Moving forward: Practice growth and the important role of senior pets…

Presented by Darren Osborne, Ontario Veterinary Medical Association, Jason Gagné, DVM, Dipl. ACVN, Anie Lévesque, DVM, BSc, BEd and Bill Saxon, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ACVECC

Continuing education questionnaire

CE credits: 2

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Questions

1. Preventive care enhances the lives of pets and people and benefits them by: *

Supporting the detection and intervention of subclinical diseaseChoice

Providing baseline values unique to each pet

Enabling the detection of subtle changes through trending of values over time

All of the above

2. In a big data study by IDEXX where 268,817 wellness consultations were conducted using IDEXX Reference Laboratories, 1 in 5 seniors and 2 in 5 geriatrics had 3 or more clinically significant findings that indicated further workup or consideration. *

True

False

3. Recent studies reveal that pet owners agree that their pet is an important part of their family and that millennials are willing to make financial trade-offs to pay for pet products and services. *

True

False

4. The best indicator of inflammation or infection in a complete blood count is: *

Elevated total white count

Elevated total white count with elevated total neutrophil count

Decreased total neutrophil count

Increased band neutrophils

5. Which is not an advantage of SDMA as a biomarker of GFR? *

Increases earlier than creatinine or BUN

Is not affected by lean muscle mass or protein in the diet

An increase in SDMA confirms chronic kidney disease

A mild increase is an important clinical finding

6. Studies confirm the clinical value of early diagnostic screening. *

True

False

7. Which of the following statement is true regarding urinalysis? *

Not indicated for routine wellness, preventive care, or pre-anesthetic screening urinalysis

Proteinuria should only be pursued when dipstick reading is 2+ or greater

A positive bacterial urine culture result does not confirm urinary tract infection

Urine specific gravity of 1.020 in a dog is never a normal finding

8. Which of the following statement is true regarding urine sample collection? *

Cystocentesis is always required

Cystocentesis is always safe

Cystocentesis should only be performed with ultrasound guidance

Contamination of urine does not occur with cystocentesis

None of the above

9. Choose the best answer: *

Reticulocyte counts are not clinically useful in the absence of anemia

Reticulocytosis without anemia can be seen in 10% of dogs and may indicate a significant underlying disease

Reticulocyte hemoglobin is only decreased by absolute iron deficiency due to blood loss

Reticulocyte hemoglobin is not affected by inflammation

10. True or False. Platelet clumping in a sample causes the platelet count to be falsely increased. *

True

False

11. When is a pet considered senior? *

When the pet reaches the last 75% of its predicted life span

When the pet reaches the last 25% of its predicted life span

Pets are only considered seniors at 10 years of age or older

There is no way to gauge when a pet is senior

12. Which of the following details are important when performing a patient’s nutritional assessment? *

13. Using a 9-point body condition scoring system, each unit increase above ideal is: *

10-15% excess body weight

30-40% excess body weight

0% excess body weight

None of the above

14. Some changes occur in the aging gastrointestinal tract including fewer healthy bacteria and fewer blunted villi. *

True

False

15. As cats age, they do not show any changes in their ability to digest protein or fat. *

True

False

16. Sarcopenia is: *

Loss of lean body mass due to acute or chronic illness

Loss of lean body mass that occurs with aging in the absence of disease

Something we need to monitor in our aging pets

A and C

B and C

17. Cognitive dysfunction syndrome: *

Can be evaluated using the DISHAA system

Affects up to 41% of dogs older than 14 years old

Leads to changes in memory, learning, and awareness

Has some treatment options including changes to diet and the environment

All of the above

18. Dietary recommendations for aging pets include all of the following EXCEPT: *

Highly digestible nutrients

Hydration

Lowering protein in healthy seniors

Enhanced levels of antioxidants