The Intersection of Diet and Behavior (On Demand)

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This quiz is for on-demand attendees of the presentation “The Intersection of Diet and Behavior” from the Purina Institute Collaborative Care webinar series. In order to obtain your RACE certificate for 1 CE hours, you must get a score of 80% or higher. You can retake the quiz as needed to pass.

This webinar is eligible for RACE credit through 26 January 2028.

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Which is the LEAST likely explanation for an apparently healthy dog presented for a poor appetite?

Client is feeding the same diet offered while in the hospital for antiemetic treatments

Offering a consistent diet on a regular feeding schedule

Offering a different palatable food to the maintenance diet each time the dog refuses to eat

Feeding dogs displaying frequent social conflict near each other

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Which type of learning occurs when an animal associates a specific food with a nausea or visceral pain?

Operant conditioning

Habituation

Classical conditioning

Social facilitation

3 / 5

Which factor is responsible for the beneficial effects of medium-chain triglycerides on age-related cognitive decline?

Ketones

Dopamine

Vitamin E

GABA

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Alpha-casozepine is best described as a bioactive peptide that:

Acts as a stimulant of dopamine receptors

Suppresses appetite through leptin activation

Functions as an antibiotic in the gut

Mimics the effects of benzodiazepines without sedation

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Which mechanism is most directly involved in communication between the gut microbiome and the brain?

Direct synaptic connections between intestinal bacteria and neurons

Production of neuroactive metabolites and signaling via the vagus nerve

Passive diffusion of bacteria across the blood–brain barrier

Mechanical stimulation of the enteric nervous system only

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