What would be the best option for a technician to prepare a good blood smear using an older blood sample that is thick and has some clotting?

What term describes small fragmented sections of erythrocytes seen on a blood smear and is also a type of erythrocyte abnormality that might be present on a blood smear when a patient has been diagnosed with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)?

Which blood collection tube is best suited for the collection of blood for a hematologic test that does not alter morphology but is not good for chemistry analysis?

Which organ is primarily involved in the production of erythropoietin?

Which organ is primarily involved in the production of thrombopoietin?

What internal parasite is noted in the picture to the right?

What internal parasite is noted in the picture to the right?

Which parasite does not concern humans, no zoonotic concern?

Which is not a reason for false negative DX test (negative test when heartworms are actually present)?

Which parasite is seen in the pic on the right?

Which sample would be the best to use for a urinalysis (UA)?

Glucose found in the urine is always cause for investigation.

Which urinary crystal is in the image to the right?

Which urinary crystal is in the image to the right?

A lipemic sample is always an artifact.

Proteins are fundamental components of all living cells and include many substances. They are necessary for the proper functioning of an organism. Which protein catalyzes chemical reactions of other substances without itself being destroyed or altered upon completion of the reactions?

Albumin and Fibrinogen come from which organ(s)?

Which liver enzymes, if elevated with no other abnormalities on the chemistry, would lean to a diagnosis of liver damage?

Which is the proper order for Bile Acid testing in a clinic?

If a geriatric feline presents with polyurea/polydipsia, weight loss, normal appetite, lethargy and the blood chemistry panel azotemia, what would be the next tests that would be advised the client to agree to?

Uric acid is a value utilized in which patients?

Which enzyme is pancreatic specific where it can be utilized in a feline or canine snap test to run in house for pancreatitis diagnosis?

When running electrolytes on chemistry machines, which is preferred?

On a laparotomy for foreign body on a German shepherd, an incidental finding is extreme pancreas atrophy. The pet has lost weight but owners and vet assumed blood work and weight loss were due to foreign body. What test might be performed that could explain all of the findings?

When talking about oxygen use in classification of bacteria, Bacteria that require oxygen to survive:

When talking about oxygen use in classification of bacteria, Bacteria that can survive in the absence of oxygen, but their growth is limited:

A gram positive cocci that is typically found in pyogenic lesions such as wounds, dermatitis, otitis, and mastitis is ______________________

The most common problem with cytology is that cells cannot be evaluated due to lack of them or that they have been mangled.

Exfoliative Cytology includes all of the following except:

If there is suspicion that the bacteria is a highly zoonotic agent, the sample should be saved and tested in the vet lab after hours and not shipped to an outside lab.

Which gram negative bacteria is the cause of Lyme disease in people and arthritis and lameness in dogs?

Your coworker received an open wound after assisting with a flea infested, feral cat neuter. She ended up calling in the next day stating the area was large and swollen along with her closest lymph nodes. What fastidious bacterium should the feral cat be looked at for along with your coworker?

Your vet asks you to go get a culture media to get a sample of the infected wound on the 2 day post dog fight patient. This clinic is not equipped for in house micro and usually sends everything out to the lab. Which media would you choose?

Which test is preferred as the most accurate in house test for dermatophyte recognition?

Which stain is utilized for slides to see a positive dermatophyte species?

A fluid that is clear, non-inflammatory, has low total protein and low total nucleated cells is considered a/an

A fluid that is cloudy to turbid, has high total nucleated cell count, has high protein, and bacteria present is considered a/an

What is not an advantage of cytology in a diagnostic capacity?

When you gather cells in a vaginal cytology, what exact cells are you looking at?

If you looked into this ear canal in the picture to the right, what would you inform your veterinarian that you saw?

This class of antibodies is involved in allergic responses and parasite infections:

If you are performing a MAJOR cross match, you are taking cells from the ____________________ and mixing them with plasma from the ____________________.

What type of testing is indicated to right?

The principal action of Prolactin is it triggers

The posterior pituitary is responsible for housing these two hormones

This hormone completes process of follicle development in ovary and usually causes ovulation

Canines that are more prone to __________________________.

The outer zone or the Zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland is responsible for __________________________.

Cushings disease is known as __________________________.

Cushings disease is typically __________________________ dependant.

If a patient has Cushing’s disease that was caused iatrogenically, that means:

To diagnose Addison’s disease, the best test to utilize is

Class 1 diabetes mellitus is

A client will not be able to adequately control DM if there is an untreated other endocrine issue.

When the cells are “starved” for glucose, the body begins breaking down fat for emergency fuel. This can result in a life threatening diagnosis of

If the oocyte is not fertilized, it will

Progesterone in most mammals other than dogs is secreted from the corpus luteum and then by the placenta.

What is the least invasive and inexpensive in-clinic test to determine if a patient has ovulated?

Which peptide hormone produced by the follicles, uterus, and placenta can be measured to confirm pregnancy in a bitch?

What is the best process for handling a rabies testing case?