23. The veterinary assistant wrote:" Negative for parvovirus".
SHE WROTE 'FAECAL PARVOVIRUS NEGATIVE' ON THE TEST KIT
"No parvovirus," the veterinary technician declared. The adult dog had shot out lots of watery diarrhoa splattering the surface of the examination table. Yellowish, with lots of tissues. As if the intestines were rotting.
The dog belonged to a breeder. Strong built and excellent body condition. Suddenly it had diarrhoea. No vomiting. Looked normal.
I asked her to do a test for parvovirus by swabbing the anus for stools and using the faecal parvoviral test kit.
She was new in her job and had done a few tests before. If there were 2 lines seen on the test slide, it meant parvovirus. But 1 line meant negative.
As simple as that. Well, I asked to see the slide.
"There is a faint line," I said to the soft-spoken lady. "We need to take a repeat test later."
Probably she could not understand me. She wrote "negative" on the test slide. Without my knowledge.
The dog vomited a lot. It died overnight. A purplish tongue indicated a heart and respiratory failure.
"Check for parvovirus again," I instructed. There were 2 bold purplish lines on the test kit this time. Faecal parvovirus positive. I asked to see the first slide.
I saw some words blacked out by the black marker pen ink.
It was "negative" now blacked over. We all learn from experience from real life cases. Some cases need to be re-tested.
"No parvovirus," the veterinary technician declared. The adult dog had shot out lots of watery diarrhoa splattering the surface of the examination table. Yellowish, with lots of tissues. As if the intestines were rotting.
The dog belonged to a breeder. Strong built and excellent body condition. Suddenly it had diarrhoea. No vomiting. Looked normal.
I asked her to do a test for parvovirus by swabbing the anus for stools and using the faecal parvoviral test kit.
She was new in her job and had done a few tests before. If there were 2 lines seen on the test slide, it meant parvovirus. But 1 line meant negative.
As simple as that. Well, I asked to see the slide.
"There is a faint line," I said to the soft-spoken lady. "We need to take a repeat test later."
Probably she could not understand me. She wrote "negative" on the test slide. Without my knowledge.
The dog vomited a lot. It died overnight. A purplish tongue indicated a heart and respiratory failure.
"Check for parvovirus again," I instructed. There were 2 bold purplish lines on the test kit this time. Faecal parvovirus positive. I asked to see the first slide.
I saw some words blacked out by the black marker pen ink.
It was "negative" now blacked over. We all learn from experience from real life cases. Some cases need to be re-tested.
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