MCVS (Membership of the College of Veterinary Surgeons)

Bangladesh · Bangladesh College of Veterinary Surgeons (BCVS, founded 2019) · specialist

27practice questions written to this syllabus
2subjects

Format

100 MCQs, 2 h 30 min, computer-based at Prometric Dhaka. Pass mark 65.

Sections

Over the years

Postgraduate / specialist membership.

Official source: https://bcvsbd.org/board-examination/mcvs-exam/eligibility/

Subjects this exam draws on

General Veterinary Surgery9 questionsRegional Veterinary Surgery18 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Direct (primary) bone healing without visible callus is expected when:

  1. Fragments are anatomically reduced and rigidly fixed, as with compression plating
  2. A fracture is managed with a loose external coaptation splint
  3. A long oblique fracture is left untreated
  4. An intramedullary pin alone is used in a comminuted fracture, allowing rotation at the site
Answer and working

A. Fragments are anatomically reduced and rigidly fixed, as with compression plating

Absolute stability with anatomical reduction allows bone to remodel directly across the fracture. Coaptation and a single pin give relative stability, so healing is indirect through callus.

General Veterinary Surgery · Wound healing

2. Six weeks after dehorning, a 3-year-old cow has unilateral nasal discharge, holds her head tilted and has a foul discharge at one horn base. What is the most likely diagnosis?

  1. Regrowth of scurs because too little skin was removed then
  2. Frontal sinusitis after the cornual diverticulum was opened
  3. Squamous cell carcinoma of the horn core spreading locally
  4. Tetanus from a contaminated wound, now in its early local phase
Answer and working

B. Frontal sinusitis after the cornual diverticulum was opened

Dehorning a mature animal opens the cornual diverticulum of the frontal sinus, and infection causes frontal sinusitis weeks later, with nasal discharge, head tilt or pressing and discharge from the horn base; it is treated by trephination and lavage. Scurs are horn regrowth and do not produce nasal discharge; tetanus causes stiffness and prolapse of the third eyelid, not purulent discharge.

Regional Veterinary Surgery · Dehorning

3. Frostbitten ear tips of a calf should be treated by:

  1. Rubbing with snow to restore circulation gradually and avoid a sudden reperfusion injury
  2. Immediate amputation of all pale tissue
  3. Slow rewarming over 24 hours at room temperature, then refreezing overnight
  4. Rapid rewarming in 40–42 °C water, analgesia, and delayed excision after demarcation
Answer and working

D. Rapid rewarming in 40–42 °C water, analgesia, and delayed excision after demarcation

Rapid rewarming limits damage; rubbing injures tissue; early amputation removes tissue that might survive (wait for demarcation, often 1–2 weeks); refreezing causes worse damage.

General Veterinary Surgery · Burns

4. Which correction method for left displaced abomasum is performed through the right flank with the cow standing?

  1. Pyloro-omentopexy (Hannover method)
  2. Toggle-pin fixation with the cow rolled
  3. Left flank abomasopexy (Utrecht method)
  4. Right paramedian abomasopexy, recumbent
Answer and working

A. Pyloro-omentopexy (Hannover method)

The Hannover method fixes the greater omentum near the pylorus to the right body wall through a right flank incision, standing. The Utrecht method is done through the left flank; right paramedian abomasopexy and toggle-pin fixation are done with the cow on her back.

Regional Veterinary Surgery · Correction of left and right abomasal displacement

5. When amputating a dog's tail, the bone should be divided:

  1. Through the growth plate of a vertebra
  2. Through two adjacent vertebral bodies
  3. Through an intervertebral space
  4. Through the middle of a vertebral body
Answer and working

C. Through an intervertebral space

Disarticulating through an intervertebral space avoids leaving a sharp, crushed bone end and gives a smooth stump for the skin flaps to cover. Cutting through bone leaves sharp edges and more bleeding.

Regional Veterinary Surgery · Surgery of the tail

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