Moving Forward...My Second Quarter of Vet Tech School Taught Me:

We re-covered all canine and feline restrains and knocked those skills off the first day. We are improving quickly, our instructor was pleasantly surprised.

In the Lab:

• Collect Urine Sample (Feline and Canine)
• collect voided urine sample
• Perform Urinalysis
• examine and identify sediment
• Perform Packed Cell Volume
• Perform Total Protein
• capillary tube method
• plasma method
• Prepare Blood Films
• using a variety of techniques
• Prepare specimens for diagnostic analysis
• serum and plasma
• Perform Blood Chemistry Tests
• pre-anesthetic or general profile BUN
• glucose
• common enzymes
• Perform Microbiologic Procedures/Evaluations:
• collect representative samples
• culture bacteria for isolation
• perform staining procedures (gram stain)
• culture and identify common dermatophytes
• Collect, prepare, and evaluate ear cytology (Feline and Canine)