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Clinical Signs and Symptoms
What clinical sign can be caused by insufficient feed and internal parasites?
Options: a. Paralysis, b. Abnormal posture, c. Swelling, lumps or growths, d. Weight loss
Answer: d. Weight loss
What clinical signs may indicate an infection of the middle or inner ear?
Options: a. Head tilt or circling, b. Stunted growth or weight loss, c. Abnormal posture or paralysis, d.
Swelling or growths
Answer: a. Head tilt or circling
What is the term for the involuntary bristling of fur or feathers?
Options: a. Alopecia, b. Cyanosis, c. Piloerection, d. Pruritus
Answer: c. Piloerection
What substance causes red staining around the eyes and nose of mice or rats?
Options: a. Cyanosis of mucous membranes in rats, b. Red staining around eyes and nose of mice or rats,
c. Pruritus in mice, d. Alopecia in mice or rats
Answer: b. Red staining around eyes and nose of mice or rats
What refers to abnormal alignment of the teeth in rodents and rabbits?
Options: a. Abnormal maternal behavior in new rat mothers, b. Involuntary closing of the heart valves in
rabbits, c. Poor blood circulation in sheep, d. Malocclusion
Answer: d. Malocclusion
What is it called when an animal has difficulty breathing?
Options: a. Alopecia, b. Dyspnea, c. Bupthalmia, d. Cyanosis
Answer: b. Dyspnea
, What problem can be caused by exposure to cedar wood shavings?
Options: a. Decreased appetite, b. Skin rashes and irritation, c. Sneezing and coughing, d. Abnormal
levels of liver enzymes
Answer: d. Abnormal levels of liver enzymes
What is an organism that does not cause disease but can transmit another disease-causing organism
called?
Options: a. Pathogen, b. Vector, c. Prion, d. Commensal
Answer: b. Vector
What are nonliving items or materials that transmit infectious organisms called?
Options: a. Vectors, b. Pathogens, c. Fomites, d. Hosts
Answer: c. Fomites
What is it called when internal tissue is pushed through a body orifice?
Options: a. Prolapse, b. Hemorrhage, c. Diarrhea, d. Malocclusion
Answer: a. Prolapse
11. Rats and mice not intended for research use, but still placed within the research colony to detect
pathogens are called:
a. quarantine indicators.
b. guard rodents.
c. disease detectors.
d. sentinel animals. ✔️d. Sentinel animals
What is alopecia?
a. The loss of hair or feathers in patches or widespread areas.