS Fischer, HJ Durivage, MT Knobf, & N Beaulieu, Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook, 6th ed., Elsevier, 2003. ISBN: 9780323018906
K Crump & DH Thamm, Cancer Chemotherapy for the Veterinary Health Team, Wiley, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0813821160
WB Morrison, Cancer in Dogs and Cats, Medical and Surgical Management, 2nd ed., Teton NewMedia, 2002. ISBN-13: 978-1893441477
CJ Henry & ML Higginbotham, Cancer Management in Small Animal Practice, Saunders/Elsevier, 2010, ISBN-13: 978-1416031833
DJ Argyle, MJ Brearley & MM Turek, Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology, Blackwell Publishing, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-08103822754
AC Valenciano & RL Cowell, Cowell & Tyler's Diagnostic Cytology and Hematology of the Dog and Cat, 5th ed., Mosby/Elsevier, 2020, ISBN: 9780323533140
GK Ogilvie & AS Moore, Feline Oncology, Veterinary Learning Systems, ISBN-13: 978-1884254536
CH Sodikoff, Laboratory Profiles of Small Animal Diseases: A Guide to Laboratory Diagnosis, 2nd ed., Mosby-Year Book, 1995, ISBN-13: 978-0939674374
GK Oglivie & AS Moore, Managing the Veterinary Cancer Patient: A Practice Manual, Veterinary Learning Systems, 1997, ISBN-13: 978-1884254208
AS Moore & AE Frimberger editors, Oncology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-0813812762
DC Plumb, Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 9th Ed. 2018. ISBN# 978-1119344452
DJ Meuten editor, Tumors in Domestic Animals, 5th ed., Wiley-Blackwell Professional, 20017. ISBN: 9780813821795
WJ Reagan, AR Irizarry Rovira & DB DeNicola, Veterinary Hematology: Atlas of Common Domestic and Non-Domestic Species, 3rd ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2019, ISBN: 9781119064817
MA Thrall, G Weiser, R Allison & T Campbell, Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry, 2nded., Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-0813810270
RC Rosenthal, Veterinary Oncology Secrets, Hanley and Belfus. 2001. ISBN-13: 978-1560534167
SJ Withrow, DM Vail & R Page, Withrow & MacEwen’s Small Animal Clinical Oncology, 6th ed., Saunders Elsevier; 2020, ISBN: 9780323594967
Veterinary Clinics of North America, “Advances in Medical Oncology”, 5/03 – Kitchell, editor
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