RVT Month 2024 Webinar #4 – Reptile Dermatology

RVT Month 2024 Webinar #4 – Reptile Dermatology

Continuing to learn after achieving RVT status is essential for the individual and the advancement of the profession. Ontario RVTs can earn one (1) Continuing Education (CE) credit by reading the CE articles in the RVT Journal, or watching recorded sessions of OAVT presentations, and submitting the successfully completed corresponding quizzes.

If you obtain a score of 8 out of 10 (80%) or higher, you will receive a confirmation email which OAVT members can use as acceptable proof for their online CE record.

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1. 1. Which group of reptiles is closer related to birds and dinosaurs than to other reptiles?
2. What component of reptile skin is unique to reptiles, and is hard and brittle?
3. What layer of reptile skin is the outermost layer, and forms serrations, keels, and other ornamentation?
4. Which “diagnostic” can provide invaluable information prior to touching the patient?
5. What is a common nutritional disorder in leopard geckos with dermatologic clinical signs?
6. The number one cause for necrotizing dermatitis is?
7. Which fungus is a primary pathogen causing skin disease in reptiles, which may become systemic?
8. What virus group is a primary illness in amphibians, but causes cervical edema, granulomatous inflammation, and has a high morbidity and mortality, in box turtles?
9. What colour is Ophionyssus natricis?
10. Which group of reptiles have “mite pockets” developed independently, in several lineages?