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CERTIFIED VETERINARY CVA ASSISTANT
TVMA - LEVEL 1 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS .
- antiseptic - correct answer - Chemical agent applied to living tissue to
prevent growth and reproduction of microorganisms
- Colic - correct answer - severe abdominal pain; syndrome caused by
severe paroxsysmal pain due to disease of an abdominal organ
- Distemper - correct answer - A viral infection affecting several species;
characterized in dogs by discharges from eyes and nose, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing and seizures.
- Fomite - correct answer - A physical object that serves to transmit an
infectious agent from person to person. (shoes, bowls, leashes, brooms, mops, ect.)
- Dirofilaria immitis - correct answer - Heartworm
- Parvo or Parvovirus - correct answer - A viral infection which may affect
cattle, dogs, cats and swine. Most commonly seen in 1 / 2
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dogs where the clinical symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea, often with blood, high fever and dehydration.
- Ringworm - correct answer - dermatophyte of the superficial layers
- Scabies - correct answer - intensely pruritic dermatitis caused by acarid
mite
- Acid Detergents - correct answer - Removes dried urine particles
- Alkaline Detergents - correct answer - remove oils left from foods,
fecal or animal skin or hair
- Iodine - correct answer - sanitizes equipment
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (quats) - correct answer - Kills
enveloped viruses (feline Rhinotrachetitis)
- Phenols - correct answer - kills envenloped viruses
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