Blood Sampling Sites Flashcards
Where is the cephalic vein?
Forelimb
Where is the saphenous vein?
Hindlimbs
What animals can you use the cephalic vein to draw blood from?
Dogs and cats
What animals can you use the saphenous vein to draw blood from?
Dogs and cats
Where are the common sites used to collect a blood sample from a dog or cat?
Jugular vein, cephalic vein, and saphenous vein
Where would you draw blood from a horse?
Jugular vein
What animals can have blood drawn from their jugular vein?
Dogs, cats, and horses
What sites are commonly used to draw blood from birds?
Wing vein or medial metatarsal vein
What animals commonly have blood drawn from a medial metatarsal vein?
Birds
What animals would commonly have blood drawn from a marginal ear vein?
Rabbits
What animals would commonly have blood drawn from a ventral tail vein?
Reptiles and small mammals (rats, mice, etc)
Where would you collect a blood sample from a rabbit?
Marginal ear vein
Where would you collect a blood sample from a reptile?
Ventral tail vein
Where would you collect a blood sample from a rat?
Ventral tail vein
