Coat brushing is a powerful but quick and easy technique enabling
you to determine what is present in the coat including parasites,
flea dirt, gravel (indicating pruritus), broken hairs and so on.
Usually the trunk is the focus but other areas can be brushed, if
appropriate.
The collected material can be examined with a hand lens prior to
mounting on the slide where there is a large volume. This may facilitate
selection of material to be examined in detail.
Preparatory
procedures