I was thinking I'd return the favor that several other ...



I was thinking I'd return the favor that several other students have done for me by typing up what I remember from this nightmare of a test and letting you put it on the web!

 

Test Site: Las Vegas test center

ClinPath/Necropsy/Slides:  First advice, do not throw out Dr. Miller's pictures.. use them.. the pictures for my test included vesicular stomatitis in a horse, atresia ani in a pig, a growth on a dog's lip, FIP and an eye question.  You have to give morphologic diagnosis and probable differentials as well as most likely.

Necropsy: We had feral cats.. nothing wrong with them.. know how to open the heart.. take good samples and work methodically.. not a bad section

Clin Path: MIC, using the new technique that we didn't really talk much about in school...  parasitology was very difficult because the slides weren't great.. but I had a dog that had otodectes canis all over the slide, then a single tapeworm egg and a single hookworm egg.    Urinalysis: know your crystals and casts backwards and forwards. Know the significanece of these casts and crystals.    Be able to list several common urinary bacteria and know how to treat.  Blood smear- make a good one!  Gram Stain-- don't get fulled.. I ran very low on time and ended up diff quicking my gram stain! OOPS!  Time is a big issue on this section!  Be prepared.. use your time wisely!

 

Day 2 was Bovine/Equine day.. it was over 112 in the shade! 

Bovine: Clinical procedures.. he asked me to draw blood from the tail vein (which I couldn't hit), set up for milking, collect a milk sample suitable for culture, age the cow by her teeth, do a Liptak test and explain the pings.  The clinical case was a nightmare... cow was coughing with blood coming from her nose...  PCV was 9.  Make sure you can come up with differentials and then be able to treat.  I was only allowed to spend $30 to find out what was wrong with the cow.  Then had to know if she could be slaughtered and if she was a public health risk.

 Goat case: had a goat that was lame in the right front leg for a month.  Had a cough.  No other significant findings.  Bloodwork was WNL.  Had a 10 hr kid by her side and she was allowing him to nurse.  didn't have a clue, but guessed CAE, it is very common in vegas, know this if you come here!

 Therio- you will be fine.. we get a good background.. just know your presentations and know what PGF2 alpha will do at different stages.   The examiner actually asked me afterwards if I was from Ross...  said he thinks we get good palpation skills there.

 Equine:  Medical case was very difficult.. horse was very stilted moving, not pulses or heat in the feet.  Chronic condition.  No neuro findings on exam.  No changes on neck films.  No CBC/Chem changes.. I ended up referring, but heard later people said everything from chronic laminitis to EPM

 Procedures: easy .. know how to age the horse!  You will have to float teeth.  had to draw blood, describe her for purposes of coggins, discuss rectal exam, discuss NG tube placement, discuss how to safely do an endometrial swab .  Had to explain Phenylbutazone- dosage, route and injection volume.  Complications.  Had to demostrate 5 IM injection sites, adv/disadv of these and give one.  Just make sure you give your injection towards the heart as you do in school...

 Lameness... I started on the wrong leg, but realized my problem quite quickly.. had a horse with a carpal chip.

 

Small Animal.. Day 3...

 Anesthesia exam- no problem.. CHECK FOR  A SPAY SCAR!  I had one. 

Small Animal Case- uveitis.. these are real cases from around here.. local shelter... know how to diagnose, treat etc.

EKG, Vaginal Cytology, Perscription Writing: I had an EKG that I still don't know what was wrong.. know backwards and forwards the changes that are with each ventricle being enlarged and arrythmias.  Script- write a script for Valium.  Vaginal Cytology- use the okalhoma website.. you'll be fine!

 

Day 4- Anesthesia and Surgery: simple spay..  simple interrupted on linea and make sure to only get external rectus.  2 hrs 30 min to get dog prepped, you prepped and do surgery.. plenty of time

 

Anesthesia: propofol, rimadyl, acepromazine, glyco and sevo maintenance...  not hard.. just remember 6th semester quizzing!

 

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Kristen Vance

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