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Vocabulary
100
The blood cells that are responsible for phagocytosis.
What are leukocytes (neutrophils and Macrophages)?
100
What is used to diagnose ctenocephalides felis
What is flea comb and flea dirt
100
What can you use on an ear swab if the material is dry
What is saline
100
What is the prepatent period of Heterobiharzia americanum
What is 84 days
100
A vaccination that has had its virulance decreased.
What is attenuated?
200
The type of blood test that checks a patients blood for antibodies.
What is ELISA?
200
How long an adult louse can survive without a host
What is 1 week
200
Explain the difference between an aspirate and non aspirate fine needle biopsy
What is with and without a syringe
200
How often should a patient that may potentially have Haemobartonella felis blood be examined
What is multiple times a day because the paracite travels throughout the body in a cycle
200
DEA stands for
What is dog erythrocyte antigen
300
This species has over a dozen blood types and normally does not have transfusion reactions on the first transfusion.
What is canine.
300
The parasites that transmit Babesia bigemina
What is Boophilus annulatus
300
What procedure would have been performed to diagnose chylothorax
What is thoracocentesis
300
What parasite is often mis-identified as heartworm
What is Dipetalonema reconditum
300
Pediculosis
What is Lice infestation
400
This parasite has an oval shaped egg with two operculums, one located on each side.
What is Trichuris vulpis.
400
What parasite that can cause anemia in its hosts and is species specific
What is Lice
400
The disorder of malignant cells that cause variation in nucleus and cytoplasm ratio
What is Anisokaryosis
400
What two blood parasites are caused by the ricketsia bacteria
What is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Tick Fever
400
This medication prevents against fleas, ticks and heartworms
What is Revolution
500
Ascarid are
What is roundworm
500
Explain the difference between facultative and obligatory myiasis
What is free living vs dependant on host
500
A variation in overall cell size seen in malignant cells
What is anisocytosis
500
When should a heartworm test blood sample be drawn
What is in the afternoon
500
What can we do for our patients to ensure they do not get infected with a parasite?
What is use preventatives, deworm, feed cooked or manufactured diets and decrease their exposure to area that they may pick up a parasite
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