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What is the shock dose of fluids for a cat?
✓ 45ml/kg
✓ The shock dose of fluids for dogs is 90 mL/kg.
What is one way to help determine if a nasogastric tube was properly placed
in a horse?
✓ Gently blow air into the tube and listen for gurgling
A 3-year old female cow presents with a decreased appetite, decreased
manure production, and decreased milk production. She calved three weeks
ago and has been less active than normal. You auscultate the GI tract and
elicit a pinging noise on the left side of the abdomen. Which of the following
emergencies is most likely to be occurring?
✓ Left displaced abomasum
A 7-year old female spayed domestic short hair previously diagnosed with
diabetes mellitus presents to your clinic dull and unresponsive. In addition to
obtaining a blood glucose, what other laboratory test would be important for
determining the cat's diabetic status?
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✓ Urine ketones
A dog presents with excitability, muscle tremors, and hyperthermia. A blood
panel shows hypocalcemia, and the patient is prescribed an intravenous
dose of calcium gluconate. What monitoring must be performed during
calcium gluconate administration?
✓ Electrocardiogram
✓ monitoring must be performed during calcium gluconate
administration, and the administration should be slowed or
discontinued if bradycardia or arrhythmias occur.
Which of the following types of shock may cause brick-red mucous
membrane color?
✓ Septic shock
✓ sometimes called distributive shock, may cause brick-red or injected
mucous membrane color and bounding pulses. This is because in cases
of sepsis, the bacteria in the bloodstream cause severe vasodilation,
which leads to hyperemic gums and low blood pressure. Septic shock
may be caused by infectious diseases or by secondary infections.
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A Yorkshire Terrier who has given birth 2 weeks ago presents with a history of
tremoring. She is febrile and not eating well. On her electrolyte panel which of
the following would you expect to see?
✓ Hypocalcemia
✓ Eclampsia, also known as "milk fever" is caused by a low calcium level.
It most often occurs around 3 weeks after whelping due to losing
calcium in the milk and the inability of the body to keep up with
demand.
✓ It is most common in small-breed dogs with larger litters. It is treated
with calcium gluconate IV in an acute crisis and oral supplementation
is then required.
A Dachshund presents for back problems and the dog is ambulatory but very
unsteady in both hindlimbs. The doctor suspects an intervertebral disk
protrusion that is affecting the spinal cord. Regarding the gait, this dog has:
✓ Paresis
✓ is partial loss or impaired movement; this is when motor is still present. A
dog with paresis of both hindlimbs would have "paraparesis".
exaggerated gait caused by cerebellar disease.
✓ Hypermetria
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A 10-year old Chow Chow needs a whole blood transfusion due to anemia
from chronic renal failure. The patient has received multiple blood
transfusions over the last 2 years. What blood test is needed prior to initiating
the transfusion?
Tick-titer
Blood type
Coagulation profile
Crossmatch
Total protein
✓ Crossmatch
In a cow that is having difficulty calving and seems to have her legs splaying
out from underneath her, you are most concerned about damage to which
nerve?
✓ Obturator nerve paralysis (ONP) is most common. This nerve is
responsible for adducting the hind limbs and runs from the spinal cord
into the birth canal before it innervates the inner thighs. During birthing,
this nerve can become crushed and lead to this problem.
In a pregnant mare, "red bag" delivery implies what situation?
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