Funtion Tests: GI

Question 1

What are you testing when you test for GI function?

Answer 1

malabsorption

Question 2

What is intestinal malassimilation?

Answer 2

Inability of GI tract to digest and/or absorb ingested nutrients

Question 3

What kind of tests are these?

1. Steatorrhea
2. Amylorrhea
3. Creatorrhea
4. Occult Blood

Answer 3

fecal exams

Question 4

What type of fecal exam is this?

1. Increased fat
2. When the animal cant digest fat
3. Sudan’s Solution
   - Red-orange globules
4. Bulky, Pale, Malodorous Stool
5. Severe pancreatic insufficiency of lipase
6. Give lipase as a treatment/ supplementation

Answer 4

Steatorrhea

Question 5

What type of fecal exam is this?

1. Fecal muscle fibers
2. Blunt ends and prominent cross striations
3. Product of deficient protein digestion
4. Give trypsin supplementation as a treatment

Answer 5

Creatorrhea

Question 6

What type of fecal exam is this?

1. Increased starch
2. Can be treated by giving amylase supplementation
3. Lugol’s Solution
   - Blue/black granules
4. Pancreatic amylase insufficiency
5. Not a sensitive test for pancreatic malfunction

Answer 6

Amylorrhea

Question 7

What type of fecal exam is this?

1. melena
2. hematochezia

Answer 7

Fecal Occult Blood

Question 8

What type of blood seen in feces is this?

1. Blood from high up in digestive tract
2. Black tarry feces

Answer 8

melena

Question 9

What type of blood seen in feces is this?

1. Frank fecal blood
2. Lower GI tract

Answer 9

hematochezia