TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group

6.2. Basic Equipment and Supplies for the Collection of
Biological Samples:
� 5-10 ml Vacutainer® plastic or glass tubes for blood collection with anticoagulants
(EDTA, heparin, sodium citrate);
� 5-10 ml Vacutainer® plastic or glass tubes for blood collection without
anticoagulants (with or without coagulation gel);
� Two Vacutainer® needle adapters;
� Vacutainer® needles 21G1 and 20G1½;
� 2 ml cryovials;
� Eppendorf-like 2 ml conic propylene micro tubes;
� One tube-stand;
� Sterile swabs and flasks of nutritive media, for microbiological sampling;
� Sterile and non-sterile polyproline graduated screw capped 10 ml flasks;
� Microscopy slides;
� 19G, 20G, 21G and 22G scalps;
� One bistoury and several blades;
� Disposable syringes of 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 ml;
� Disposable needles 18G, 19G, 20G, 21G and 22G;
� Hemoculture flasks;
� Disposable latex gloves;
� Nipper and scissors for the collection of a skin fragment;
� Envelope for the storage of collected hair;
� Plastic perfored flasks for the storage of ectoparasites.
6.3. Biosecurity and Health-Protection Equipment
During the collection and manipulation of biological samples, the use of disposable latex
gloves, protection glasses and clothes is highly recommended. Even after the collection in
the field, all samples should be treated as a biological risk until a complete immunological
screening has been made to access what infectious agents the animal might have carried
thought its blood, feces or other samples.