Vet Tech Study Guide

What's inside

• Start Herehow to use the guide, a study plan, and a write-in table for the reference values your own program teaches
• Terminologymale, female, young, castrated male and group names for dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, birth terms, directional terms drawn on a dog (cranial, caudal, rostral, dorsal, ventral, proximal, distal, palmar, plantar), points of the dog, and two pages of word parts with built terms
• Anatomy and specieseleven body systems at a glance, the ruminant stomach drawn as a diagram, and ruminant vs hindgut fermenter vs carnivore digestion
• Dentistrythe modified Triadan system, the rule of 4 and 9, dog and cat dental formulas, and full dog and cat dental charts with every tooth numbered
• Parasites and zoonosesroundworm, hookworm, tapeworm, Echinococcus, Giardia, Toxoplasma, fleas, ticks, mange mites, ringworm, rabies, leptospirosis, cat scratch disease, Salmonella, and the heartworm life cycle as a flow chart
• Clinical labblood tubes by cap color with additives and uses, serum vs plasma, order of draw, what a CBC measures, the three parts of a urinalysis, fecal flotation vs sedimentation
• Anesthesia and surgeryanesthesia drug classes by generic name, levels of sedation, a monitoring table with a column for your program's notes, asepsis and sterilization, instrument families, surgical terms, and radiographic views (lateral, VD, DV) drawn to show the beam path
• Pharmacologydrug classes with generic examples and key cautions, NSAID and acetaminophen safety, client teaching points, and medication math in words (dose and volume formulas, a step-by-step method and a practice log for your program's problems)
• Nursing and emergencyrestraint devices, zoonosis protection habits, the ABCs, triage, capillary refill, bloat (GDV) signs and common toxins
• Practice32 fill-in quick checks, a species names drill, Which Tube? and Which Parasite?, label the dog, number the teeth, 40 flashcards and a mastery tracker
• Answers behind a divider at the back
• START-HERE guide with printing, flashcard and tablet tips