| The _____ period lasts 1 day after birth. |
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| The animal is then considered a _____ for the first 2 weeks of life, then an _____ for the next four, before _____. |
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| An animal is considered a _____ from postweaning until around 6 months when ____ occurs. |
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| By four months old, adult tooth eruption should be complete. True or false? |
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| How many hours should pass between each nursing by a healthy neonate? |
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| What three reflexes should be very robust in a healthy neonate? |
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| How often should a good breeder or vet check the weight of a healthy neonate? |
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| A new cat breeder has called to report signs of cerebellar hypoplasia in her first litter of cats, 6 weeks old. What is the most likely pathogen? |
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| Which of the following is not a sign of a sick neonate? |
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| True or false: the wait and see approach is extremely detrimental in neonatology. |
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| Complete this conventional wisdom regarding resuscitation post c-section: It's not dead until it's ___ and dead. |
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| What method is falling out of favor due to the tendency to spike newborns into the ground or cause them to aspirate stomach fluid? |
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| Neonates should be crying and pink within how many minutes after c section? |
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| What temperature should the newborns be at in celsius? |
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| What drug may be administered into the umbilical vein if the puppy is oxygenated, with a heartbeat but not breathing? |
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| If a newborn has no breathing or heartbeat, and CPR is successful, what might you use when introducing them to the dam? |
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| With the commonly seen Fading syndrome, you should assume the cause is ____ unless proven otherwise? |
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| What are two giant risk factors for fading syndrome? |
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| True or false: with fading syndrome, you would want to rewarm the neonate to 38-39.5*C? |
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| What should the relative humidity be in the environment of the neonate with fading syndrome? |
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| What are the four hypos of fading syndrome? |
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| What is the approximate stomach volume/kg of the neonate? what must you do immediately after tube withdrawal? |
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| Unless contraindicated by diarrhea, what hypovolemia treatment might be underutilized, with volume and frequency identical to gavage? |
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| What percentage of oxygen should neonates be supplied with until stable? |
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| For mild hypothermia, owners might spread corn syrup or honey on the gums. what would vets use? |
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| Which of the following is not a method for relieving abdominal gas? |
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| True or false: vitamin K should form part of the therapy for fading synrome? |
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| Hypothyroid dams are more likely to have pups that fade. True or false? |
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| What is the prognostic pre-weaning mortality rate for fading litters? |
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| While the optimal socialization period for dogs is 3-__ weeks, _-_ weeks is optimum. Cats are between 3-_ weeks. |
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| Why in geriatric patients is the wait and see approach often not a great plan? |
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| What are the three most likel causes of PU/PD in an elderly dog? |
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| What are the only two common diseases in geriatric cats that may cause polyphagia? (most cause inappetance) |
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| True or false: healthy neonates will struggle when handled? |
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| A seemingly healthy newborn has darker mucous membranes compared to his healthy dam. Am I concerned? |
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| A newborn puppy exhibits ulceration of the tip of the tongue and the nose. What am I concerned for? |
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| At what age does a puppy develop the shivering reflex? |
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| PDAs are normal for the first _ days of life, whereas murmurs are not unusual even after the ____ vaccination |
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| Why are large dog's puppies more likely to be dyspneic? |
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| What is the most common birth defect? |
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| Eyes and ears open between _ and __ days |
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| What is the term for an abscess on an eye that has not yet opened? |
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| Petechiation on neonatal skin is likely due to ____ _______ in dogs, whereas ecchymoses are more likely due to ________ |
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| Bright yellow diarrhea is a sign of what neonatal canine disease? |
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| Flexor dominance in pups last for the first _-_ days? |
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| How old must a pup be in days to wheelbarrow? |
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| True or false: Open fontanelles will always present with hydrocephalus? |
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| What may occur when type A or AB kittens are born to type B queens? |
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| Your age group has 75-100% survivorship, ergo you are ____. Mine has 0-25%, ergo thus I am ___ ____ |
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| A life___ is a maximum, a life ______ is the average |
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| What are the components of DISHAAL, a summary of many effects of aging? |
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| As dogs age they have less _____ and more ___ in their body weight |
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| Around what area in particular do dogs grey as they age? |
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| True or false: elderly cats may, rarely, start having seizures while their owner is typing? |
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| Degenerative myelopathy is particularly common with aging in what large breed of dog? |
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| Eyelid tumours are common and benign in ___ but rare and malignant in ____ |
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| True or false: spondylosis deformans tends to be an incidental finding on geriatric patients? |
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| I have found numerous tiny and extremely radiolucent flecks in the lung field of my collie. Am I worried? |
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| What are antioxidants, apoequorin, gingko, and phosphatidylserine all used as? |
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| True or false: you cannot teach an old dog new tricks? |
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| True or false: protein is hard on the kidneys |
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