Certified Veterinary CVA Assistant TVMA
- Level 1 Exam with complete solutions
antiseptic - Answer- Chemical agent applied to living tissue t prevent growth and reproduction of microorganisms
Colic - Answer- severe abdominal pain; syndrome caused by severe paroxsysmal pain due to disease of an abdominal organ
Distemper - Answer- A viral infection affecting several species; characterized in dogs by
discharges from eyes
and nose, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing and seizures.
Fomite - Answer- A physical object that serves to transmit an infectious agent from person to person. (shoes, bowls, leashes, brooms, mops, ect.)
Dirofilaria immitis - Answer- Heartworm
Parvo or Parvovirus - Answer- A viral infection which may affect cattle, dogs, cats and swine. Most commonly seen in
dogs where the clinical symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea, often with blood, high fever
and dehydration.
Ringworm - Answer- dermatophyte of the superficial layers
Scabies - Answer- intensely pruritic dermatitis caused by acarid mite
Acid Detergents - Answer- Removes dried urine particles
Alkaline Detergents - Answer- remove oils left from foods, fecal or animal skin or hair
Iodine - Answer- sanitizes equipment
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (quats) - Answer- Kills enveloped viruses (feline Rhinotrachetitis)
Phenols - Answer- kills envenloped viruses
OSHA - Answer- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PPE - Answer- personal protective equipment MSDS - Answer- Material Safety Data Sheet
ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus ; rhabdovirus - Answer- rabies
Demodex canis - Answer- demodectic mange
Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis - Answer- Sarcoptic Mange (scabies)
Ancylostoma caninum - Answer- Hookworm
Uncinaria stenocephala - Answer- Hookworm
Toxocara canis - Answer- Canine roundworm
Toxocara cati - Answer- Feline roundworm
Dipylidium caninum - Answer- dog tapeworm
Taenia taeniaeformis - Answer- feline tapeworm
Toxoplasmosis - Answer- Toxoplasma gondii
Bacillus anthracis - Answer- causes anthrax
Brucella abortus - Answer- Brucellosis
EIA - Answer- Equine Infectious Anemia (swamp fever)
Common Dog Vaccinations - Answer- Rabies, Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvo, Corona, Bordetella, Lyme Disease
Common Cat Vaccinations - Answer- Rabies, Feline viral rhinotraceitis, Panleukopenia, Feline luekemia, Calicivirus, Chlamydia psittaci, Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
Common Horse Vaccinations - Answer- Rabies, Tetnus, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, Potomac horse fever/equine intestinal ehrlichiosis, Rhinotracheitis, Influenza, Streptococcus
Common Cow Vaccinations - Answer- Black Leg/Clostrudium Chauvoel, Red Water/hemoglobinuria/babesia, Vibriosis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza 3, Pasteurella, Tricomonas, Pink eye
Send Specimens to... - Answer- Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory Services Section
11-- W. 49th Street, MC-1947