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You give 5 mg of a drug to a 10-kg animal. What is the dose of the drug in mg/kg? ____ mg/kg

How many mL will you draw up to administer 25 units of epoetin (2000 U/mL)?

A 300-g bird must be tube fed 2 mL liquid formula/100 g body weight three times daily. One gram of powdered formula will yield 15 mL of liquid formula after reconstitution, which is good for 24 hours only. How many mL of reconstituted formula should you measure out for a 24-hour period, assuming no waste? ____ mL

How much sodium chloride is required to produce 5 L of 0.85% saline solution?  ____ g

A 5% dextrose solution is diluted with 100 mL of sterile water. The volume of the sterile water added is 40% of the volume of the 5% dextrose solution. What approximately is the new dextrose concentration? ____ %

Which of the following medications requires a filter when being administered?

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 deliver? ____ U

The doctor asks you to fill oral metronidazole, 10 mg/kg po BID for 7 days. The dog weighs 37.5 kg and you have 250-mg tablets available in the hospital. How many tablets do you fill? ____ tablets

If a dog that receives fluids at a rate of 120 mL/h has a rate reduction of 20%, what is the new rate in mL/h? ____ ml/h

How many mL of a 50:50 mixture of diazepam and ketamine at a dose of 1 mL/20 lb should be administered to an 8-lb cat?