VMDL Newsletter Autumn 2016

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Across
  1. 4. Director of the VMDL (first and last name)
  2. 5. Specimen of choice for Pseudorabies ELISA
  3. 8. Negatively staining bacteria
  4. 10. We have a new combined serology test to assess for both Cryptosporidium and
  5. 11. A clinical or anatomic pathology residency generally takes this many years to complete
  6. 12. DNA sequence amplification laboratory technique
  7. 13. A dog with zinc toxicity will likely have this microscopic change to RBCs (two words)
  8. 15. Standard operating procedure
  9. 16. Use of antibodies to highlight specific proteins on biopsy slides
  10. 18. Anticoagulant used for routine hematology testing
  11. 19. You wouldn't want to eat off of this dish
  12. 21. Clinical pathology lab supervisor (first and last name)
  13. 23. Checking for distant migration of tumor cells
  14. 25. Recently inducted into the MVMA Hall of Fame (first and last name)
Down
  1. 1. These bacteria are very small and pleomorphic, sometimes forming rings or c-shapes
  2. 2. Caseous lymphadenitis is caused by this organism (genus only)
  3. 3. Blue, round, broad-based budding yeast
  4. 6. Number of genera identified with our tick-borne disease PCR panel
  5. 7. These cells are round with purple granules
  6. 8. This cell is a "big eater"
  7. 9. A Moroccan leather appearance of the abomasal mucosa suggests infestation with
  8. 14. "Idiopathic" Swine Vesicular Disease is caused by
  9. 17. Infectious laryngotracheitis is caused by a
  10. 20. This type of blood sample should be used for lead testing (two words)
  11. 22. Silver stain which highlights fungal agents
  12. 24. VMDL recently attained full accreditation by the