Certified Veterinary Assistant Questions and Correct Solutions

Antiseptic - A chemical agent applied to living tissue to prevent growth and reproduction of microorganisms Colic - 1. Acute abdominal pain. 2. A syndrome caused by severe paroxysmal pain due to disease of an abdominal organ. Corona - A virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea in dogs similar to parvo but not as deadly. In felines, corona viruses are very common and cause a mild diarrhea but one strain, Feline Infectious Peritonitis, is fatal in later stages. Disinfectant - A chemical agent applied to inanimate surfaces to kill pathogenic (disease causing) microorganisms. Distemper - A viral infection affecting several species that is characterized in dogs by discharges from eyes and nose, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing and seizures. Fomite - an object that can be contaminated which aids in the spread of the microorganisms. Inanimate fomites within the clinic can be shoes, bowls, leashes, litter pans, surfaces of cages, brooms and mops. Heartworm - The common name for Dirofilaria immitis Immunity - 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. Functional or protective immunity - 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 - responsiveness to antigen that leads to more rapid binding or elimination of antigen than in the nonimmune