Sentences with phrase «test microscopic examination»

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An HPV test, in which doctors test a cervicovaginal specimen for the presence of the nucleic acids of carcinogenic types of HPV, is more sensitive than the Pap test (a microscopic examination of exfoliated cells) for detection of precancers.

Four tests are currently used to diagnose glaucoma: an eye pressure test, observation of the optical nerve, microscopic examination of the anterior eye, and visual field testing using a machine called a Visual Field Analyser.

The accurate test is a microscopic examination, or an antibody blood test.

Clinically I have seen many three day stool tests, showing «negative» for yeast culture and «many» yeast present under daily microscopic examination.

Thus, a full physical examination, careful patient history taking, and laboratory testing (complete blood count, blood chemistry profile, urinalysis, microscopic fecal examination, heartworm testing) should be performed in all dogs with adult - onset demodicosis.

Diagnosis of a heartworm infestation in canines is usually made by microscopic examination or by a blood test.

Conduct a full physical examination, obtain a careful patient history, and perform laboratory tests (complete blood count, blood chemistry profile, microscopic fecal examination, feline leukemia virus and FIV testing) in all cats with demodicosis.

A microscopic examination and a fugal culture obtained from a skin biopsy are the definitive tests for diagnosing ringworm.

Urine culture is the gold standard test to rule in or out bacterial a urinary tract infection because bacteria may be missed on microscopic examination when present in low numbers or if urine is very dilute.

The choice of medication your veterinarian will prescribe depends upon the findings of an examination and any necessary ancillary tests, such as a fecal examination for intestinal parasites or microscopic examination of a skin sample or an ear swab for ear mites.

The tissue samples that are collected can be studied through immunohistochemistry, traditional microscopic examination and tests that detect the presence of virus or bacteria.

For that reason, the examining veterinarian's clinical evaluation, as well as examination with a Wood's lamp (which «lights up» fungus on the fur) and microscopic examination of the cat's hairs, all need to be utilized along with either of the laboratory tests.

Within our lab, our staff is capable of performing a variety of procedures including, CBCs (complete blood counts), blood chemistries, thyroid testing, blood parasite testing, FeLV / FIV testing, parvo testing, Giardia testing, microscopic examinations of ear swabs, and more.

Microscopic examination of six slides from every Knott concentration test was carried out and Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens microfilariae were found in the blood of all cats (Fig 2), their count ranging from 5 to 17 per sample.

Cytology (the microscopic examination of cell samples drawn from the tumor using a needle and syringe) is sometimes helpful as a rapid or preliminary test.

A veterinarian will take the help of a microscopic examination or culture of skin scrapings or conduct a smear test to confirm the diagnosis.

But in perplexing cases, instilling a fluid into those channels and then collecting it for microscopic examination (BAL = BALF test) will give your veterinarian data to help confirm the diagnosis.

This is used for rapid or preliminary screening tests, but accurate diagnosis usually requires microscopic examination of tissue (histopathology).

We recommend yearly testing your pet for heartworms, this involves a small amount of blood drawn to evaluate if there are circulating Microfiliaria (immature forms of heartworms that circulate the blood stream) on microscopic examination, we will also use a heartworm snap test which tests for adult heartworms present in your pet.

Your veterinary professional will do a physical examination and will likely order blood testing for lab evaluation as well as skin scraping samples for microscopic review.

Your vet may perform diagnostic tests in order to find the cause of your dog's symptoms, including a skin biopsy, test for ringworm, microscopic examination of the hair and skin for presence of parasites or infection, and blood tests to assess your dog's overall health

Complete urinalysis with microscopic examination of urine sediment, repeat MA test in 7 - 10 days.

We are reluctant to recommend testing for members of breeds where we have not yet proven susceptibility to DM through microscopic examination of spinal cords from deceased dogs that exhibited symptoms of the disease.

So your veterinarian might suggest a general health screen that includes blood tests and microscopic skin scraping examinations to rule out a larger problem.

Prepare chemical solutions, reagents and specimens for microscopic examination; perform laboratory tests; analyze and report findings; and investigate atypical results and discrepancies to determine causation.