Assessing
hydration status (See also Assessing
hydration status in Physical Exam section)Practical diagnostic clinical and lab procedures
With an eye on shelter medicine (and thus cost), non- and minimally-invasive procedures only.
Assessing
hydration status (See also Assessing
hydration status in Physical Exam section)
Taking body temperature Using rectal and ear thermomoeters
ELISA tests Practical information on performing FeLV and FIV screening
tests, and their interpretations. (With emphasis in the need for
confirmation tests.)
Fecal exams How to on fecal exams
Pulse and respiratory rates. How.
Doppler sphygmomanometery Practical aspects of taking blood pressure
using a Doppler blood flow detector on the cheap. (And how to make affordable
small BP cuffs.)
Auscultation Using a stethoscope for cadiac, respiratory, and abdominal
auscultations
Clinical centrifuges Information on general-purpose clinical centrifuges
and hematocrit centrifuges
Urinalysis Obtaining veterinary urine samples and urinalysis.
Otoscope Using an otoscope on small animals.
Blood analysis WBC, and other blood analysis techniques.
Refractometers Uses of refractometers in a clinical veterinary lab.
DTM Practical aspects of proper sample collections and all-important
interpretation of results.
ECG (EKG) Practical aspects of using an ECG machine on small animals.
And basic interpretations of electrocardiograms
Last modified: 08/28/2003