Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets

✍ Scribed by Rick L. Cowell, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP (Auth.)

• Publisher: Hanley And Belfus Medical Publishers
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 426
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
CONTRIBUTORS, Pages v-vi
PREFACE, Page vii
1 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES, Pages 1-3
2 - ERYTHROCYTE MORPHOLOGY, Pages 3-9
3 - EVALUATION OF ERYTHROCYTES, Pages 9-11
4 - ANEMIA, Pages 12-17
5 - POLYCYTHEMIA, Page 18
6 - ERYTHROCYTE DISORDERS, Pages 19-21
7 - LARGE ANIMAL HEMATOLOGY, Pages 21-24
8 - MORPHOLOGY, FUNCTION, AND KINETICS, Pages 24-33
9 - LABORATORY EVALUATION OF LEUKOCYTES, Pages 33-37
10 - INTERPRETATION OF THE LEUKOGRAM, Pages 38-44
11 - ALTERED LEUKOCYTE MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION, Pages 44-50
12 - DISORDERS AND LABORATORY EVALUATION, Pages 51-60
13 - MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS, Pages 60-62
14 - ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIAS, Pages 62-66
15 - CHRONIC MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS, Pages 66-74
16 - MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES, Pages 74-80
17 - OVERVIEW AND LYMPHOMA/LYMPHOSARCOMA, Pages 81-95
18 - LYMPHOID LEUKEMIAS, Pages 96-101
19 - PLASMA CELL NEOPLASIA, Pages 101-107
20 - OVERVIEW: HEMOSTATIC COMPONENTS AND DISORDERS, Pages 108-112
21 - PLATELETOPATHIES, Pages 112-116
22 - DISORDERS OF SECONDARY HEMOSTASIS (COAGULATION DEFECTS), Pages 116-120
23 - DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION AND THROMBOSIS, Pages 120-124
24 - INTRODUCTION TO ACID-BASE ABNORMALITIES, Pages 125-130
25 - METABOLIC ACID-BASE ABNORMALITIES, Pages 130-136
26 - RESPIRATORY ACID-BASE ABNORMALITIES, Pages 137-139
27 - EVALUATION OF RENAL FUNCTION, Pages 140-146
28 - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF URINALYSIS, Pages 146-154
29 - MICROSCOPIC ASPECTS OF URINALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF SELECTED DISEASE PROCESSES, Pages 154-167
30 - TESTS FOR EVALUATION OF LIVER DISEASE, Pages 168-173
31 - LABORATORY EVALUATION OF LIVER DISEASE IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS, Pages 173-178
32 - LABORATORY EVALUATION OF MUSCLE DISEASE IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS, Pages 178-180
33 - TRIGLYCERIDES, CHOLESTEROL, AND OTHER LIPIDS, Pages 181-190
34 - GLUCOSE, Pages 191-203
35 - GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, Pages 204-215
36 - PANCREAS, Pages 215-219
37 - LABORATORY TESTING FOR THYROID DISEASE, Pages 220-225
38 - LABORATORY TESTING FOR ADRENAL DISEASE, Pages 225-229
39 - LABORATORY TESTING FOR EQUINE PITUITARY DISEASE, Pages 230-232
40 - SAMPLE COLLECTION AND PREPARATION, Pages 233-238
41 - CYTOLOGY OF INFLAMMATION, Pages 238-246
42 - CYTOLOGY OF NEOPLASIA, Pages 247-253
43 - CYTOLOGY OF LYMPH NODES AND THYMUS, Pages 253-258
44 - LIVER CYTOLOGY, Pages 258-263
45 - TRANSTRACHEAL WASH AND BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE, Pages 264-267
46 - BODY CAVITY EFFUSIONS (ABDOMINAL, THORACIC, PERICARDIAL), Pages 268-272
47 - CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS, Pages 272-276
48 - VAGINAL CYTOLOGY, Pages 276-281
Introduction to Avian and Reptilian Clinical Pathology, Page 282
49 - AVIAN HEMATOLOGY, Pages 282-305
50 - AVIAN BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, Pages 306-314
51 - REPTILIAN HEMATOLOGY, Pages 314-331
52 - REPTILIAN BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS, Pages 331-336
53 - AVIAN AND REPTILIAN CYTOPATHOLOGY, Pages 336-369
INDEX, Pages 371-392