ANSC 2060 Chapter : Diagnostic Tests And Treatments
Document Summary
Diagnostic tests and tools: know when and what to use, consider what information results will give, consider cost if necessary. It is extremely rare for a specific set of symptoms to occur in only one disease (pathognomic) We have to rely on an owner, zookeepers, etc. , that care and feed these animals for important information: as a result, diagnostic tests are crucial to our diagnosis. ), gi (oral exam, palpate cranial and caudal abdomen, rectal exam), musculoskeletal system, neurological system (check cranial nerves), urinary, repro, eyes, ears, and lymph nodes. Minimum data base : most sick animals, blood panel, urinalysis, and fecal exam, cbc, chemistry panel. Hematology as a diagnostic tool: usually collect venous (vein) blood, monitor wellness, diagnosis of disease, evaluate medication levels, vein are easier to access, under less stressed than arteries, sites of collection: Jugular (neck: cephalic (front legs, saphenous (hind legs, femoral (medial thigh, samples placed in appropriate tubes.
