National Practising Veterinarian Qualification Examination (全国执业兽医资格考试)

China · Examination committee under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) · licensing

1039practice questions written to this syllabus
39subjects

Format

Computer-based: 4 subjects of 100 MCQs each, 1 hour each, 1 mark per question. Two categories: general veterinary and aquatic animals. Qualifies practising veterinarians and assistant veterinarians.

Sections

Over the years

Section weights come from a third-party prep site (med66); the format is from MARA. Cut-offs float each year: 2025 practising veterinarian 228/400, assistant 201. Partial candidates need 60 per subject, valid 3 years. 2026 exam: 12 July.

Official source: https://www.moa.gov.cn/govpublic/xmsyj/202512/t20251225_6480142.htm

Subjects this exam draws on

Veterinary Gross Anatomy64 questionsVeterinary Histology, Embryology & Developmental Anatomy56 questionsVeterinary Physiology I: Body Fluids, Blood, Circulation, Respiration and Excretion36 questionsVeterinary Physiology II: Digestion, Muscle, Nerve, Endocrinology, Reproduction, Lactation, Growth and Climate43 questionsVeterinary Biochemistry41 questionsLivestock Production Management II: Monogastric and Laboratory Animals11 questionsLivestock Production Management III: Species of Regional Interest4 questionsAvian and Poultry Production Management44 questionsGeneral Veterinary Parasitology & Helminthology8 questionsVeterinary Entomology & Acarology21 questionsVeterinary Protozoology8 questionsClinical, Diagnostic & Immuno-Parasitology18 questionsGeneral Veterinary Microbiology42 questionsVeterinary Immunology & Serology21 questionsSystematic Veterinary Bacteriology & Mycology40 questionsSystematic Veterinary Virology38 questionsGeneral Veterinary Pathology23 questionsSystemic Veterinary Pathology17 questionsAvian Pathology53 questionsAquatic Animal Diseases, Health Care & Management115 questionsGeneral & Systemic Veterinary Pharmacology23 questionsVeterinary Neuropharmacology16 questionsVeterinary Chemotherapy & Antimicrobial Stewardship26 questionsVeterinary Toxicology6 questionsGeneral Veterinary Surgery27 questionsVeterinary Anaesthesiology & Analgesia16 questionsDiagnostic Imaging: Radiology and Ultrasonography4 questionsRegional Veterinary Surgery20 questionsVeterinary Orthopaedics & Lameness8 questionsVeterinary Gynaecology & Reproductive Endocrinology13 questionsVeterinary Obstetrics12 questionsVeterinary Andrology & Assisted Reproductive Techniques8 questionsVeterinary Clinical Medicine II: Metabolic, Production and Deficiency Diseases43 questionsPreventive Veterinary Medicine I: Bacterial, Fungal, Rickettsial and Mycoplasmal Diseases26 questionsPreventive Veterinary Medicine II: Viral and Parasitic Diseases34 questionsAnimal Welfare, Ethics & Veterinary Jurisprudence6 questionsCompanion Animal Practice: Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care14 questionsEmergency & Critical Care, Fluid Therapy and Euthanasia18 questionsIntegrative and Ethno-Veterinary Medicine16 questions

Five practice questions, worked

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

1. How many pairs of ribs does the ox normally have?

  1. 18
  2. 13
  3. 14
  4. 12
Answer and working

B. 13

The number of rib pairs equals the number of thoracic vertebrae; the ox formula is C7 T13 L6 S5 Cy18-20, so 13 pairs. 18 is the horse, and 14-15 is the pig.

Veterinary Gross Anatomy · Comparative osteology

2. What is the approximate concentration of formaldehyde in 10% neutral buffered formalin?

  1. About 4%
  2. About 1%
  3. About 10%
  4. About 37-40%
Answer and working

A. About 4%

Commercial formalin is a saturated solution of about 37-40% formaldehyde. '10% formalin' means one volume of that stock in nine volumes of buffer, so it contains about 3.7-4% formaldehyde. Answering 10% confuses the dilution of formalin with the concentration of formaldehyde; 37-40% is the undiluted stock; about 1% applies the 1-in-10 dilution to the 10% figure instead of to the stock.

Veterinary Histology, Embryology & Developmental Anatomy · Histological and histochemical techniques

3. For each molecule of ATP hydrolysed, the sodium-potassium ATPase moves which ions?

  1. 3 sodium ions into the cell and 2 potassium ions out
  2. 3 sodium ions out of the cell and 2 potassium ions in
  3. 2 sodium ions out of the cell and 3 potassium ions in
  4. 1 sodium ion out and 1 potassium ion in
Answer and working

B. 3 sodium ions out of the cell and 2 potassium ions in

The pump exports 3 Na+ and imports 2 K+ per ATP, so it moves one net positive charge out and is electrogenic. Reversing the numbers is the usual slip; a 1:1 exchange would be electroneutral.

Veterinary Physiology I: Body Fluids, Blood, Circulation, Respiration and Excretion · Cellular basis of physiology

4. Which cells of the gastric fundic glands secrete hydrochloric acid in mammals?

  1. Chief (peptic) cells
  2. G cells
  3. Mucous neck cells
  4. Parietal (oxyntic) cells
Answer and working

D. Parietal (oxyntic) cells

Parietal cells secrete H+ through the H+/K+ ATPase. Chief cells secrete pepsinogen, not acid; G cells in the antrum secrete gastrin, which stimulates acid secretion but is not acid itself.

Veterinary Physiology II: Digestion, Muscle, Nerve, Endocrinology, Reproduction, Lactation, Growth and Climate · Digestion in monogastric animals

5. Lactose, the sugar of milk, is made of which two monosaccharides?

  1. Glucose and fructose
  2. Galactose and glucose
  3. Glucose and glucose
  4. Galactose and fructose
Answer and working

B. Galactose and glucose

Lactose is galactose beta-1,4 glucose. Glucose plus fructose is sucrose, and two glucose units form maltose.

Veterinary Biochemistry · Biomolecules and their interactions

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