Anesthetic vaporizers are built specifically to deliver one inhalant agent primarily due to which one of the characteristics of the inhalant agent. 

Pregnant patients often have an increased PCV and are hypoproteinemic. 

Your patient is working hard to breathe and is tachypneic. It has a pneumothorax and mild hemothorax due to a severely lacerated lung lobe and will be going to surgery to have the lung lobe removed. What can be done prior to anesthesia to make the induction and first part of the anesthesia go more smoothly and be safer for the patient.

 In certain situations, for instance a horse trapped in a trailer after an auto accident, a less than ideal method of euthanasia may be used to prevent prolonged suffering if more acceptable methods are not available. 

Which of the following is the best definition of the pain detection threshold?

Most anesthetic drugs produce a dose related decrease in ventilation.

Do NSAID’s such as carprofen decrease or increase renal blood flow?

Maintaining good maternal oxygenation and placental perfusion is important when anesthetizing a patient for a C-section but not when anesthetizing a pregnant patient for other procedures.

Which of the following is considered an acceptable method of euthanizing a dog that can be easily restrained in a veterinary clinic?

One milligram is equal to how many micrograms?