Vet Tech Lab Final

Signalment

Name, age, breed (species), sex, presenting…

Upper arcade

maxillary

Lower arcade

mandibular

Ceruminous Debris

Another word for ear wax

Log for Controlled Meds

legal documentation that tracks receipt, storage, dispensing, and disposal of controlled medications

Compliant Abdominal Wall

able to feel organs in stomach region of cats easily

Cryptorchidism

condition in male cats where one or both testicles fail to descend to the scrotom

Also check for…

temperature, blood draw, cystocentesis

Cystocentesis

“Bladder, poke with needle”

Normal Temperature for cats and dogs

100.5-102.5 F

Normal Heart Rate for cats

140-220 bpm

Normal respiratory rate for cats

20-40 bpm

Normal blood pressure for cats

<140mmHg

Normal Heart Rate for dogs

70-120 bpm

Normal respiratory rate for dogs

18-34 bpm

Normal blood pressure for dogs and horses

110-160mmHg

Normal temperature for horses

99.5-101.5 F

Normal heart rate for horses

30-42 bpm

When to start dehorning calves?

2-4 weeks of age

Scurs

small horn-like growths that are not fully attached to the skull

Hornbuds usage

Clip around so that we don’t burn hair, we also don’t use alcohol

Lidocaine

Use 5mL per side to block cornual nerve (nerve that supplies sensation to hornbud)

Where do you insert Lidocaine?

Look for the V shape to find divot adjacent to the lateral side of eye at perpendicular angle

Before injecting Lidocaine we must…

aspirate to make sure we don’t put the Lidocaine in a blood vessel, otherwise it won’t do anything

Meloxicam

A pain relief NSAID, give calves 3 tablets/100#

Aluminum spray

Used as a protective topical dressing. Don’t get on eyes!

Strangles

a highly contagious bacterial infection in horses caused by Streptococcus equi subsp equi, which leads to fever, nasal discharge, and swollen lymph nodes, particularly under the jaw

Streptococous equi subspecies equi

Gram positive, highly contagious, causes lymphadenopathy (head and throatlatch), dyspneal (labored breathing), lethargy, abscess

Does strangles need antibiotics?

Rarely

Subclinical carriers of Strangles

not detectable without testing in the guttural pouch or if chondroids are formed (must be flushed out)

Potassium penicillin

targets gram positive anaerobes

How do you confirm if a horse no longer has strangles?

3 negative nasal swabs (PCR) every 7-10 days

Strangles Vaccine

Non-core/risk-based (not used at CP)

AAEP

a grading scale from 1-5

Grade 1

inconsistent

Grade 2

consistent under special circumstances

Grade 3

obvious in trotting a straight line

Grade 4

obvious at walk

Grade 5

Non-weight bearing

Static Exam

no movement, limb palpation, hoof testers

Dynamic Exam

walk, trot, lope, flexion tests

Flexion test

lower and upper limb for 45 seconds

Head rise

lame limb hitting the ground

Head drops

sound limb hitting groundN

Nerve block

Palmer digital nerve

PCV

packed cell volume

Normal PCV for horses

30-35%, cannot go over 40

Reticulocytes

immature red blood cells that are released by the bone marrow and mature into red blood cells in the bloodstream, typically within about two days (horses don’t make these so it’s harder to tell if anemic or not)

Trachycardia

elevated heart rate jugular distension

Brisket edema

right-sided heart failure

Jugular vein

standard and preferred site for blood collection in horses

Carotid Artery

must be avoided when taking blood to avoid hematoma, arterial bleeding, stroke