Grace's Microscope

TINY THINGS I SEE

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Aspirate of a lipoma (benign fatty mass) on a dog.

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Aspirate of nasal lymphoma in a cat, 1000x magnification. Radiograph showing the swollen area below.

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Felicola subrostratus, the feline chewing louse. Finding this today was a first for me! 100x magnification.

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Otodectes ear mites from a feline. Adult mites and eggs present.

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Nucleated red blood cells from an avian blood smear, 1000x magnification.

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Blood smear from a septic goat, 1000x magnification.

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All You Need Is Love <3

(incidental finding on an aspirate of a cat's lymph node)

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Fine needle aspirate of a mandibular mass in a cat - probable oral squamous cell carcinoma. 1000x magnification.

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Soft tissue sarcoma in a canine patient.

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Fine needle aspirate of a canine lymph node at 1000x magnification. Unfortunately, this patient has lymphoma.

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Ear swab from a craigslist kitten. Cocci bacteria and numerous white blood cells responding to/engulfing the bacteria. The kitten got a thorough ear cleaning and a course of medication. Stay tuned to see what else we found in her ears...

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Here are two lice from an alpaca fiber sample. These are the species of biting louse that parasitize camelids, Damalinia breviceps, as opposed to the species of sucking louse, Microthoracius cameli. The two species look visually different at microscopic examination, and treatment options vary depending on which species is causing the infection.  

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Swabbing your throat while ill: highly recommended.

Cultured on Sheep Blood Agar.

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Strongyle oocytes from an alpaca fecal sample. The number of eggs in this view of the slide is high, and this alpaca needed to be dewormed.

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A flowing river of red blood cells.

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Mixing things up with a video- here you can see a developing parasite larva from the fecal sample from a 7 year old male alpaca who has been having trouble keeping weight on.

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Goat testis tissue sample.