MEDICINE

I. PREVENTION OF DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS (15%)

Knowledge in preventing animal diseases is essential as part of management of domestic animals. A general overview is hereby tested on graduate veterinarians.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. Osteoporosis in sows and gilts can be effectively prevented by:

a. Adequate nutrition and diet

b. Adequate exposure to sun

c. Adequate and comfortable farrowing crates

d. Selective breeding

2. Lymphoid leukosis (avian leukosis) in a chicken breeder farm could be eradicated by:

a. Elimination of egg transmission and isolation rearing

b. Providing adequate energy feeds

c. Antibiotic feed additives

d. Regular vaccination

3. It is not advisable to subject a cow to general anesthesia because of the serious risk from:

a. Bloat

b. Foreign body pneumonia

c. Atony of the urinary bladder

d. Paralysis of the hind limbs

4. Why is it necessary to infiltrate the bite wound inflicted by a rabid dog with hyperimmune serum at the start of post exposure vaccination in human?

a. Rabies virus stays at the site of bite wound for a while and replicate

b. It promotes the healing of wound

c. It reduces the pain

d. It enhances the antigenicity of the vaccine simultaneously given.

5. Which of the following measures is the safest thing to do on a carcass of an animal that died from anthrax?

a. Bury it deeply

b. Burn it

c. Butcher it and subject it to rendering machine for animal feed

d. Open it and generously pour potent disinfectant

II. DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS (35%)

Diagnostic skill and knowledge is one of the most important intellectual possessions of a graduate veterinarian. Success of disease treatment depends on how accurate a veterinarian determines the abnormalities of ailment of an animal with or without the aid of diagnostic tools (e.g. X-ray, laboratory facility). Diagnostic knowledge is hereby extensively measured.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. What is the significance of the absence of urobilirogen from the intestinal content of an icteric animal?

a. Biliary obstruction

b. Liver cirrhosis

c. Hemolytic anemia

d. Hepatic necrosis

2. An animal suffering from viral infection most likely show which significant blood cell change?

a. Lymphopenia

b. Increased target cell

c. Eosinophilia

d. Neutrophilia

3. Which of the following conditions will you associate high serum lipase and serum amylase level?

a. Pancreatic disease

b. Liver necrosis

c. Kidney ailment

d. Musculoskeletal disease

4. Identify which animal is suffering from some form of immuno-deficiency?

a. A dog with demodectic mange and concurrent candidiasis

b. A horse suffering from impacted colon

c. A cow down with grass tetany

d. A piglet with atresia ani

5. Most accurate diagnosis of acute myocarditis can be obtained by:

a. Electrocardiography

b. Percussion

c. Radiography

d. Auscultation

III. TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS (25%)

After correctly diagnosing an animal disease knowledge about the procedures of treatment (medication or surgery or both) is measured. Effecting treatment and recovery is after all the culmination of any medical effort.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. A circumscribed squamous-cell carcinoma on the free margin of the nictitans in a cow is best treated by:

a. Excision of the affected portion of nictitans including a normal margin of the cartilage

b. Radiation therapy

c. Complete avulsion of the affected eyeball

d. Subconjunctival enucleation

2. Post parturient eclampsia in a bitch is most responsive to which medication?

a. Calcium gluconate

b. Diazepam

c. Phynytoin

d. Potassium chloride

3. Which of the following therapeutic regimen will you avoid when treating laminitis in horse?

a. Administration of dexamethasone

b. Administration of phenylbutazone

c. Correction of endotoxin

d. Administration of dimethyl sulfoxide in saline solution IV

4. Which of the following injuries will you treat first on a cat involved in vehicular accident?

a. Ruptured urinary bladder

b. Femoral bone fracture

c. Severe muscle bruising

d. Skin laceration

5. If you are not sure of the location of lesion in the abdominal cavity, the most appropriate incision for exploratory surgery is:

a. Ventral midline

b. Flank

c. Paralumbar

d. Paramedian

IV. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY (15%)

This branch of veterinary medicine involves knowledge in physiology, pathology, microbiology, nutrition, medical and surgical therapy of genital diseases and it also includes artificial breeding.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. The best contraceptive for a cot not intended for breeding is:

a. Ovariohysterectomy

b. Progesterone injection

c. Androgen injection

d. Estrogen injection

2. This drug of choice in inducing parturition in a mare is ineffective in a cow:

a. Oxytocin

b. Dexamethasone

c. Relaxin

d. Prostaglandin F2

3. Fetotomy operation is primarily indicated to:

a. Reduce the size of the fetus so it can be removed in the birth canal

b. Relieve the dam of pain

c. Minimize infection in the uterus

d. Restore the reproductive state of the dam as soon as possible

4. The normal position of a bovine fetus at parturition is:

a. Dorsal sacral

b. Dorsal pubic

c. Left dorsal ilial

d. Right cephaloilial

5. Persistent corpus luteum will cause:

a. Anestrus

b. Nymphomania

c. Abortion

d. Pregnancy

V. AQUATIC AND EXOTIC ANIMAL MEDICINE (5%)

As any other branch of veterinary medicine a veterinarian must have a fairly good knowledge about aquatic and exotic animal medicine because in any community the veterinarian will be bound to be consulted regarding these creatures.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following procedures is the best remedy in treating fractured femur or humerus bone of a parrot?

a. Intramedullary pinning

b. Splinting

c. Amputation

d. Plaster cast

2. Laboratory animal which is almost exclusively used for screening therapeutic agents:

a. Mice

b. Hamster

c. Rabbits

d. Guinea pigs

3. When defanging (teeth removal) a snake, which of the following anesthetic will be your choice?

a. Ketamine

b. Diazepam

c. Pentothal

d. Ether

4. Which of the following microbes is pathogenic to all species of fresh water fish?

a. Pseudomonas spp

b. Vibrio spp

c. Aeromonas salmonicida

d. Yersinia rukeri

5. Non-human primates are most resistant to which disease?

a. Poliomyelitis

b. TB

c. Rabies

d. Tetanus

VI. ETHICS AND JURISPRUDENCE (5%)

Any veterinarian living with fellow professionals must know the ethical practices toward his colleagues. His professional conduct must be guided by the code of ethics. In addition, he must be knowledgeable about government laws, acts and regulations related to all aspects of veterinary practice.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. The patient’s medical record in a veterinary clinic is:

a. The legal property of the practice

b. The legal property of the owner

c. Must be made available to anybody

d. Must be kept indefinitely

2. Which of the following veterinary practice constitute an unlawful act?

a. Castrating a cat without the use of anesthetic

b. Undercharging

c. Assailing the reputation of a fellow practitioner

d. Belittling the competence of a fellow practitioner

3. Any race horse imported from foreign country will be placed under quarantine for how many days?

a. 30 days

b. 60 days

c. 100 days

d. 3 weeks

4. The generic act of 1988 banned this drug in food animals:

a. Chloramphenicol

b. Imidocarb dipropionate

c. Malathion

d. Phenobarbital

5. The Executive Order 626 or the carabao slaughter ban only permits the slaughter of carabaos beyond:

a. 11 years for female and 7 years for male

b. 5 years for female and 4 years for male

c. 13 years for female and 10 years for male

d. 15 years for female and 13 years for male