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You will need Quick Time® in order to view this video.

The video will loop until you hit the Blood Smear Instructions button to return to the Blood Smear Page.

                               

 

Note that the spreader slide is pulled up against the small drop of blood and then quickly pushed to the other end of the slide pulling the blood behind it.  Also note the thin feathered edge that is left at the far end of the smear.

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This video was made by Dr. McManus of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's Laboratory of Pathology.

© University of Pennsylvania  2004

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