NAVLE swine and small ruminants practice questions

10 questions · Untimed · Explanation after each question

Swine respiratory and enteric disease, reproductive failure and herd problems, small ruminant parasites and metabolic disease, and camelid medicine. Pigs, sheep, goats, camelids and cervids are 10% of the NAVLE species blueprint.

Line drawing of a pig in a straw pen with a sheep and a goat in the next pen, and a feed scoop and hoof trimmers on the gate

Before you start

Every question is a clinical scenario with five options and one best answer, as in ICVA’s published samples. Each explanation says why the answer is best and cites the guideline or reference behind it. ICVA says about 15-20% of NAVLE questions include photos or radiographs; ours are text only and describe those findings in words.
Check each answer to see the explanation before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

Original practice questions written to ICVA’s published NAVLE competency and species outlines; they are not NAVLE questions. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA) or the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME). NAVLE is a registered mark of ICVA.