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  1. What is the most common cause of infectious tracheobronchitis ('kennel cough') in dogs?

    Answer: Bordetella bronchiseptica

    While kennel cough is often polymicrobial, Bordetella bronchiseptica is the primary bacterial pathogen and the basis for most kennel cough vaccines.

  2. Which condition in neonatal foals is characterized by failure to absorb colostral immunoglobulins and is diagnosed by measuring serum IgG?

    Answer: Failure of passive transfer

    Failure of passive transfer (FPT) occurs when foals do not absorb sufficient IgG from colostrum within 24 hours of birth, leaving them immunocompromised.

  3. A cat presents with anisocoria, Horner's syndrome, and ipsilateral forelimb lameness after a car accident. What structure is most likely damaged?

    Answer: Brachial plexus

    Avulsion of the brachial plexus disrupts sympathetic fibers traveling through the nerve roots (T1-T3), causing ipsilateral Horner's syndrome and forelimb paresis.

  4. What is the primary mode of transmission of rabies virus from an infected animal to a new host?

    Answer: Bite wound inoculation of saliva

    Rabies virus is transmitted almost exclusively through the bite of an infected animal, introducing virus-laden saliva into wound tissue where it infects peripheral nerve endings.

  5. Which electrolyte imbalance is classically associated with 'downer cow syndrome' after parturition?

    Answer: Hypocalcemia

    Parturient paresis (milk fever) results from acute hypocalcemia as calcium demand for colostrum and milk production exceeds mobilization capacity.

  6. In avian medicine, what is the term for the surgical removal of the crop?

    Answer: Ingluviectomy

    Ingluviectomy is the complete excision of the crop; an ingluviotomy is a surgical incision into the crop (without removal), often for foreign body retrieval.

  7. Which fish disease caused by Ichthyophthirius multifiliis appears as white spots on the skin and gills?

    Answer: White spot disease (Ich)

    Ichthyophthirius multifiliis is a ciliated protozoan parasite that causes 'Ich' or white spot disease, one of the most common diseases in freshwater fish.