Sentences with phrase «examining skin samples»

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In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers used mitochondrial DNA microsatellites from skin samples gathered from more than 3,000 individual humpback whales across the Southern Hemisphere and the Arabian Sea to examine how whale populations are related to one another, a question that is difficult to answer with direct observations of whales in their oceanic environment.

Dot Bennett of St George's University of London and colleagues found that only four of 37 skin cancer samples they examined displayed the supposed hallmark of cancer.

The evidence for the presence of a mycelial fungus in affected areas of the infected bats was obtained when tissue samples from the Williams Hotel Mine were examined by SEM; this imaging method revealed abundant fungal growth on skin and hair shafts (Fig. 1Ci - iv).

At this time, he will check all vital signs including weight, listen to the heart and lungs, examine the ears, eyes, teeth, and skin condition, palpate the stomach, check the nails, check a stool sample, and generally look for any early signs of illness or aging.

This is typically done by examining your dog's skin, stool, or a urine sample, where the yeast can be observed if it is present.

Your veterinarian diagnoses this condition by staining a sample of discharge from the ear and examining it under the microscope for the skin yeast, Malassezia, with its typical «cottage loaf» shape.

Your veterinarian can examine hair and skin scrapings under a microscope and send samples to the laboratory for Fungal cultures.

Diagnosis is usually based on the skin and blood samples examined under the microscope.

She will scrape off a thin sample of your dog's superficial skin layer and examine it under the microscope for the presence or absence of parasites.

The best approach is to visit a veterinarian who can examine a cell skin sample in order to understand the cause of the condition.

This is an in - clinic test in which the doctor will collect a sample from your pet's skin surface or ear canal and examine the sample under the microscope.

A biopsy is executed by removing the affected skin, processing it, and examining the sample under a microscope.

Your Veterinarian can diagnose Ringworm by looking at the skin of your dog, looking at the skin under a special ultraviolet light (called a woods light), or by examining a sample of your dog's hair using a special test (fungal assay test).