AAVSB Reproductive Medicine and Theriogenology 2

Question 1

An 8-year-old intact female dog presents with polyuria, polydipsia, and a vaginal discharge 6 weeks after estrus. Abdominal ultrasound shows a fluid-filled uterus. Which is the most appropriate treatment?

Accepted Answer

Ovariohysterectomy

Answer

Ovariohysterectomy is the definitive and safest treatment for pyometra in a non-breeding female dog, eliminating the infected uterus and source of systemic illness.

Question 2

Which condition in sows is characterized by postpartum inflammation leading to the triad of mastitis, metritis, and agalactia?

Accepted Answer

Mastitis-Metritis-Agalactia (MMA) syndrome

Answer

MMA syndrome (also called postpartum dysgalactia syndrome) affects sows shortly after farrowing and causes systemic illness, uterine inflammation, and failure of milk let-down.

Question 3

Brucella canis infection in dogs is most commonly transmitted via which route?

Accepted Answer

Vaginal discharges, aborted materials, and semen

Answer

Brucella canis is primarily transmitted through contact with vaginal discharges, aborted fetuses, and infected semen, making breeding and whelping high-risk events.

Question 4

In mares, at approximately which day of gestation can an embryonic heartbeat first be detected by ultrasonography, confirming viable pregnancy?

Accepted Answer

Day 22–25

Answer

Cardiac activity in equine embryos is first detectable ultrasonographically around days 22–25 of gestation, confirming embryo viability.

Question 5

Which pregnancy diagnosis test in cattle detects pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) in blood serum as early as 28 days post-breeding?

Accepted Answer

BioPRYN serum ELISA

Answer

The BioPRYN test uses ELISA to detect bovine pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (bPAGs) produced by the placenta, allowing accurate early pregnancy diagnosis from blood.

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AAVSB Reproductive Medicine and Theriogenology 2