Protocols
Name That Test I
Name That Test II
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100
The amount of time after birth that foals and calves should be tested for failure of passive transfer.
What is 12 hours?
100
The routine laboratory test performed on both sick and healthy animals that gives information regarding general immune status.
What is the CBC?
100
The blood gas that measures patient oxygenation.
What is paO2?
100
The major cation of the extracellular fluid.
What is sodium?
100
The major cation of the intracellular fluid.
What is potassium?
200
The purpose of the rubber cap used when obtaining an arterial blood sample, and when it must be used.
To plug the needle and prevent gas exchange between the blood sample and the air; immediately after drawing the sample.
200
The three major substances involved in acid-base status.
What are H+, pCO2, and HCO3?
200
A major buffer in the body that is always measured in a blood gas analysis.
What is HCO3?
200
The two major organ systems involved in acid-base status.
What are kidneys and lungs?
200
The normal range of blood pH.
What is 7.35-7.45?
300
The type(s) of blood sample required for evaluation of ventilation and acid-base status.
What are arterial or venous blood samples?
300
The plasma protein that increases with inflammation in large animals.
What is fibrinogen?
300
Defined as the last serum dilution that tests positive for a specific antibody.
What is an antibody titer?
300
In certain acid-base disorders, the electrolyte that shifts in the opposite direction of H+ in order to maintain electroneutrality.
What is potassium?
300
The sample type(s) required for evaluation of acid-base status, ventilation and oxygenation in a patient.
What is an arterial blood sample?
400
The sample type and specific step in sample handling for the chylomicron test.
What is 1) serum (or plasma) and 2) refrigerate overnight.
400
The immune system test that can measure humoral immunity to specific diseases AND diagnose specific diseases.
What is the antibody titer?
400
The test that is diagnostic for a specific disease if IgG antibodies taken 2-4 weeks apart increase at least 4-fold.
What is the paired antibody titer test?
400
The acid-base disorder in the following example: pH 7.55, pCO2 30, HCO3 16.
What is respiratory alkalosis?
400
The acid-base disorder that is always caused by hypoventilation and can be rapidly fatal unless corrected.
What is respiratory acidosis?
500
The sample type and specific step in sample handling required for the fibrinogen test.
What is 1) plasma and 2) a device that can heat the microhematocrit tube to 52 degrees C.
500
The blood gas measured on most routine serum chemistry panels that is a good estimate of HCO3.
What is TCO2?
500
The gold standard for measuring individual classes of antibody such as IgG.
What is radial immunodiffusion?
500
The acid-base disorder that is almost always caused by large losses of H+ from the body due to vomiting primarily stomach fluid (and not intestinal fluid).
What is metabolic alkalosis?
500
The acid-base disorder in the following example: pH 7.14, pCO2 31, HCO3 12, anion gap 36 (elevated). Give an example of a disease or toxicity that commonly causes this.
What is titrational metabolic acidosis? DKA, renal failure, lactic acidosis (grain overload, shock), ethylene glycol
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