NAVLE Swine and Small Ruminant Practice Questions
Pigs, sheep, goats, camelids and cervids are 10% of the NAVLE species blueprint · 25 of the 360 questions on our practice exam
360 questions across every species and competency area in 12 timed blocks, with a score for swine and small ruminants so you know where you stand.
Free swine and small ruminants drillGrowing pigs on a farm have a chronic, dry, nonproductive cough, slower growth and low mortality. Necropsy shows purple-gray consolidation of the cranioventral lung lobes. Which organism is the primary pathogen?
Swine, Sheep, Goats and Camelids on the NAVLE
Pigs (5%), sheep and goats (3.3%) and camelids and cervids (1.7%) together make up 10% of ICVA’s species blueprint, about 36 questions on the full exam. These questions focus on herd diagnosis in swine and on the metabolic, parasitic and infectious diseases that matter most in small ruminants and camelids.
- Share of the exam
- Pigs, sheep, goats, camelids and cervids are 10% of the NAVLE species blueprint; 25 of the 360 questions on our practice exam
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 34 swine and small ruminants questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What swine and small ruminants questions test
- Swine: PRRS, PED and TGE, erysipelas, Streptococcus suis, pleuropneumonia, enzootic pneumonia, edema disease and piglet anemia
- Swine production problems: reproductive failure, salt poisoning, porcine stress syndrome and lameness
- Sheep and goats: pregnancy toxemia, Haemonchus and FAMACHA, caseous lymphadenitis, CAE, enterotoxemia and urolithiasis
- Zoonotic and contagious small ruminant disease: orf, footrot and bluetongue
- Camelids: meningeal worm, heat stress, hemotropic mycoplasma, rickets in crias and aberrant behavior
Sit the full exam under the real clock
360 questions across every species and competency area in 12 timed blocks, with a score for swine and small ruminants so you know where you stand.
Free swine and small ruminants drillHow to study it
- Learn the classic age group for each swine disease (neonatal, nursery, finisher, sow).
- Know why sheep get copper toxicity and how goats differ from sheep in parasite treatment.
- Take the swine and small ruminant drill until you score 80% or better.
Common questions
How many swine and small ruminant questions are on the NAVLE?
ICVA weights porcine content at 5%, ovine and caprine at 3.3% and camelids and cervids at 1.7%, about 36 of the 360 questions together across all competency areas.
Are foreign animal diseases of pigs included?
Yes, as public health questions. African swine fever and other reportable diseases are in our Public Health and Welfare area.
360 questions across every species and competency area in 12 timed blocks, with a score for swine and small ruminants so you know where you stand.
Free swine and small ruminants drillThe other NAVLE areas
- Canine Clinical Practice
- Feline Clinical Practice
- Equine Clinical Practice
- Bovine Clinical Practice
- Birds and Exotic Animals
- Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Animal Welfare
- 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.