Your patient is 8% dehydrated and has an estimated ongoing loss of 50 mL due to vomiting today. Her weight is 35-lbs. The veterinarian tells you to use the standard 50ml/kg/day for maintenance fluids.  A) Calculate the total fluid needs (replacement volume) this patient requires for 24 hours? B)  What hourlyrate will you be setting his fluid pump? (Round the answer to the nearest whole mL.)

Tablet A has a strength of 0.24 mg and tablet B has a strength of  mg. Which tablet is stronger?

The vet is using thiopentone to anaesthetize a patient. She has asked you to prepare 10 mL of a 2.5% thiopentone solution from the existing 5% solution. How will you do this? (give the amount of thiopentone solution AND the amount of water for injection)   **Please state answer as:  ? mL thiopentone; ? mL water

You have 100 mL of a solution that contains 5 g of a drug and you require a solution that contains a final concentration of 2 mg/mL. How will you dilute it?

A 40-lb dog requires maintenance fluids at a rate of 40 mL/kg per 24 hours. What is the fluid flow rate per hour?

A 37# dog needs 5 mg/kg of a drug that comes as a 10% solution. How many mL do you give? (*answer to nearest 0.01)

A dog requires 300 mg of a medication that comes in tablets containing 60 mg of active ingredient each. How many tablets will you give?

To make a solution with a concentration of 15%, how many mL of sterile water should be added to 30 g of powdered drug?

NPH insulin is labeled 100 U/mL. The order is for a 12-lb poodle and reads: NPH insulin 1 U/kg QD. How many units do you administer?

A dog ate 500 g of dry food in the morning, 250 g in the afternoon and 175 g in the evening. If the food has a caloric density of 1.25 kcal per gram, how many kcal did the dog eat in total (*answer to nearest tenth).