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Vet 292
Laboratory Procedures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following is not a method of culturing animal viruses | Agar plate inoculation |
| All of the following are important functions of bacterial fimbriae except | Attachment |
| The buffy coat in a spun hematocrit tube consists of | WBCs and platelets |
| When considering hematology tests, clots in an EDTA sample are | Never acceptable |
| Reticulocytes on a modified Wright stain (e.g., Diff-Quik) appear | Polychromatic |
| What blood chemistry test should be used to measure cholangiocyte damage | GGT |
| Which of the following crystals is most likely to be found in the urine of an animal with ethylene glycol toxicity | Calcium oxalate |
| Bacterial endospores are | Resistant to heat and desiccation |
| What is the morphology of Vibrio spp. bacteria | Bacillus |
| Determination of which of the following is useful in the detection of inflammatory processes | Fibrinogen |
| Squamous epithelial cells are not normally seen in urine samples obtained by | Cystocentesis |
| A hospital-acquired disease is known as | Nosocomial |
| A decrease in albumin may occur in cases experiencing | Gastroenteritis |
| What biochemical tests are not considered part of a primary hepatic profile | BUN and creatinine |
| The average urine specific gravity for a healthy adult dog is | 1.025 |
| What species has multiple forms of reticulocytes | Cat |
| Which of the following options would not affect a manual WBC count | Objective lens used |
| What cells are phagocytic | Neutrophils and macrophages |
| In which of the following species is rouleaux formation common | Horses |
| With significant dehydration in an otherwise healthy patient, which of the following would probably appear on a urinalysis and CBC | Increased urine SG and increased PCV |
| Blood levels of total bilirubin will not be a significant finding in | Acute pancreatitis |
| Hoover, a canine patient, was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection 2 weeks earlier and was placed on a course of amoxicillin. The veterinarian asked that he return for a recheck to ensure the infection has resolved. The collection method of choice is | Cystocentesis |
| Which of the following is an important function of bacterial flagella | Locomotion |
| What is the most useful way to report WBC differential results | As absolute numbers |
| Monocytes typically have | Lobular nuclei |
| What color are blood collection tubes that contain heparin | Green |
| The etiologic agent of Lyme disease is | Borrelia burgdorferi |
| Which parasite only uses the cat as its definitive host | Toxoplasma gondii |
| Bile acids aid in the digestion of | Fats |
| Which method is commonly used to measure electrolytes | Ion-specific electrodes |
| Which is the correct method to use when performing a serum bile acids assay | Draw a blood sample on a fasting animal, feed the animal, and draw another sample 2 hours later |
| Which of the red blood cell indices indicates cell size | MCV |
| Most bacteria grow best at a pH of | 7 |
| Serum chemistry tests for acute pancreatitis include | Amylase and lipase |
| The current test of choice for evaluating liver function is | Bile acids |
| On a complete blood count (CBC), all of the following findings could be expected in a patient with an infection except | Narrow buffy coat |
| Phagocytes are a type of | White blood cell |
| Leukocytes in the urine sediment and a positive nitrite reaction on the urinary colorimetric strip provide presumptive evidence that the patient might have a | Bacterial infection |
| Which is least likely to be a clinical sign of a patient experiencing allergies | Loss of appetite |
| Blood levels of total bilirubin are used primarily to evaluate the function of the | Liver |
| Which of the following is the most immature erythrocyte | Rubriblast |
| The function of hemolysins is to | Destroy red blood cells |
| Pollakiuria is defined as | Frequent urination with small volume voided |
| Where on the blood smear would you select to start your WBC differential count | Monocellular layer |
| With which of the following is the humoral immune system involved | B cells |
| A fecal smear can be stained for fat. An increased amount of fat is indicative of | Steatorrhea |
| Which of the following might be indicated by an elevated hematocrit | Dehydration |
| Which of the following results may be found in a patient with a degenerative left shift | Bands outnumber mature neutrophils |
| Total protein levels are in a dehydrated animal | Increased |
| A correction for nucleated red blood cells (nRBC) is done to avoid a falsely | Elevated WBC count |
| Leukopenia is defined as | A decrease in white blood cells |
| Urinary pH is not affected by the | Presence of crystals in the urine |
| is the temperature that must be reached and maintained for 13 minutes in a steam autoclave to destroy microorganisms | 121°C |
| Nonrenal causes of increased levels of urea might include | The amount of protein ingested |
| Mr. Downing has brought in a urine sample from Cleo, his 6-year-old female spayed cocker spaniel. The color of the urine appears red. On centrifugation of the sample, you find that the supernatant is now clear. What was the most likely cause of the red co | Hematuria |
| A bacterial genus can best be described as | Belonging to a species |
| An iodine scrub on skin would result in | Antisepsis |
| Which of the following tests is not included in a routine CBC | Reticulocyte count |
| Which of the following is a lentivirus | Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) |
| Water deprivation tests should never be performed on patients with | Dehydration |
| To what color does "icteric serum" refer | Yellow |
| Which of the following substances is used to evaluate kidney filtration and function, is excreted, and is then reabsorbed | Urea |
| What special stain would be used in assessing anemia | New methylene blue |
| Which of the following options is least likely to interfere with blood chemistry test results | Fasting serum |
| To make a smear with anemic blood | Increase the angle of the pusher slide |
| The average urine specific gravity for a healthy adult cat is | 1.030 |
| Which of these tubes must never be placed on a blood rocker after being filled with blood | Red top |
| Glycosuria exists | When blood glucose levels exceed the renal threshold for absorption of glucose |
| Which of the following options is another term for icterus | Jaundice |
| The two most common problems encountered in samples to be evaluated for clinical chemistry are | Hemolysis and lipemia |
| Which of the following is the best time to collect a urine sample to evaluate the specific gravity of a canine patient | First morning sample |
| Horses typically have higher values than other species | AST |
| What immunoglobulin is usually present in the greatest quantity | IgG |
| When performing urinalysis testing, the sample should be analyzed within minutes, otherwise refrigeration is required | 30 |
| Postrenal azotemia refers to | An increase in BUN resulting from the inability to urinate |
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