LOUISIANA STATE BOARD EXAM WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
❖ What is the governing body that safeguards the people against dishonest, incompetent,
or unprincipled practitioners? - CORRECT ANSWERSThe state
❖ What confers the privilege of practicing veterinary medicine in Louisiana? - CORRECT
ANSWERSlegislative grant
❖ What is an animal? - CORRECT ANSWERSAny animal other than man including fowl,
birds, fish, and reptiles
❖ Wild or domestic
❖ Living or dead
,❖ What is the difference between a veterinarian and a licensed veterinarian? - CORRECT
ANSWERSVeterinarians have graduated from an accredited program whereas licensed
veterinarians have been licensed by the state
❖ What are 10 exemptions of state licensing to practice veterinary medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWERS1. federal, state, or local government employees
❖ 2. vet student under an instructor/veterinarian
❖ 3. livestock management
❖ 4. vet from another state consulting with LA state licensed vet
❖ 5. vendor of things used in animal disease treatment
❖ 6. owners of animals
❖ 7. faculty members/lecturers at a vet school
❖ 8. selling pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides
❖ 9. bona fide researchers
,❖ 10. registered equine dentists
❖ What livestock management actions can be performed without a veterinary license? (9)
- CORRECT ANSWERS1. semen collection
❖ 2. nonsurgical embryo transfer
❖ 3. artificial insemination
❖ 4. teaching courses in artificial insemination and pregnancy diagnosis by employees of
the NAABCSSP
❖ 5. male castration, docking, or earmarking
❖ 6. dehorning
❖ 7. assisted delivery
❖ 8. branding/tattooing
❖ 9. shoeing horses
, ❖ What are 12 actions that the board has power to do? - CORRECT ANSWERS1. examine
and determine the fitness of applicants for a license to practice veterinary medicine
❖ 2. do anything with a license or temporary permit
❖ 3. establish fees for exams, licenses, or renewals
❖ 4. conduct investigations based on violations on grounds of disciplinary actions requiring
court appearances
❖ 5. hold hearings on all matters properly brought before the board
❖ 6. employ full time or part time help
❖ 7. appoint from its own members 1 or more representatives for any meetings
❖ 8. institute court proceedings
❖ 9. change or create rules for practice
❖ 10. create rules for preceptorship
❖ 11. require CE
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
❖ What is the governing body that safeguards the people against dishonest, incompetent,
or unprincipled practitioners? - CORRECT ANSWERSThe state
❖ What confers the privilege of practicing veterinary medicine in Louisiana? - CORRECT
ANSWERSlegislative grant
❖ What is an animal? - CORRECT ANSWERSAny animal other than man including fowl,
birds, fish, and reptiles
❖ Wild or domestic
❖ Living or dead
,❖ What is the difference between a veterinarian and a licensed veterinarian? - CORRECT
ANSWERSVeterinarians have graduated from an accredited program whereas licensed
veterinarians have been licensed by the state
❖ What are 10 exemptions of state licensing to practice veterinary medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWERS1. federal, state, or local government employees
❖ 2. vet student under an instructor/veterinarian
❖ 3. livestock management
❖ 4. vet from another state consulting with LA state licensed vet
❖ 5. vendor of things used in animal disease treatment
❖ 6. owners of animals
❖ 7. faculty members/lecturers at a vet school
❖ 8. selling pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides
❖ 9. bona fide researchers
,❖ 10. registered equine dentists
❖ What livestock management actions can be performed without a veterinary license? (9)
- CORRECT ANSWERS1. semen collection
❖ 2. nonsurgical embryo transfer
❖ 3. artificial insemination
❖ 4. teaching courses in artificial insemination and pregnancy diagnosis by employees of
the NAABCSSP
❖ 5. male castration, docking, or earmarking
❖ 6. dehorning
❖ 7. assisted delivery
❖ 8. branding/tattooing
❖ 9. shoeing horses
, ❖ What are 12 actions that the board has power to do? - CORRECT ANSWERS1. examine
and determine the fitness of applicants for a license to practice veterinary medicine
❖ 2. do anything with a license or temporary permit
❖ 3. establish fees for exams, licenses, or renewals
❖ 4. conduct investigations based on violations on grounds of disciplinary actions requiring
court appearances
❖ 5. hold hearings on all matters properly brought before the board
❖ 6. employ full time or part time help
❖ 7. appoint from its own members 1 or more representatives for any meetings
❖ 8. institute court proceedings
❖ 9. change or create rules for practice
❖ 10. create rules for preceptorship
❖ 11. require CE
