VETT 232 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the dental formula for llamas and alpacas? - Answer- 2 (1/3 i, 1/1 c, 1-2/1-2 p,
3/3 m)
Which of the following statements isn't true?
a. heat detection involves testing for the lordosis response
b. gilts should be exposed to mature boars daily to encourage the "boar effect"
c. swine ovulation rates are more pronounced during the third estrus after puberty
d. boars have a pheromone-secreting anal gland that sexually stimulates female pigs -
Answer- D.
SMEDI stands for what? - Answer- stillbirth, mummification, embryonic death, and
infertility
SMEDI can be a clinical sign of what? - Answer- Leptospirosis
Which of the following statements is true?
a. pale soft exudative pork results from stress prior to slaughter
b. malignant hypothermia can be treated with neuromuscular blocking agents
c. the incidence of porcine stress syndrome is higher during humid weather
d. rickets results from a dietary deficiency of potassium - Answer- C.
Which of the following items, which are toxic to swine, causes acute cerebral edema?
a. salt
b. ergot
c. cocklebur
d. pigweed - Answer- A.
Thumps in pigs is characterized by? - Answer- abdominal breathing
All of the following statements about porcine atrophic rhinitis are true except?
a. the regressive form of the disease is permanent
b. the progressive form is cauded by Pasteurella multocida
c. the regressive form is caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica
d. inadequate ventilation can intensify the disease - Answer- A.
The current estimate of pigs in the US infected with hog cholera is? - Answer- 0%
, Porcine parvovirus is asymptomatic. What would be the only indications of infection? -
Answer- Increased stillbirth and mummification
Which of the following statements about swine influenza is true?
a. it is transmitted from neighboring farms on fomites
b. affected animals can have fevers up to 108 F.
c. in North America, outbreaks occur in the spring or summer.
d. clinical signs typically last 3 - 4 weeks - Answer- B.
Which of the following statements about porcine epidemic diarrhea virus isn't true?
a. it is caused by a coronavirus
b. clinical signs include watery diarrhea
c. outbreaks often start older swine
d. the mortality rate among all ages of swine is high - Answer- D.
The normal pulse rate in swine is? - Answer- 60 - 90 bpm
Malignant hyperthermia in pigs would be most likely triggered by exposure to what? -
Answer- halothane
Which of the following statements about porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
isn't true?
a. it impacts nursing piglets
b. the first stage is the pneumonic phase
c. a vaccine is available
d. it impacts post-weaning piglets - Answer- B.
True or False: a rectal temperature below 100 degrees F in a kid would warrant
immediate attention - Answer- True
Which of the following breeds of sheep is a fine wool breed?
a. Hereford
b. Lincoln
c. Dorset
d. Hampshire
e. Rambouillet - Answer- e. Rambouillet
An adult male goat is which of the following?
a. buck
b. kid
c. wether
d. lamb
e. ewe - Answer- a. buck
Which of the following statements regarding a sick neonatal lamb or kid is not true?
a. hypoglycemia is a common cause of weakness in the neonate.
b. depression is among the most common clinical signs of illness in the neonate.
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the dental formula for llamas and alpacas? - Answer- 2 (1/3 i, 1/1 c, 1-2/1-2 p,
3/3 m)
Which of the following statements isn't true?
a. heat detection involves testing for the lordosis response
b. gilts should be exposed to mature boars daily to encourage the "boar effect"
c. swine ovulation rates are more pronounced during the third estrus after puberty
d. boars have a pheromone-secreting anal gland that sexually stimulates female pigs -
Answer- D.
SMEDI stands for what? - Answer- stillbirth, mummification, embryonic death, and
infertility
SMEDI can be a clinical sign of what? - Answer- Leptospirosis
Which of the following statements is true?
a. pale soft exudative pork results from stress prior to slaughter
b. malignant hypothermia can be treated with neuromuscular blocking agents
c. the incidence of porcine stress syndrome is higher during humid weather
d. rickets results from a dietary deficiency of potassium - Answer- C.
Which of the following items, which are toxic to swine, causes acute cerebral edema?
a. salt
b. ergot
c. cocklebur
d. pigweed - Answer- A.
Thumps in pigs is characterized by? - Answer- abdominal breathing
All of the following statements about porcine atrophic rhinitis are true except?
a. the regressive form of the disease is permanent
b. the progressive form is cauded by Pasteurella multocida
c. the regressive form is caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica
d. inadequate ventilation can intensify the disease - Answer- A.
The current estimate of pigs in the US infected with hog cholera is? - Answer- 0%
, Porcine parvovirus is asymptomatic. What would be the only indications of infection? -
Answer- Increased stillbirth and mummification
Which of the following statements about swine influenza is true?
a. it is transmitted from neighboring farms on fomites
b. affected animals can have fevers up to 108 F.
c. in North America, outbreaks occur in the spring or summer.
d. clinical signs typically last 3 - 4 weeks - Answer- B.
Which of the following statements about porcine epidemic diarrhea virus isn't true?
a. it is caused by a coronavirus
b. clinical signs include watery diarrhea
c. outbreaks often start older swine
d. the mortality rate among all ages of swine is high - Answer- D.
The normal pulse rate in swine is? - Answer- 60 - 90 bpm
Malignant hyperthermia in pigs would be most likely triggered by exposure to what? -
Answer- halothane
Which of the following statements about porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
isn't true?
a. it impacts nursing piglets
b. the first stage is the pneumonic phase
c. a vaccine is available
d. it impacts post-weaning piglets - Answer- B.
True or False: a rectal temperature below 100 degrees F in a kid would warrant
immediate attention - Answer- True
Which of the following breeds of sheep is a fine wool breed?
a. Hereford
b. Lincoln
c. Dorset
d. Hampshire
e. Rambouillet - Answer- e. Rambouillet
An adult male goat is which of the following?
a. buck
b. kid
c. wether
d. lamb
e. ewe - Answer- a. buck
Which of the following statements regarding a sick neonatal lamb or kid is not true?
a. hypoglycemia is a common cause of weakness in the neonate.
b. depression is among the most common clinical signs of illness in the neonate.
