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 papersICAR AIEEA (PG): Master's entrance, Veterinary Science and Animal Sciences is a postgraduate admission exam run by NTA for ICAR, for candidates in India. Computer-based, 120 MCQs in 120 minutes, +4 for correct and -1 for wrong, maximum 480. English only.
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Unit III recall and application: stages of labour and their durations, gestation lengths, definitions of presentation, position and posture, hydrallantois versus hydramnios, mummification versus maceration, retained placenta definitions, and the named mutation manoeuvres.
Pregnancy accidents, normal birth, dystocia and the operations that relieve it, and the complications of the post-partum period and the newborn.
Our 26 ICAR AIEEA questions in this subject: 4 easy, 20 medium, 2 hard, across 14 units.
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
These 10 were written to ICAR AIEEA and are not shown on any other exam's page.
What is the definitive host of Neospora caninum, a major cause of bovine abortion?
D. The dog
Dogs (and some other canids) shed Neospora oocysts; cattle are intermediate hosts and also pass infection vertically to the fetus. The cat is the definitive host of Toxoplasma gondii, the commonest confusion.
The acronym SMEDI in pig reproduction is associated mainly with which agent?
B. Porcine parvovirus
SMEDI (stillbirth, mummification, embryonic death, infertility) describes porcine parvovirus infection of naive gilts, with mummies of different sizes in one litter. PRRS virus mainly causes late abortion, premature farrowing and weak piglets.
What is the usual treatment for a mummified fetus in the cow?
B. PGF2 alpha analogue to lyse the CL, then removal of the mummy from the vagina
Removing the persistent corpus luteum lets the cervix relax and the mummy is usually expelled within a few days. Oxytocin has little effect under progesterone dominance, and progesterone would maintain the problem.
Fetal cortisol induces which placental enzyme to convert progesterone towards oestrogens in the ewe?
C. 17 alpha-hydroxylase
Cortisol induces placental 17 alpha-hydroxylase (with the related lyase), diverting progesterone to oestrogen precursors. Oestrogens then promote prostaglandin synthesis and myometrial excitability.
The Ferguson reflex refers to:
B. Release of oxytocin in response to stretch of the cervix and vagina by the fetus
Pressure of the fetus on the cervix and vagina stimulates oxytocin release, which increases uterine contraction and pushes the fetus further, a positive feedback. Milk let-down is also oxytocin-mediated but is not the Ferguson reflex.
A river buffalo was inseminated on 15 June. Using an average gestation of 310 days, what is her expected calving date (the following year is not a leap year)?
D. 21 April
Working: 15 June + 310 days = 21 April of the next year. 25 March results from wrongly using the cow's 283 days, a common slip because buffalo gestation is roughly a month longer than the cow's.
Which statement correctly distinguishes primary from secondary uterine inertia?
C. Primary inertia exists from the start of labour; secondary is exhaustion from straining against obstruction
Primary inertia results from hypocalcaemia, overstretching, obesity and similar causes; secondary inertia is myometrial fatigue after an obstructive dystocia. Oxytocin against an obstruction risks uterine rupture.
In which direction is an episiotomy incision made in a heifer with a tight vulva, and why?
D. Dorsolaterally from the vulval lip, to avoid a tear extending into the rectum
A dorsolateral incision gives room while directing any extension away from the anus and rectum. A dorsal midline incision tends to extend into a perineal or rectovaginal tear.
When correcting a flexed limb in the birth canal, why does the operator cup the hoof in the hand?
D. To protect the uterine and vaginal wall from laceration
A hoof or claw drawn up unprotected can tear the uterus or vagina. The limb is repelled proximally, rotated and brought up in an arc with the hoof covered.
Colostrum with 40 g/L IgG is fed at 2.5 litres. How much IgG does the calf receive?
D. 100 g
Working: 2.5 L x 40 g/L = 100 g IgG. 42.5 g comes from adding 40 and 2.5, 16 g results from dividing 40 by 2.5, and 1,000 g from a decimal slip.
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