Toxins
This flower can cause acute renal failure in cats.
What are lilies?
This cell is responsible for forming clots.
What is a platelet?
This term describes a constricted, small pupil.
What is miosis?
This describes blue or purple gums.
What are cyanotic mucous membranes?
This class of medications can cause excess thirst, urination, appetite, and panting (dogs).
What are corticosteroids?
This neurotoxin causes ataxia, urinary incontinence, hyperesthesia, and nausea.
What is THC?
This test requires a centrifuge and measures the proportion of blood that consists of red blood cells.
What is a packed cell volume?
This condition describes an increase in intracranial pressure, usually due to trauma.
What is a traumatic brain injury?
This term describes black, tarry stool.
What is melena?
This 10mg/mL injectable sedative can cause hypotension and is not reversible.
What is Acepromazine?
This common additive in human food can cause rapid hypoglycemia and liver failure.
What is xylitol?
This thin, yellowish-white layer of white blood cells and platelets forms above the red blood cells after whole blood is centrifuged.
What is the buffy coat?
This term describes general weakness, wobbliness.
What is ataxia?
This term describes difficulty breathing.
What is dyspnea?
This slurry medication binds to positively charged proteins at the gastric ulcer, forming a physical protective barrier.
What is sucralfate?
This substance in antifreeze makes it deadly even in tiny amounts.
What is ethylene glycol?
These parameters can be elevated with acute kidney injury or dehydration.
What is BUN or Creatinine?
This term describes rapid eye movements at rest.
This describes small, frequent urination.
What is pollaikuria?
Side effects of this medication include pytalism, miosis, and topical analgesia.
What is Atropine?
This pain reliever can cause liver failure in dogs and fatal methemoglobinemia in cats.
What is acetaminophen?
This test evaluates the abnormal clumping of red blood cells due to IMHA.
What is a slide agglutination test?
This disease describes a head tilt, nystagmus, and ataxia, and is frequently idiopathic or caused by an inner ear infection.
What is vestibular disease?
This procedure is both therapeutic and diagnostic for pleural space disease and describes removing effusion.
What is thoracocentesis?
This capsule always needs to be followed with water, or it can cause esophageal stricture in cats.
What is doxycycline?