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Urine and other nonblood samples are placed in what tube? |
RTT |
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When patients shows no clinical signs of disease, yet test positive for the virus |
Latent |
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What are the fleas the intermediate host for |
Cestodes (tapeworm) |
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Sample do you use to perform a parvo test |
Feces |
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Building immunity through repeated vaccination is what type of immunity |
Active |
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What parasites can be transmitted by mother's milk |
Nematodes |
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Infestation of fly larva (maggots) |
Myiasis |
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How do we collect a sample for a Demodex suspect? |
Skin scrape, capillary layer / dermal follicles |
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What is a cause of animal mange |
Sarcoptes |
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Tracheobronchitis |
Kennel cough, viruses and bacteria |
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Common microbes that infect the external ear canal |
Aerobic bacteria, yeast |
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Dalmatian dogs excrete what enzyme |
Uric acid |
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Sample used to verify test results is called |
Control |
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Pancreatic enzymes |
AMY , Lipase |
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Term for pinpoint hemorrhage |
Petechia |
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What term describes the condition of decreased blood cells and platelets |
Pancytopenia |
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Where is cerebrospinal fluid collected from |
Spinal cavity |
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What chemistry level would be high if the patient has untreated cause of diabetes |
Glucose, both in blood and urine |
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Full CBC includes what three test |
TP / TS, WBC differential, hemoglobin determination |
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When measuring the ratio of protein in the blood what instrument is used |
Refractometer |
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Condition where circulation RBC are low or absent |
Anemia |
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Tissue swelling and pain |
Inflammation |
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Parasites on the skin, hair or Surface of an animal |
Infestation or ectoparasites |
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Abnormal condition or illness |
Disease |
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Invasion by pathogenic organisms in or on the body |
Infection |
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What animal is a common carrier of rabies in the US |
Raccoons |
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Passing maternal antibodies through colostrum is what kind of immunity |
Passive |
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Test and practice that is used to detect the presence of antigens of viral diseases (hint: test used color change for detection) |
ELISA (enzymed linked immunosorbent assay) |
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Respiratory viruses can be cultured by what sample |
Nasal passage swab |
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Contaminated water can transmit disease such as |
Leptospirosis, giardia, cryptosporidiosis |
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Rabbits are common carries of what zoonotic disease |
Tularemia |
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Zoonotic disease transmitted through urine |
Leptospirosis |
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Zoonotic disease definition |
Disease transmitted from animals to humans or vice versa |
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Larvae that are found in subcutaneous sites with fistula (holes) to the outside environment |
Cuterebra (bot fly larva) |
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Infestation of lice |
Peduculosis |
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Organism that Harbors the immature stage of a parasite |
Intermediate host |
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What might is also known as walking dandruff |
Cheyletiella |
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Sucking lice vs. Biting lice |
Sucking lice have small heads, biting lice have larger heads |
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What is otodectes and how does is it diagnosed |
Ear mites, Ear swab |
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3 signs / symptoms of giardia |
Diarrhea, weight loss, blood in stool |
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Can mosquitoes carry and contract Lyme disease |
No! |
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Parasite that resides on the surface of the host |
Ectoparasite |
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What method is best to identify fluke eggs |
Sedimentation ...centrifuge |
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Toxoplasma is dangerous to who |
Pregnant women it's a protozoan host is cats |
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Dirofilaria immitus.. what species |
Heartworm nematode |
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Keratoconjunctivitis is caused by |
Bacteria |
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Pathogenic organism, obligate intracellular parasites, difficult to eliminate, free living |
Virus |
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What is considered a differential stain |
Gram stain, differentiates between gram-negative and gram-positive |
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Best way to submit your swabs for evaluation |
Swap both ears, submit Schwab's and separate transport media |
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What is the ideal amount of feces to submit to revaluation |
1 - 2 grams (2 - 5 grams) |
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Gram stained yeast are what color |
Blue / purple is positive, pink / red is negative |
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Major cation of interstitial fluid and plasma is ___ |
Sodium |
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Impaired bile flow can result in evaluated __ |
ALP |
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Hepatobiliary function test? |
ALT |
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12 hour fast is recommended for all animals before blood glucose reading except |
Ruminant |
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Dehydration and excess protein intake will result in an increase of |
B u n |
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Which assay is used to excess carbohydrate metabolism |
Glucose |
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Most common inherited coagulation disorder in domestic animals |
Von Willebrand disease |
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Decrease in the number of platelets is called |
Thrombocytopenia |
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Cause of increased plasma protein levels |
Dehydration |
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WBC that responds to allergies and parasites |
Eosinophil |
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What tubes would you submit to live when running a CBC and chemistry |
Purple top tube / tiger top tube |
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BUN and creat are blood chemistry tests for what organ |
Kidney |
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Stack or chains of erythrocytes is called |
Rouleoux |
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Normal PCV in canine and feline |
K9 - 45%, feline - 35% |
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Specific gravity of a fluid is |
The density of a liquid and relation to the density of distilled water |
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What lens on the microscope is considered the dry scanning lens |
4X |
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Your eyes get splashed with a toxic chemical, you should use the eye wash for how long |
5 - 10 minutes |
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urine and other numbers samples are placed in what |
Rtt Red Top tube |