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VTNE Practice Sets - Pharmacology Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
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Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
The behavioral drug group that may be used to stimulate appetite in cats is:
A. Benzodiazepines
B. Tricyclic Antidepressants
C. Selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
D. Progestins
✓ Benzodiazepines
Why should you not use Acepromazine or other phenothiazines in epileptic
animals or those susceptible to seizures?
✓ They lower the convulsive threshold, and may precipitate seizures
Acepromazine should be avoided in:
A. patients with a history of seizures
B. Aggressive patients
C. Geriatric patients
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D. Doberman pinschers
✓ patients with a history of seizures
A cow is accidentally dosed with an equine dose of xylazine. What drug
should be immediately administered?
A. none, the equine and bovine doses of xylazine are the same
B. Epinephrine
C. Naloxone
D. Yohimbine
✓ Yohimbine
You're working at the front desk today. When you walk back to the treatment
area, you notice a cat under anesthesia with eyes wide open, unblinking,
limbs distended stiffly, and salivating profusely. Which anesthetic was used?
A. Xylazine (Rompun)
B. Medetomidine (Domitor)
C. Ketamine (Ketaset)
D. Propofol (PropoFlo)
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✓ Ketamine
✓
✓ - does not induce muscle relaxation found in most other anesthetics
✓
✓ - normally used in conjunction with atropine to reduce hypersalivation
You're out on call with the vet to a dairy farm. You're asked to use Xylazine to
sedate patient. When using this drug on bovine, you must:
A. use an adequate dose because cattle tend to be resistant to its effects
B. Always use concurrently with a barbiturate to achieve adequate analgesia
C. Not use because it is contraindicated in bovine
D. Use about 1/10 of the equine dose
✓ Use about 1/10 of equine dose
✓
✓ - Ruminants are extremely sensitive to Xylazine
New vet assistant is returning an opened bottle of propofol to the fridge to use
tomorrow. You explain:
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A. Propofol should be stored at room temperature
B. Bottles only contain enough for one patient
C. Bacteria will readily grow and produce endotoxins, so unwise to be left
open
D. Bottle has been contaminated from first patient, and possibly contagious
diseases can be transmitted
✓ Bacteria and endotoxins will readily grow in an unopened bottle
✓
✓ - Propofol contains no preservatives and emulsion promotes bacterial
growth
You're working with an equine vet on a breeding farm. You'll be sedating a
young stallion for an oral exam. The vet will probably not use which
tranquilizer:
A. Xylazine (Rompun)
B. Diazepam (Valium)
C. Detomidine (Dormosedan)
D. Acepromazine (PromAce)
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