ARPAS Exam Latest Update Coworkers Questions

ARPAS Exam (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Coworkers Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)

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Supplemented Vitamin C Dogs

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Sometimes provided to growing dogs in the hopes of preventing skeletal diseases. Is unnecessary and can lead to urolith formation in the kidneys.

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Calcium is important to control in Growing Puppies because

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it ensures proper skeletal development, over-supplementation can lead to skeletal deformities.

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Nutritionally Responsive Disorders (4)

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Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Kidney Disease, food hypersensitivity.

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Obesities health risks, diagnosis, contributing factors, treatment, prevention (dog)

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hypertension, osteoarthritis, mammary tumors, pancreatitis, elevated blood triglycerides, insulin-related diseases, and mortality post-surgery. W/o underlying diseases, body score, exercise tolerance, pendulous abdomen.caused by feeding food scraps, poor diet regulation, and some breed/genetic factors, spay/neuter status. Treatment - calorie restriction, exercise, treatment

for underlying conditions. Prevention: meal feeding, limiting food scraps,

exercise.

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diabetes mellitus - Dietary management

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Caloric distribution of carbs, protein, and fats. (no simple carbs, lots of complex carbs, limit fat levels, protein levels dependent on kidney function but in general at required levels). Include fermentable fibers, bioactive chromium, meal feeding and insulin peak management. 2 / 4

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chronic kidney disease

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the progressive loss of renal function over months or years. Increases water consumption + urination, Nutritional management - limit excess nitrogen (protein), don't compensate with too much fat, fish may slow the progression, limit phosphorous, may need to add phosphorous sequestering items like aluminum hydroxide. fermentable fiber (blends) are beneficial. also watch Na, K (limit), water vitamins (extra), bicarb

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Food Hypersensitivity (Allergy)

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adverse food reaction immunologic mechanism occurs consistently after ingestion, inhalation, or touch when extrinsic antigens are recognized.

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What bone is has lost it's function in felines

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Clavicle

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The cat's skull shape is because of _____ (neoteny or hunting methods)

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Hunting Methods

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Cats and kittens have how many teeth?

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26 deciduous and 30 adult.

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Cats molars are used for_____ (cutting or masticating)

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Cutting

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cats vertebra are _____ connected (loosely, tightly, not)

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loosely

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