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100
Urine will test positive for this substance when the renal threshold for glucose is exceeded.
What is glucose?
100
The serum enzyme that is most specific for muscle injury.
What is creatine kinase (CK)?
100
The reason that we sometimes ask owners to bring in the first AM urine sample for USG measurement.
What is the most concentrated urine of the day?
100
Before any test measuring cortisol (ACTH stimulation test, LDDST, etc), if the owner isn't sure if their animal is fasted, you can collect a baseline sample, centrifuge it and evaluate the serum for this interfering substance.
What is lipemia?
100
A urinary condition that is NOT a glomerulopathy that can cause a positive UPC or microalbuminuria test.
What is a urinary tract infection (or any inflammatory bladder disease)?
200
The physiologically active form of calcium in the body, which is often measured to evaluate for parathyroid disease.
What is ionized Ca?
200
The test of choice for detection of hepatocellular injury in small animals.
What is ALT?
200
Three urine samples collected by free catch at home; take a 1 ml aliquot from each, combine, and send to the lab for assessment for possible glomerulopathy.
What is one protocol for the urine protein:creatinine ratio?
200
The artifact that can be introduced by cystocentesis that may invalidate either the UPC or microalbuminuria test.
What is hematuria?
200
The serum substance that can become elevated either from cholestasis or intravascular hemolysis.
What is bilirubin?
300
This test for hyperadrenocorticism can both diagnose the disease and (potentially) tell the difference between PDH and FAT.
What is the low-dose dexamethasone suppression test?
300
This electrolyte is often elevated in animals with hypoadrenocorticism, due to a deficiency in aldosterone.
What is potassium?
300
The two substances measured simultaneously when testing for insulin resistance/equine metabolic syndrome.
What are serum insulin and glucose.
300
The method of collecting the sample for the urine cortisol:creatinine ratio test and the one timing issue we need to be aware of.
What is free catch at home and at least 3 days after any stressful event?
300
Two hormones that can cause insulin resistance.
What are glucocorticoids, progesterone, and growth hormone.
400
The urine screening test for hyperadrenocorticism.
What is the urine cortisol:creatinine ratio?
400
Test used in animals already diagnosed with hyperadrenocorticism, to distingush PDH from FAT.
What is the high-dose dexamethasone suppression test OR the endogenous ACTH.
400
The 2 substances tested for evaluation of parathyroid disease, and the special sample handling required to avoid artifact.
What are ionized calcium and PTH; anaerobic handling required.
400
The type of ACTH that can only be given IM.
What is ACTH gel?
400
The serum hepatic enzyme that is also produced by the mammary gland, and can be used in calves to evaluate for FPT.
What is GGT?
500
The serum thyroid test that is less likely to be affected by sick euthyroid syndrome.
What is free T4?
500
The test for PPID in horses that fluctuates even in normal horses depending on the season.
What is plasma ACTH?
500
The two types of ACTH that can be used for the ACTH stimulation test.
What are Cortrosyn and ACTH gel?
500
The timeline for the ACTH stimulation test, including type of sample, substance being tested for, specific substance given, and timepoints.
What are: serum or plasma; cortisol; Cortrosyn (draw baseline, give Cortrosyn, draw 2nd sample 1 hour later) OR ACTH gel (draw baseline, give ACTH gel, draw 2nd sample 2 hours later).
500
Three things that elevated serum hepatic enzymes can't tell us.
What are: 1) If a hepatopathy is primary or secondary; 2) How severe a hepatopathy is; 3) What specific liver disease is present; 4) Anything about liver function.