REPRODUCTIVE AFIP MINIBOARD EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
GRADED A++
2. Fetal lesions of epizootic bovine abortion (foothills abortion) include all
EXCEPT:
A. Hypoplastic lymphoid follicles
B. Granulomatous hepatitis
C. Splenic necrosis
D. Splenomegaly
E. Ascites
2: A McGavin MD, et al: Thomson's Special Veterinary Pathology, 3rd ed., p. 617, 2001
23. All are characteristics of bovine freemartins EXCEPT:
A. Invariable presence of seminal vesicles
B. Hypoplastic vagina and vulva
C. Reduced or absent ova
D. Genetic mosaicism
E. Enlarged clitoris
23: D Thomson's, p. 603, 2001
,13. All are associated with ewes ingesting Veratrum californicum during early
gestation EXCEPT:
A. Cyclopia
B. Arrhinencephalia
C. Prolonged gestation
D. Adrenal cortical hyperplasia
E. Malformation of the hypothalamus in lambs
13: D: Thomson's Special Veterinary Pathology, 3rd ed., pp. 282
2. All are associated with fetal infection with Border disease virus (pestivirus) in
lambs EXCEPT:
A. Porencephaly
B. Thymic hypoplasia
C. Thyroid hyperplasia
D. Hypomyelinogenesis
E. Growth arrest lines in long bones
2: C: J&K Vol. I, pp. 289-291, 1993; Thompson's p. 392, 2002
4. All are associated with orchitis in bulls EXCEPT:
A. Brucella abortus
B. Bluetongue virus (orbivirus)
C. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D. Lumpy skin disease virus (capripox)
E. Bovine virus diarrhea virus (pestevirus)
, 4: E: J&K Vol. III, pp. 500-501, 1993; Thompson's pp. 641, 2002
16. In sheep, ovine pestivirus disease may cause all EXCEPT:
A. Abortion
B. Hypertrichosis
C. Contracted limbs
D. Proliferative arthritis
E. CNS hypomyelination
16: D: Thompson's p. 554, 620
4. Transplacental infection of pig fetuses with porcine reproductive and
respiratory virus causes:
A. Arthrogryposis
B. Hydranencephaly
C. Umbilical cord hemorrhage
D. Hepatic necrosis with intranuclear inclusions
E. Death of fetuses at different stages of gestation
4: C. Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, p. 1299
5. Findings in bovine freemartins include all EXCEPT:
A. Seminal vesicles
B. Ovarian Sertoli cells
C. Hyperplasia of the vulva
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
GRADED A++
2. Fetal lesions of epizootic bovine abortion (foothills abortion) include all
EXCEPT:
A. Hypoplastic lymphoid follicles
B. Granulomatous hepatitis
C. Splenic necrosis
D. Splenomegaly
E. Ascites
2: A McGavin MD, et al: Thomson's Special Veterinary Pathology, 3rd ed., p. 617, 2001
23. All are characteristics of bovine freemartins EXCEPT:
A. Invariable presence of seminal vesicles
B. Hypoplastic vagina and vulva
C. Reduced or absent ova
D. Genetic mosaicism
E. Enlarged clitoris
23: D Thomson's, p. 603, 2001
,13. All are associated with ewes ingesting Veratrum californicum during early
gestation EXCEPT:
A. Cyclopia
B. Arrhinencephalia
C. Prolonged gestation
D. Adrenal cortical hyperplasia
E. Malformation of the hypothalamus in lambs
13: D: Thomson's Special Veterinary Pathology, 3rd ed., pp. 282
2. All are associated with fetal infection with Border disease virus (pestivirus) in
lambs EXCEPT:
A. Porencephaly
B. Thymic hypoplasia
C. Thyroid hyperplasia
D. Hypomyelinogenesis
E. Growth arrest lines in long bones
2: C: J&K Vol. I, pp. 289-291, 1993; Thompson's p. 392, 2002
4. All are associated with orchitis in bulls EXCEPT:
A. Brucella abortus
B. Bluetongue virus (orbivirus)
C. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D. Lumpy skin disease virus (capripox)
E. Bovine virus diarrhea virus (pestevirus)
, 4: E: J&K Vol. III, pp. 500-501, 1993; Thompson's pp. 641, 2002
16. In sheep, ovine pestivirus disease may cause all EXCEPT:
A. Abortion
B. Hypertrichosis
C. Contracted limbs
D. Proliferative arthritis
E. CNS hypomyelination
16: D: Thompson's p. 554, 620
4. Transplacental infection of pig fetuses with porcine reproductive and
respiratory virus causes:
A. Arthrogryposis
B. Hydranencephaly
C. Umbilical cord hemorrhage
D. Hepatic necrosis with intranuclear inclusions
E. Death of fetuses at different stages of gestation
4: C. Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, p. 1299
5. Findings in bovine freemartins include all EXCEPT:
A. Seminal vesicles
B. Ovarian Sertoli cells
C. Hyperplasia of the vulva
