Zoo InternQuest is a career exploration program for high school students. For more photos see the Zoo InternQuest Photo Journal. To meet the Interns, read the Intern Profiles.

Laura Keener, the Clinical Laboratory manager at the San Diego Zoo, illustrates the POC (point of care analyser), which counts the white blood cells, red blood cells, and glucose in a sample.

Clinical pathologist Allan P. Pessier studies the different diseases and health circumstances of animals by analyzing blood, feces, the 'enviroment,' etc.

The Pathology Lab is where most of the work is done. The pupose of this lab is to sceen for parasites, test samples of animals, and diagnose diseases.

Eric Becht, a Clinical Laboratory technician, shows the Internquest interns a sample from a dog populated with parasites.

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