Veterinarian Licensure Examination

Philippines · PRC Board of Veterinary Medicine (RA 9268) · licensing

837practice questions written to this syllabus
36subjects

Format

3 days, 2 hours per subject. Computer-based from October 2025. Pass requires a weighted average of at least 75% with no subject below 60%.

Sections

Over the years

Res. 07 s.2024 split Medicine and Surgery (9 subjects); Res. 03 s.2025 changed the subject order. Pass rate: Oct 2024 46.9%, Oct 2025 77.3%. Question count per subject is unverified.

Official source: https://www.prc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/October%202025%20exam%20program%20(vet%20med).pdf

Subjects this exam draws on

Veterinary Gross Anatomy63 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 I: General Principles and Ruminants9 questionsLivestock Production Management II: Monogastric and Laboratory Animals5 questionsFodder Production & Grassland Management10 questionsPrinciples of Animal Nutrition & Feed Technology24 questionsApplied Animal Nutrition I: Ruminants25 questionsApplied Animal Nutrition II: Non-ruminants, Poultry, Laboratory and Companion Animals15 questionsPrinciples of Animal Genetics & Population Genetics7 questionsLivestock & Poultry Breeding9 questionsGeneral Veterinary Parasitology & Helminthology16 questionsVeterinary Entomology & Acarology21 questionsVeterinary Protozoology8 questionsClinical, Diagnostic & Immuno-Parasitology18 questionsGeneral Veterinary Microbiology42 questionsVeterinary Immunology & Serology21 questionsSystematic Veterinary Bacteriology & Mycology41 questionsSystematic Veterinary Virology38 questionsGeneral Veterinary Pathology23 questionsSystemic Veterinary Pathology17 questionsAvian Pathology39 questionsAquatic Animal Diseases, Health Care & Management12 questionsGeneral & Systemic Veterinary Pharmacology23 questionsVeterinary Neuropharmacology16 questionsVeterinary Chemotherapy & Antimicrobial Stewardship26 questionsVeterinary Toxicology13 questionsGeneral Veterinary Surgery27 questionsVeterinary Anaesthesiology & Analgesia16 questionsDiagnostic Imaging: Radiology and Ultrasonography13 questionsRegional Veterinary Surgery20 questionsVeterinary Orthopaedics & Lameness8 questionsPreventive Veterinary Medicine I: Bacterial, Fungal, Rickettsial and Mycoplasmal Diseases12 questionsEmergency & Critical Care, Fluid Therapy and Euthanasia24 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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