NAVLE Public Health and Animal Welfare Practice Questions
Preventive Medicine and Animal Welfare is 15% of the NAVLE competency blueprint · 54 of the 360 questions on our practice exam
360 questions across every species and competency area in 12 timed blocks, with a score for public health and welfare so you know where you stand.
Free public health and welfare drillA 2-day-old piglet with a severe congenital defect must be euthanized on the farm. Which method is acceptable with conditions under the AVMA guidelines when performed by trained staff?
Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Animal Welfare on the NAVLE
Preventive Medicine and Animal Welfare is 15% of ICVA’s competency blueprint, about 54 questions: animal welfare 6%, environmental health and safety 5% and veterinary public health 4%. These questions span every species and test the veterinarian’s duties to people, the food supply and animals beyond the individual patient.
- Share of the exam
- Preventive Medicine and Animal Welfare is 15% of the NAVLE competency blueprint; 54 of the 360 questions on our practice exam
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 77 public health and welfare questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What public health and welfare questions test
- Veterinary public health: rabies exposure rules, zoonoses, reportable and foreign animal diseases, and test interpretation
- Food safety: extra-label drug use under AMDUCA, prohibited drugs, withdrawal times and Veterinary Feed Directives
- Environmental health and safety: infection control, radiation safety, anesthetic gases, hazardous drugs and needlestick risks
- Animal welfare: recognizing abuse and hoarding, pain assessment, euthanasia methods under the AVMA guidelines and welfare in production animals
Sit the full exam under the real clock
360 questions across every species and competency area in 12 timed blocks, with a score for public health and welfare so you know where you stand.
Free public health and welfare drillHow to study it
- Learn the NASPHV rabies rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated exposed animals and for bite cases.
- Know which diseases are reportable foreign animal diseases and who you call.
- Practice sensitivity, specificity and predictive value calculations.
- Take the public health drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
How many public health questions are on the NAVLE?
Preventive Medicine and Animal Welfare is 15% of the exam in ICVA’s blueprint, about 54 of the 360 questions.
Which euthanasia guidelines does the NAVLE follow?
Questions on euthanasia methods follow the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals (2020 edition), which classify methods as acceptable, acceptable with conditions or unacceptable for each species.
360 questions across every species and competency area in 12 timed blocks, with a score for public health and welfare so you know where you stand.
Free public health and welfare drillThe other NAVLE areas
- Canine Clinical Practice
- Feline Clinical Practice
- Equine Clinical Practice
- Bovine Clinical Practice
- Swine, Sheep, Goats and Camelids
- Birds and Exotic Animals
- Communication and Professionalism
- NAVLE practice exam (360 questions, 12 timed blocks)
- Mixed drill: all eight areas
- NAVLE practice test: exam facts and every area
Sources
- ICVA: NAVLE Candidate Handbook, 2026-2027 testing cycle (PDF)
- ICVA: NAVLE structure update begins with the October-November 2026 testing window
- ICVA: NAVLE 101, how the exam is created, administered and scored
- ICVA: NAVLE retake policy changes effective December 1, 2025
- ICVA: NAVLE Competency Domains outline (PDF)
- ICVA: NAVLE Species and Diagnoses outline (PDF)
- ICVA: 2026 Report to Veterinary Academia (PDF)
- ICVA: NAVLE Self-Assessments and practice tutorial
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.