Lecture: 3 hours/week
Lab: 3 hours/week
This course may include demonstrations, case studies, group work, classroom presentations, flipped classroom, simulations and/or online quizzes.
- Transfusion medicine
- canine and feline blood types
- blood typing techniques
- cross matching of blood for transfusion - Components of the urinalysis
- sample collection techniques
- gross evaluation, urine specific gravity, biochemical analysis, sediment preparation and analysis - Immunological and serological testing
- ELISA, serum agglutination and precipitation tests
- serum protein electrophoresis
- antibody titers
- in-clinic test kits for heartworm and FeLV/FIV - Whole blood and serum chemistry
- sample collection and handling
- record keeping and lab requisition forms
- testing procedures
- quality control
- manual testing - Endocrine and major organ testing
- thyroid gland function
- adrenocortical gland function
- glucose homeostasis
- hepatic function
- renal function - Cytology and histopathology
- tissue sampling, collection and preservation techniques
- preparation and staining
- gross and microscopic tissue and fluid analysis - Microbiology
- pathogen (bacterial, viral, fungal) growth patterns, morphology, testing techniques and control methods
- sample collection, including use of culture media
- gross colony and microscopic organism evaluation including staining techniques
- biochemical analysis
- laboratory safety and quality control
- basics of antimicrobial sensitivity testing
Upon completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Describe veterinary blood types and perform blood typing and cross matching.
- Handle and prepare a urine sample, then perform a complete urinalysis.
- Perform serum chemistry profiles and recognize abnormalities.
- Describe common serological and immunological veterinary testing procedures.
- Collect, handle and prepare tissue and fluid samples for analysis.
- Apply staining techniques, use microbiological culture media and perform additional tests to identify microscopic organisms.
Evaluations will be carried out in accordance with 黑料吃瓜网曝一区二区 Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. A final minimum cumulative grade of 鈥淐鈥 or 60% is required, in both lecture and lab components, in order to progress in the Veterinary Technology program.
Evaluation will be based on the following:
Quizzes (lab and lecture) 15-45% (no quiz worth >15%)
Assignments (lab and lecture) 20-50% (no assignment worth >25%)
Lab Midterm 10-20%
Final Examinations (lab and lecture) 15-40%
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