Veterinary Instructional Video Narration
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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In this module, you'll be learning to collect blood samples from the bearded dragon. By the end of the day, you'll be able to identify the supplies required, demonstrate proper handling and restraint for sample collection. Identify the location of the vessels that can be used for collection and show how to handle the blood for submission to the laboratory. The first step in obtaining blood samples from the bearded dragon is to set up your area. A quiet area is best to reduce patient stress and minimize the required restraint place a warm towel on the table for an adult bearded dragon, prepare a three CC syringe with a 22 gauge needle. You'll also need some glass microscope slides, hematic tubes and lithium heper blood tubes for the samples. Finally, don't forget some gauze and alcohol for preparing the skin at the site of the collection. Once the area is ready, you're all set to grab your patient. The most common vessel for sampling is the ventral tail vein. This will be discussed in more detail later. But it's important to know that for the restraint of the bearded dragon, the vessel is approached through the scales on the ventral aspect of the tail. There are two ways to restrain the lizard. You can hold the animal upright, keeping the legs against the body and the ventral surface of the tail upright. This is a fairly easy restraint method. However, with a calm animal, you may be able to leave them sitting on a towel in a comfortable resting position. The tail can then be elevated from behind to access the area of the skin required for sample collection.