Quiz Corner

1. How long, from the time of the first breeding, does gestation normally last in the bitch?

   1. 62 to 64 days

   2. 70 to 75 days

   3. 58 to 62 days

   4. 62 to 68 days

   5. 58 to 72 days

2. You review the radiograph of a dog’s fractured tibia. The cortex on one side of the bone is broken, and the other is bent. This fracture is appropriately classified as a:

   1. fissure fracture

   2. greenstick fracture

   3. physeal fracture

   4. comminuted fracture

   5. compacted fracture

3. If a squamous-cell carcinoma involves the middle segment of the mandible but has not metastasized to the lungs or lymph nodes, what is the most appropriate surgical procedure to decrease the chance of tumor recurrence?

   1. bilateral rostral mandibulectomy

   2. hemimandibulectomy

   3. segmental mandibulectomy with a cortical bone graft

   4. complete mandibulectomy

   5. excision of the mass, limited to soft tissue structures overlying the hemimandible

4. Concerning diabetes mellitus in cats, which statement is most accurate?

   1. Diabetes mellitus is most prevalent in female cats.

   2. Diabetc ketoacidosis does not occur in cats.

   3. Diabetic cats always require daily insulin injections to maintain normoglycemia.

   4. Insulin injections in cats typically have a longer duration of action than in dogs.

   5. Cats do not develop diabetic cataracts.

5. A 3-month-old Arabian filly is presented to your hospital for evaluation of recent onset of stertorous breathing and dysphagia. The foal appears to be generally healthy. You observe a nonpainful distension of the left parotid region. The owner tells you that the parotid swelling has been present since the foal was very young and now seems to be more noticeable. Radiographs of the foal’s head exhibit air-density distension of the left guttural pouch.

   Based on the history, clinical signs, and radiographs, what is the most likely diagnosis?

   1. guttural pouch tympany

   2. guttural pouch empyema

   3. guttural pouch mycosis

   4. retropharyngeal abscess

   5. soft-palate paresis

6. What is the most appropriate treatment for the foal described in 5 above?

   1. euthanasia

   2. antibiotics

   3. anti-inflammatories

   4. tracheostomy

   5. median septum fenestration

7. With respect to transmission, an important difference between coccidiosis and cryptosporidiosis in calves is that:

   1. Cryptosporidium requires an intermediate host

   2. coccidia affect calves as young as 1 week of age

   3. Cryptosporidium affects calves as young as 1 week of age

   4. Cryptosporidium does not infect calves under 3 weeks of age

   5. coccidia do not infect calves under 3 weeks of age

8. Which clinicopathologic assay is NOT helpful in confirming suspected liver disease in cattle?

   1. serum bilirubin concentration

   2. serum sorbitol dehydrogenase activity

   3. serum aspartate aminotransferase activity

   4. serum gamma-glutamyltransferase activity

   5. serum alanine aminotransferase activity

9. Anesthetic induction with propofol causes:

   1. bradycardia

   2. increased intracranial pressure

   3. hypotension in hypovolemic patients

   4. hypertension in normovolemic patients

   5. decreased cardiac output from myocardial depression

10. An abundance of eosinophils on a peripheral blood smear is most commonly associated with:

    1. neoplastic disease

    2. infection

    3. trauma

    4. allergic conditions

    5. stress

(See p. 71 for answers.)

Questions and answers were derived from Review Questions and Answers for Veterinary Boards 2nd ed., a 5-volume series including Basic Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, and Ancillary Topics, by kind permission of the publisher, Mosby–Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri.