HAWAII VETERINARY STATE LICENSING
EXAM (ACTUAL EXAM) WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
Can ALSO be caused by: _____________ - producing grass. Mechanism:
grain, forage
phosphorus, calcium
Oxalate-producing grasses can block calcium absorption and cause the
disease
Bighead disease TREATMENT:
Feed ____:____ ratio of ___:____
Protocol:
Eliminate _____ source
Add _____ to diet
______ supplementation
______ for pain
_______ grass to feed
Ca:P, 2:1
,OXALATE
ALFALFA hay
CACLIUM
NSAIDs
HAWAIIAN
Clinical signs of bighead disease:
Bone weakness
Shifting leg lameness
Fractures common and heal poorly
Swelling and softening of facial bones
Brucella suis general clinical signs:
ABORTION
INFERTILITY
REPRO infection
Brucella suis species-specific clinical signs:
Pigs: (4)
Horses: "_____ _______" or "_____ ______"
Orchitis, lameness, abscess, metritis
"Fistulous withers" or "Evil poll"
Does brucella suis have a vaccine?
Best method of control:
Is it zoonotic?
No
Culling pigs
Yes!! with swine brucellosis (direct contact with infected swine)
Castor bean toxin
RICIN
(seed only toxic if shell broken or chewed)
,Quarantine Standards: Documents ar ereceived by the Rabies Quarantine
Branch more than_______ days before pet arrives
10 days
Bufo marinus / Rhinella marina:
"_____"; similar to cardiac glycosides
Digitalis
Clinical signs of Bufo marinus/Rhinella marina
Hypersalivation, pawing at mouth, head shaking, retching, vomiting, GI upset,
collapse, seizures, ataxia, pale MM, cyanosis, tachypnea
Bufo toxin species
Bufo marinus / Rhinella marina
General clinical signs of bufo toxin ingestion
Hyperslaivation
head shaking
pawing at mouth
retching
vomiting
Severe clinical signs of bufo toxin ingestion/contact
Cardiac arrhythmias, dyspnea, cyanosis, seizures
Treatment for bufo toxin ingestion/contact:
1.
2.
1. FLUSH mouth
2. Supportive care (treat arrhytmias and seizures, supplemental O2)
Bufo toxin - Treatments:
1. Bradycardia, heartblock, SA node abnormalities: _________
2. Tachycardia/supraventricular tachycardia: _______
, 3. V-tach: _________
4. Seizures: ________
1. Atropine
2. Propranolol
3. Lidocaine
4. Diazepam
Canine Ehrlichiosis:
Cytology: _______ found in ________
morulae found in monocytes
Canine Ehrlichiosis: disease of ________ (cell type)
monocytes
Transmission of canine ehrlichiosis is by ___________ (common name and
species name)
brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineous)
Two main methods of transmission of canine ehrlichiosis:
Host-tick-host transmission
Blood transfusion
Quarantine Standards: The pet must have been vaccinated at least ____ times
for rabies in its lifetime.
Two
Quarantine Standards: Rabies vaccines were administered more than _____
days apart
30
Quaratine Standards: Most recent rabies vaccination was done:
1. ____________
2. _______________
1. Not more than the vaccines licensed booster interval listed on the
manufacturer's label
2. Not less than 30 DAYS before the pet's date of arrival in Hawaii
EXAM (ACTUAL EXAM) WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
Can ALSO be caused by: _____________ - producing grass. Mechanism:
grain, forage
phosphorus, calcium
Oxalate-producing grasses can block calcium absorption and cause the
disease
Bighead disease TREATMENT:
Feed ____:____ ratio of ___:____
Protocol:
Eliminate _____ source
Add _____ to diet
______ supplementation
______ for pain
_______ grass to feed
Ca:P, 2:1
,OXALATE
ALFALFA hay
CACLIUM
NSAIDs
HAWAIIAN
Clinical signs of bighead disease:
Bone weakness
Shifting leg lameness
Fractures common and heal poorly
Swelling and softening of facial bones
Brucella suis general clinical signs:
ABORTION
INFERTILITY
REPRO infection
Brucella suis species-specific clinical signs:
Pigs: (4)
Horses: "_____ _______" or "_____ ______"
Orchitis, lameness, abscess, metritis
"Fistulous withers" or "Evil poll"
Does brucella suis have a vaccine?
Best method of control:
Is it zoonotic?
No
Culling pigs
Yes!! with swine brucellosis (direct contact with infected swine)
Castor bean toxin
RICIN
(seed only toxic if shell broken or chewed)
,Quarantine Standards: Documents ar ereceived by the Rabies Quarantine
Branch more than_______ days before pet arrives
10 days
Bufo marinus / Rhinella marina:
"_____"; similar to cardiac glycosides
Digitalis
Clinical signs of Bufo marinus/Rhinella marina
Hypersalivation, pawing at mouth, head shaking, retching, vomiting, GI upset,
collapse, seizures, ataxia, pale MM, cyanosis, tachypnea
Bufo toxin species
Bufo marinus / Rhinella marina
General clinical signs of bufo toxin ingestion
Hyperslaivation
head shaking
pawing at mouth
retching
vomiting
Severe clinical signs of bufo toxin ingestion/contact
Cardiac arrhythmias, dyspnea, cyanosis, seizures
Treatment for bufo toxin ingestion/contact:
1.
2.
1. FLUSH mouth
2. Supportive care (treat arrhytmias and seizures, supplemental O2)
Bufo toxin - Treatments:
1. Bradycardia, heartblock, SA node abnormalities: _________
2. Tachycardia/supraventricular tachycardia: _______
, 3. V-tach: _________
4. Seizures: ________
1. Atropine
2. Propranolol
3. Lidocaine
4. Diazepam
Canine Ehrlichiosis:
Cytology: _______ found in ________
morulae found in monocytes
Canine Ehrlichiosis: disease of ________ (cell type)
monocytes
Transmission of canine ehrlichiosis is by ___________ (common name and
species name)
brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineous)
Two main methods of transmission of canine ehrlichiosis:
Host-tick-host transmission
Blood transfusion
Quarantine Standards: The pet must have been vaccinated at least ____ times
for rabies in its lifetime.
Two
Quarantine Standards: Rabies vaccines were administered more than _____
days apart
30
Quaratine Standards: Most recent rabies vaccination was done:
1. ____________
2. _______________
1. Not more than the vaccines licensed booster interval listed on the
manufacturer's label
2. Not less than 30 DAYS before the pet's date of arrival in Hawaii
