This is a drop of blood under the microscope. This patient had heart worm and the arrow is pointing to a heart worm larvae (baby heart worm). Heart worm life-cycle:♻️Heart worm is transmitted by mosquito🦟. When a mosquito bites a heartworm infected dog, it ingested the larvae. The larvae then develops into infective stage within […]
These were the paws of a cat👣. The paw on the left 🟣 was much paler than the right one 🔴 due to poor perfusion. When there’s localized poor perfusion, arterial obstruction is highly suspected. The most common cause is thrombus (blood clot) lodged within the aorta. These patients usually presented with hind limbs weakness/paralysis
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One of the most common cause of thrombosis in cat is heart disease.
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Cross-matching is one of the test performed prior to blood transfusion to minimize transfusion reaction. Major cross-match and minor cross-match are usually performed.🩸.-Major cross-match = Mixing a drop of donor red blood cells and patient plasma/serum-Minor cross-match = Mixing a drop of donor plasma/serum and patient red blood cells.If the blood product isn’t compatible then
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) 🩸 is characterized by immune system dysregulation that leads to destruction of the red blood cells (RBC). IMHA is either primary or secondary to another disorder..Saline agglutination test (SAT) is a very easy test to perform and require minimal equipment 💉. A positive result indicates autoagglutination (Clumping) of the red blood
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One of the key vital we check during clinical examination is mucous membrane (MM) colour .The MM for this kitten was very pale which is suggestive of severe anaemia 🩸 and later confirmed with blood test. She certainly felt much better and energetic after blood transfusion. 😻.Usually anaemia will accompany with other physiological changes such
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This patient came in with unilateral conjunctivitis and superficial corneal ulceration. However there’s more to it. This animal can’t blink 👀properly hence the secondary damage to the eye. 👁.There are 12 cranial nerves and they all have different functions including sensory function, motor function, gland secretion and many more. Facial nerve paralysis is the inability
An incidental splenic mass was found in this patient during an ultrasound scan. Usually these masses are highly vascular and can cause haemoabdomen (bleeding in the abdomen) when rupture therefore It is important to surgically treat them before it happens. Statistically, 2/3 of the splenic mass are malignant and 2/3 of these malignant masses are hemangiosarcoma. Hence a given splenic mass
Ear mite infestation is very common and highly contagious in cats and dogs. They cause ears itchiness, ears discharge and odor, scratching ears and head shaking. Lucky there are various topical and systemic therapy which are highly effective.
Slab fracture is one of the most common traumatic tooth fracture. The most common causes are chewing on hard items such as bones or really hard chew toy. When the dental pulp is exposed, then it is painful and predispose to bacterial infection. Treatment options at that point are either extraction or endodontic therapy (eg
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