LAB ANIMALS AFIP MINIBOARDS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
6. Mycoplasma coccoides is transmitted by which of the following in mice?
a. Polypax serrata
b. Demodex musculi
c. Ornitonyssus bacoti
d. Trichoecius romboutsi
6. A P&B:87
= eperytrozoon coccoides
3. In rats, infection with Clostridium piliforme is associated with lesions in all of
the
following organs EXCEPT:
A. Ileum
B. Heart
C. Liver
D. Cecum
E. Mesenteric lymph nodes
3. D
Percy & Barthold, p 122, 2001
4. All are true of atrial thrombosis in the hamster EXCEPT:
A. Affects females earlier than males
,B. Often associated with amyloidosis
C. Not typically associated with concurrent cardiac disease
D. The thrombus is usually present in the left auricle and atrium
E. Coagulation and fibrinolytic changes are consistent with a consumptive
coagulopathy.
4. C
Percy & Barthold, p 193
5. Typical findings in murine mycoplasmosis include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Suppurative rhinitis
B. Syncytia in nasal mucosa
C. Cranioventral consolidation
D. Chronic suppurative otitis media
E. Peribronchial lymphocytic infiltrates
5. E
Percy & Barthold, pp57-58
6. Differential diagnosis for nude mice with wasting disease includes all EXCEPT:
A. Sendai virus
B. Mouse parvovirus
C. Pneumocystis carinii
D. Mouse hepatitis virus
E. Pneumonia virus of mice
6. B
Percy & Barthold, p 22
,8. The histological finding of a spongy network of vacuolated, glycogen-
containing
myofibers in the myocardium of a guinea pig indicates:
A. Fatty infiltration
B. Rhabdomyomatosis
C. Purkinje fiber hyperplasia
D. Myocardial hepatoid metaplasia
E. Infiltrative lipomatous rhabdomyosarcoma
8. B
Percy & Barthold, p 212
9. The etiologic agent of rabbit syphilis (vent disease) is:
A. Treponema paraluiscuniculi
B. Fusobacterium necrophorum
C. Treponema pallidum
D. Chlamydia psittaci
E. Vibrio cuniculi
9. A
Percy & Barthold, p 279
10. An occasional associated finding in guinea pigs with advanced ulcerative
pododermatits is:
A. Ulcerative gastritis
B. Hepatic amyloidosis
C. Suppurative bronchitis
, D. Cardiac metastatic calcification
E. Adenomatous intestinal hyperplasia
10. B
Percy & Barthold, p 214
12. The most common spontaneous hepatic neoplasm of B6C3F1 mice is:
A. Hepatoblastoma
B. Cholangioadenoma
C. Cholangiocarcinoma
D. Hepatocellular adenoma
E. Hepatocellular carcinoma
12. D
Maronpot, Boorman and Gaul, Pathology of the Mouse, p 146, 1999
14. The most common neoplasm that metastasizes to the adrenal gland in mice
is:
A. Ovarian teratoma
B. Malignant lymphoma
C. Hepatocellular carcinoma
D. Broncho-alveolar carcinoma
E. Malignant pheochromocytoma
14. B
Maronpot, Boorman and Gaul, p 528
23. The cause of transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia is:
A. Escherichia coli
AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
6. Mycoplasma coccoides is transmitted by which of the following in mice?
a. Polypax serrata
b. Demodex musculi
c. Ornitonyssus bacoti
d. Trichoecius romboutsi
6. A P&B:87
= eperytrozoon coccoides
3. In rats, infection with Clostridium piliforme is associated with lesions in all of
the
following organs EXCEPT:
A. Ileum
B. Heart
C. Liver
D. Cecum
E. Mesenteric lymph nodes
3. D
Percy & Barthold, p 122, 2001
4. All are true of atrial thrombosis in the hamster EXCEPT:
A. Affects females earlier than males
,B. Often associated with amyloidosis
C. Not typically associated with concurrent cardiac disease
D. The thrombus is usually present in the left auricle and atrium
E. Coagulation and fibrinolytic changes are consistent with a consumptive
coagulopathy.
4. C
Percy & Barthold, p 193
5. Typical findings in murine mycoplasmosis include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Suppurative rhinitis
B. Syncytia in nasal mucosa
C. Cranioventral consolidation
D. Chronic suppurative otitis media
E. Peribronchial lymphocytic infiltrates
5. E
Percy & Barthold, pp57-58
6. Differential diagnosis for nude mice with wasting disease includes all EXCEPT:
A. Sendai virus
B. Mouse parvovirus
C. Pneumocystis carinii
D. Mouse hepatitis virus
E. Pneumonia virus of mice
6. B
Percy & Barthold, p 22
,8. The histological finding of a spongy network of vacuolated, glycogen-
containing
myofibers in the myocardium of a guinea pig indicates:
A. Fatty infiltration
B. Rhabdomyomatosis
C. Purkinje fiber hyperplasia
D. Myocardial hepatoid metaplasia
E. Infiltrative lipomatous rhabdomyosarcoma
8. B
Percy & Barthold, p 212
9. The etiologic agent of rabbit syphilis (vent disease) is:
A. Treponema paraluiscuniculi
B. Fusobacterium necrophorum
C. Treponema pallidum
D. Chlamydia psittaci
E. Vibrio cuniculi
9. A
Percy & Barthold, p 279
10. An occasional associated finding in guinea pigs with advanced ulcerative
pododermatits is:
A. Ulcerative gastritis
B. Hepatic amyloidosis
C. Suppurative bronchitis
, D. Cardiac metastatic calcification
E. Adenomatous intestinal hyperplasia
10. B
Percy & Barthold, p 214
12. The most common spontaneous hepatic neoplasm of B6C3F1 mice is:
A. Hepatoblastoma
B. Cholangioadenoma
C. Cholangiocarcinoma
D. Hepatocellular adenoma
E. Hepatocellular carcinoma
12. D
Maronpot, Boorman and Gaul, Pathology of the Mouse, p 146, 1999
14. The most common neoplasm that metastasizes to the adrenal gland in mice
is:
A. Ovarian teratoma
B. Malignant lymphoma
C. Hepatocellular carcinoma
D. Broncho-alveolar carcinoma
E. Malignant pheochromocytoma
14. B
Maronpot, Boorman and Gaul, p 528
23. The cause of transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia is:
A. Escherichia coli
