CERTIFIED VETERINARY ASSISTANT - LEVEL 1:
COURSE 101 TEST RATED 100% CORRECT
Antiseptic
- ANSWER A chemical agent applied to living tissue to prevent growth and reproduction of
microorganisms.
Colic
- ANSWER Acute abdominal pain; a syndrome caused by severe paroxysmal pain due to disease of...
ESTUDY CERTIFIED VETERINARY ASSISTANT - LEVEL 1: COURSE 101 TEST RATED 100% CORRECT Antiseptic - ANSWER A chemical agent applied to living tissue to prevent growth and reproduction of microorganisms. Colic - ANSWER Acute abdominal pain; a syndrome ca used by severe paroxysmal pain due to disease of an abdominal organ. Corona - ANSWER A virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea in dogs similar to parvo but not as deadly. In felines, this virus is very common and cause a mild diarrhea but one strain, Feline Infectious Peritonitis, is fatal in later stages. Disinfectant - ANSWER A chemical agent applied to inanimate surfaces to kill pathogenic (disease causing) microorganisms. Distemper - ANSWER A viral infection affecting several species that is characterized in dogs by discharges from eyes and nose, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing and seizures ESTUDY Fomite - ANSWER An object that can be contaminated which aids in the spread of microorgan isms. Inanimate objects, such as shoes, bowls, leashes, litter pans, surfaces of cages, brooms, and mops are examples of this. Heartworm - ANSWER The common name for Dirofilaria immitis. Functional/Protective Immunity - ANSWER The condition of be ing immune; security against a particular disease; non -susceptibility to the invasive or pathogenic effects of microorganisms or helminth parasites or to the toxic effect of antigenic substances. Humoral and Cell -Mediated Immunity - ANSWER Responsiven ess to antigen that leads to more rapid binding or elimination of antigen than in the non -immune state. Immunity - ANSWER The capacity to distinguish foreign material from itself, and to neutralize, eliminate or metabolize that which is foreign by the physiological mechanisms of the immune response. Passive Immunity ESTUDY - ANSWER Protection that is transferred from one animal (or person) that has a specific antibodies to an antigen that the recipient may not have and the antibodies are transferred as performed antibodies. This transfer can take place through the placent a, the mother's colostrum (first milk), a blood plasma transfusion, or an injection of gamma globulin. Active Immunity - ANSWER Refers to the development of antibody protection in response to vaccination or natural infection. Parvo/Parvovirus - ANSWER A viral infection which may affect cattle, dogs, cats and swine. Most commonly seen in dogs in which the clinical signs are vomiting and diarrhea, often with blood, high fever and dehydration. In felines, the disease is known as feline panleucopenia which is also a vomiting and diarrhea disease. Rabies - ANSWER A highly fatal viral infection of the nervous system which affects all warm -blooded animal species. Rabies is one of the most important zoonoses because of the inevitably fatal outcome for the infected human. Ringworm - ANSWER A fungal or dermatophyte of the superficial layers of the sin and hair fibers. The infection is very superficial in cats and dogs but the disease is highly contagious causing ringworm. Children and immunosuppress ed individuals can be severely affected. Scabies
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