✨You guys got it! This is a semen sample! But not the usual one we normally have. This sample is from a 9yr old dog.✨
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✨These are fleas!✨
Fleas can cause severe itching and also other problems such as skin infections and hair loss. Some animals can become allergic to fleas. Fleas can carry and transmit a bacterium called Bartonella that can cause health issues in cats, dogs, and people. Fleas can carry a type of parasite, a tapeworm, that can suck nutrients from the pet's intestine.
Even though fleas are the most common parasite in dogs and cats, there are many misconceptions about them. Here are some myths that veterinarians hear about fleas.
Myth: My pet cannot have fleas because he lives entirely indoors.
Fact: Fleas thrive particularly well in the well-regulated temperatures in the home.
Myth: My pet cannot have fleas because if there were any fleas they would be biting (insert name of a person in the family reportedly sensitive to flea bites). Since this person is not being bitten, there must not be any fleas.
Fact: The cat flea can suck the blood of a wide variety of animals.
However, this flea definitely does not prefer human blood and won't eat it unless absolutely necessary. Humans tend not to be bitten unless flea population numbers are high.
Myth: We do not have fleas because we only have hardwood floors.
Fact: Fleas love to develop in the cracks between the boards of hardwood floors.
Myth: My pet cannot have fleas because I would see them.
Fact: You cannot expect to see fleas because many animals will lick, groom, and chew after being bitten by a flea. This causes the flea to either jump off the pet or get swallowed.
There are four life stages of the flea. For effective flea control, it is important to know how to break this life cycle in more than one place.
The flea life cycle consists of egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages. Eggs are laid in the hair coat and are designed to fall off your pet and into your home. Larvae hatch from the eggs and develop in a pet's environment by feeding on adult flea feces (i.e. digested blood) that
✨This is semen from a mature bull. We were viewing this sample under the microscope to check to see if the gross motility was adequate and in this case he scored excellent!✨
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What’s it Wednesday
✨This beautiful noise is the sound of a love sick French Bulldog✨
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Todays is a little different - make sure you have your volume up 😉🔊
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