NAVLE COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULLY SOLVED
●● Allopurinol
Answer: used to treat urate stones, giving too much can result in
xanthine stones- allopurinol inhibits it's metabolism
●● Apomorphine triggers _____ and causes ____ in dogs
Answer: emesis, triggers CRTZ
●● What are the indications and side effects of azathioprine?
Answer: Used as an immunosuppressive drug
Side effects: pancreatitis, hepatotoxicity, GI upset, bone marrow
suppression
●● Thiopental/barbituates
Answer: anesthetic agent
causes increased rate of cardiac arrhythmias- ventricular bigeminy
common in dogs, apnea in cats
●● What kind of opiod is butorphanol
, Answer: kappa agonist
mu antagonist-not good for pain!
●● Desmopressin acetate
Answer: Used in vWD and diabetes insipidus
Acts similar to vasopressin as an antidiuretic, increasing serum
osmolality and decreasing urine production
Increases factor VIII and plasminogen factors
●● Doxycyline
Answer: young puppies (tetracyclines)-delayed bone growth and teeth
discoloration
Good for intracellular bacteria in mammalian cells, used in tick borne
disease, Mycoplasma
●● What are 3 effects of epinephrine?
Answer: vasoconstriction
Increased peripheral vascular resistance
bronchodilation
●● Isoprosterenol
Answer: beta receptor agonist used for broncho constritction and
arrhythmias such as complete AV block, chronotrope and ionotrope
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULLY SOLVED
●● Allopurinol
Answer: used to treat urate stones, giving too much can result in
xanthine stones- allopurinol inhibits it's metabolism
●● Apomorphine triggers _____ and causes ____ in dogs
Answer: emesis, triggers CRTZ
●● What are the indications and side effects of azathioprine?
Answer: Used as an immunosuppressive drug
Side effects: pancreatitis, hepatotoxicity, GI upset, bone marrow
suppression
●● Thiopental/barbituates
Answer: anesthetic agent
causes increased rate of cardiac arrhythmias- ventricular bigeminy
common in dogs, apnea in cats
●● What kind of opiod is butorphanol
, Answer: kappa agonist
mu antagonist-not good for pain!
●● Desmopressin acetate
Answer: Used in vWD and diabetes insipidus
Acts similar to vasopressin as an antidiuretic, increasing serum
osmolality and decreasing urine production
Increases factor VIII and plasminogen factors
●● Doxycyline
Answer: young puppies (tetracyclines)-delayed bone growth and teeth
discoloration
Good for intracellular bacteria in mammalian cells, used in tick borne
disease, Mycoplasma
●● What are 3 effects of epinephrine?
Answer: vasoconstriction
Increased peripheral vascular resistance
bronchodilation
●● Isoprosterenol
Answer: beta receptor agonist used for broncho constritction and
arrhythmias such as complete AV block, chronotrope and ionotrope
