ICAR AIEEA (PG): Master's entrance, Veterinary Science and Animal Sciences · India · NTA for ICAR
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersClinical examination and special diagnostics, general systemic states, and the diseases of each body system, with fluid therapy and transfusion.
In the exams: NAVLE clinical practice 70%; BCSE medicine 50-55 items (its largest block); PRC Medicine 14%; Nepal NLEV 8; EGEL Plus diagnosis 17 and therapeutics 18; ICAR AICE-JRF core group 07; ICAR AIEEA-PG 13 (Medicine)
ICAR AIEEA-PG and AICE-JRF/SRF (India)
Definitions and classical signs: septicaemia vs toxaemia, types of vagal indigestion, frothy vs free-gas bloat, TRP tests, rumen fluid parameters, ECG basics, haemoglobinuria causes (postparturient haemoglobinuria in buffalo, babesiosis), and fluid choice for alkalosis vs acidosis.
How our questions for ICAR AIEEA spread across the units of Veterinary Clinical Medicine I: General and Systemic. Difficulty: 22 easy, 12 medium, 1 hard.
| Special diagnostics: urinalysis, ophthalmoscopy, endoscopy and ultrasonography | 3 | |
| Fluid therapy and blood transfusion | 3 | |
| Septicaemia and toxaemia | 2 | |
| Shock and dehydration | 2 | |
| Anaemia | 2 | |
| History taking and clinical examination | 2 | |
| Special diagnostics: ECG, paracentesis and rumen fluid analysis | 2 | |
| Indigestion and ruminal tympany | 2 | |
| Abomasal displacement | 2 | |
| Colic | 2 | |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 2 | |
| Pulmonary diseases | 2 | |
| Diseases of the urinary system | 2 | |
| Diseases of the nervous system | 2 | |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system | 2 | |
| Diseases of the skin | 2 | |
| Traumatic reticuloperitonitis | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
The classic serum IgG concentration below which a dairy calf sampled at 24–48 hours of age is considered to have failure of transfer of passive immunity is:
D. 10 g/L
Serum IgG < 10 g/L is the classic FTPI cut-off in calves. 400 mg/dL (4 g/L) is the foal threshold; 25 g/L is a target for 'excellent' transfer, not the failure cut-off.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
The IV fluid best suited to a cow with abomasal volvulus and hypochloraemic, hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis is:
B. 0.9% sodium chloride with added potassium chloride
Chloride-rich saline corrects hypochloraemia and allows the kidney to excrete bicarbonate; potassium replaces losses. Bicarbonate would worsen alkalosis.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
The most common site of large-colon impaction in horses is the:
D. Pelvic flexure
The large colon narrows abruptly at the pelvic flexure, where impactions most often form.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
An adult stabled horse fed dusty hay has chronic cough, expiratory effort and a heave line; BAL shows marked neutrophilia. The mainstay of management is:
D. Reducing dust and mould exposure (turnout, soaked hay, low-dust bedding)
Severe equine asthma is driven by inhaled organic dust; environmental control is essential, with corticosteroids and bronchodilators as adjuncts.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
In a castrated male goat with obstructive urolithiasis, the calculus most commonly lodges at the:
C. Urethral process
In small ruminants the urethral process (vermiform appendage) is the commonest site; the sigmoid flexure is typical in cattle.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
Enzootic haematuria in cattle is associated with long-term ingestion of:
A. Bracken fern
Bracken carcinogens cause bladder tumours with intermittent haematuria; oak causes AKI; Lantana and St John's wort cause photosensitisation.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
Dorsomedial strabismus, star-gazing, head pressing and blindness with normal pupillary reflexes in a young feedlot steer suggest:
B. Polioencephalomalacia
PEM causes cortical signs with intact PLR; listeriosis causes asymmetric brainstem signs.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
A dairy cow is suddenly lame with symmetrical swelling of the interdigital space that separates the claws, and a foul-smelling interdigital fissure. The main agent is:
D. Fusobacterium necrophorum
Bovine foot rot is interdigital necrobacillosis. Treponemes cause digital dermatitis; D. nodosus causes ovine foot rot.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
Approximately how many grams of sodium bicarbonate (molar mass 84 g/mol) provide 360 mmol of bicarbonate?
C. 30 g
360 mmol × 84 mg/mmol = 30,240 mg ≈ 30 g. Dividing instead of multiplying (360/84 ≈ 4.3) is a common error, and misplacing the mg-to-g conversion (÷ 10,000 or ÷ 100 instead of ÷ 1000) gives 3 g or 300 g.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
In a major cross-match, which components are mixed?
D. Donor red cells with recipient plasma
The major cross-match detects recipient antibodies against donor cells; the minor tests donor plasma against recipient cells.
Further reading: Constable et al., Veterinary Medicine 11th ed.; Ettinger & Feldman; Reed, Bayly & Sellon; DiBartola
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