External Parasites
Scientific name for "wood tick"
Dermacentor variabilis
What information do we get from a microhematocrit tube?
PCV/TP. hydration level, anemia level
Urine that is ______ has low specific gravity.
clear/very light yellow
What color do gram negative and gram positive organisms stain respectively?
gram negative- pink
gram positive- purple
The ONLY objective that needs/can have immersion oil
100x
What is Otodectes? How do you test for this?
Ear mites. Ear swab
What color is icteric serum/plasma
yellowish
Anuria
Polyuria
Oliguria
Absence of urine
Increased urine production
Decreased urine production
What objective are bacteria best viewed with the microscope
100x
What are the 2 main uses of a refractometer in veterinary medicine?
reading total protein and urine specific gravity
Etiologic agent of lyme disease
borrelia burgdorferi
What is the cytokine responsible for RBC production? From what organ does it mainly originate?
erythropoiten
kidney
Crystal described as having a coffin lid appearance
Struvite or triple phosphate
How are samples collected from hollow organs
aspiration
Doc Hutchins needs 250 mls of a solution. She has a 30% concentration on the shelf, but needs it diluted to 15%. How much of the concentrate do you need?
125 mls of 30% concentrate
Chewing lice have a head ________ (smaller or larger) than their thorax
larger
Why is it extremely important that a whole blood sample used in an automated analyzer is not clotted?
can falsely lower platelet counts and cause damage to analyzer
What is the basic functional unit of the kidney?
Nephron
What cell predominates during Estrus (vaginal cytology)
cornified epithelial cells
Shutter that changes amount of light coming from microscope:
Focuses or directs the light beam:
diaphragm, condensor
Pediculosis is an infection of
Lice
What additives do these tubes contain:
green top
purple top
red top
blue top
green- heparin
purple- edta
red- no additive
blue- sodium citrate
Ketones in the urine are associated with (name 2):
diabetes mellitus, lactating cows, starvation
What type of cell predominates in a suppurative inflammation sample
neutrophils
high!
low