{"id":6290,"date":"2024-06-11T18:12:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T23:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/?p=6290"},"modified":"2024-06-11T18:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T23:12:57","slug":"pack-our-sampling-bags-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/pack-our-sampling-bags-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Pack our sampling bags with us!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Our tackle boxes<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Contains<\/p>\n

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    • Small and large plasma tubes<\/li>\n
    • Extra 2ml eppendorf tubes<\/li>\n
    • Extra Lithium heparin (anticoagulant) tubes<\/li>\n
    • A handful of syringes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        A scale<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Each of us has a scale type:<\/p>\n

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        • 1 large hanging scale used to weigh our big turtles (>5kg) (softshells & snappers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • 1 small tabletop scale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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              Extra syringes already prepped with needles in multiple sizes for both big and small turtles!<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                A pencil box filled with sanitized probes (used for getting stubborn turtle mouths open)<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  A spray bottle with bleach!<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  • One of our student researchers in the lab discovered that bleach is especially effective in sanitizing equipment between turtles to keep from spreading any pathogens!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                      A pack of both small and large swabs (basically just giant q tips)<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                        Isopropyl alcohol in tubes & a pair of hemostats<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                        • For 1 of Kate\u2019s projects involving leeches! This allows us to collect and store leeches for later use!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                            A trash bag<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                              Hand sanitizer and Gloves!<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                              • Biosecurity is especially important when we\u2019re handling so many turtles in a day!<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                  A sharps box<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                  • Proper disposal of our needles is incredibly important for everyone’s safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                      Calipers<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                      • This typically does not fit in our backpacks and instead is traditionally sheathed somewhere in our boats or behind our backs but its crucial to getting turtle measurements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                          Tiny sharpies!<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                          • Tiny tubes mean tiny sharpies for labeling things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                              Snapper ropes!<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                              • Bottom line = Common snapping turtles are dangerous animals with bites definitely capable of producing injury! These ropes allow us to maneuver them in a safe manner during our health assessments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                                  A drill<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                  • Cook county utilizes a drill to produce notches in our turtle shell. Other counties will often utilize a hand file for this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                                      Ipads<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                      • This is where we take notes on all exams done during the day!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                                                        Our tackle boxes Contains Small and large plasma tubes Extra 2ml eppendorf tubes Extra Lithium heparin (anticoagulant) tubes A handful of syringes A scale Each of us has a scale type: 1 large hanging scale used to weigh our big turtles (>5kg) (softshells & snappers) 1 small tabletop scale Extra syringes already prepped with needles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1347,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6290"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6312,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6290\/revisions\/6312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}