PCV or Chemistry
Parasites....Yuck!
Equipment
GOOD LUCK
Blood and Plasma
100
What is a straw colored hematocrit
Icteric
100
Which term describes hookworms, roundworms, or tapeworms?
Endoparasite
100
What is the blood tube used for PCVs?
Microhematocrit tube
100
What blood tube is used for coagulopathy profiles?
Blue Top/Vacutainer
200
What would you call these serum samples (cloudy pink) after being centrifuged?
Lipemic: Hemolyzed
200
What is the term describing larva that exit its host through holes in the skin?
Warble
200
When looking through a microscope with both eyes, what would that piece be called?
Ocular Lens
200
It is preferred to obtain all blood samples pre-prandial if possible (one exception would be a diabetic patient)?
True (they have to have their insulin first and food before drawing blood)
300
Which is NOT a Liver function test (done on a chemistry analyzer)?
BUN
300
ANY disease caused by mites?
Acariasis
300
What objective lens magnification is known as the scanning lens?
4X
300
What is the difference between centrifuging a blood sample to yield serum vs. yielding plasma?
Anti-coagulate
400
What is white grainy sediment sometimes called at the bottom of a tube?
Pellet
400
The study of fungi?
Mycology
400
What is the major advantage to having IH lab equipment and capabilities?
Quicker results and treatments for the patient. (REMEMBER, NOT ALL CLINICS HAVE IN HOUSE EQUIPMENT)
400
What are purple vacutainers used for?
CBC
500
What method of collection would you use to check, cytologically, for the presence of ectoparasites?
Scraping
500
Rotor-based, Liquid System, and Bulk Reagent are types of chemistry analyzer systems:
True
500
What do anti-coagulants do?
Separate plasma from blood (when centrifuged)
600
BUN
600
What are round-shaped bacteria called?
Cocci
600
What test/machine can yield instant blood glucose results?
Glucometer (same as humans)
700
What test is used for endoparasite identification?
Fecal float