Parasitology
Hematology
Microbiology
Agars & rxns
Urinalysis
100
24 hrs.
What is the length of time a tick has to be attached to transmit tick borne disease in general?
100
Increased HCT.
What is seen in a dehydrated patient?
100
72 hours
What is the amount of time to wait before reporting a final "no growth" report?
100
Beta-hemolytic bacteria.
What is the group of bacteria that is usually considered a potential pathogen?
100
Cystocentesis.
What is the best way to collect urine for a bacterial culture?
200
This parasite lives in the liver and the bile ducts.
What is Fasciola hepatica?
200
Neutrophils.
What is the typical WBC in conjunctival/corneal scrapings of animals with non-allergic inflammation?
200
Bacteria are best identified using this objective.
What is oil immersion?
200
A media color change to red that preceded or occurred simutaneous to the growth of white to tan colonies.
What are colonies grown on DTM that are likely to be pathogenic?
300
This is the common American dog tick.
What is Dermacenter?
300
A white band of concentrated WBCs.
What is the buffy coat?
300
Significant colonies that have been selected on a primary growth media are tested in this way.
What is a Gram stain?
300
Grows most bacteria.
What is a nutritive media?
300
The biggest advantage to staining a urine sediment.
What improves the detection of bacteria?
400
This tapeworm matures inside the flea.
What is dipylidium?
400
Birds and reptiles have nucleated mature RBCs, while the mature RBCs of mammals are not nucleated.
What is the difference of bird/reptile blood and mammal blood?
400
Gram negative bacteria.
What is the most frequent group of bacteria that requires routine antimicrobial susceptibility testing?
400
Special inoculation techniques should be used to quantify bacterial colony counts.
What do you keep in mind when culturing urine?
500
This roundworm in lives in cats only.
What is Toxocara cati?
500
Report neutriphils as toxic.
What is done when you note neutriphils contain small bluish/gray cytoplasmic inclusions, vacuolation and light blue cytoplasm?
500
The standard in which to measure zones of inhibition on a mueller hinton plate.
What is mm?
500
Alpha hemolytic
What is a strep colony on a BAP with a greenish zone around it?
500
Sedistain.
What is the stain used with urine sediments?