Immediate Tests (3 of 3)

Essential Equipment

• Clippers to remove unwanted hair
  
• Liquid paraffin to lubricate the skin for scrapings and as a mounting medium
  
• Cotton wool - to apply paraffin or clean skin with spirit
  
• Large curved scalpel blades for scrapings
  
• Epilation forceps or haemostats for hair plucking
  
• Swabs for sampling lesions or ears - to make smears
  
• Scotch tape (not cellophane) for tape strips
  
• Large format paper (c. 50 cm wide) for coat brushings
  
• Illuminated hand or wall-mounted lens
  
• Wood’s lamp
  
• Precleaned glass slides and cover slips
  
• Stains capable of staining inflammatory cells, bacteria and yeasts e.g. DiffQuik
  
• Microscope with low power (x 2-4), medium power (x 0), high dry (x 40) and oil immersion (x 100) objectives
  
• Immersion oil and lens cleaning tissue