Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry: Text and Clinical CasePresentations SetThrall, M

ISBN-13: 9780813810270

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Section 1: General Principles of Laboratory Testing and Diagnosis.

1. Laboratory Technology for Veterinary Medicine.

2. Sample Collection, Processing, and Analysis of Laboratory Service Options.

3. Perspectives in Data Interpretation.

4. Immunodiagnostics.

Emerging Diagnostic Technologies.

Section 2: Hematology of Common Domestic Species.

5. Erythrocyte Morphology.

6. Classification of and Diagnostic Approach to Anemia.

7. Non-regenerative Anemia.

8. Regenerative Anemia.

9. Classification of and Diagnostic Approach to Polycythemia.

10. Introduction to Leukocytes and the Leukogram.

11. Neutrophil production, Trafficking and Kinetics.

12. Interpretation of leukocyte Responses in Disease.

13. Cytometric analysis and molecular diagnostics of leukocyte proliferative disorders".

14. Laboratory evaluation of Bone Marrow.

15. Lymphoproliferative and Myeloproliferative Disorders.

16. Diagnosis of Disorders of Hemostasis.

17. Principles of Blood Transfusion and Cross-Matching.

Section 3: Hematology of Common Nondomestic Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish and Amphibians.

18. Mammalian hematology: Laboratory animals and miscellaneous species.

19. Hematology of Birds.

20. Hematology of Reptiles.

21. Hematology of fish.

22. Hematology of Amphibians.

Section 4: Clinical Chemistry of Common Domestic Species.

23. Laboratory Evaluation of Renal Function.

24. Laboratory Evaluation of Electrolytes.

25. Laboratory evaluation of acid-base disorders.

26. Laboratory evaluation of the liver.

27. Laboratory evaluation of the pancreas and other causes of glucose abnormalities.

28. Laboratory evaluation of intestinal digestion and absorption.

29. Laboratory evaluation of plasma and serum proteins.

30. Laboratory detection of muscle injury.

31. Laboratory evaluation of lipids.

32. Laboratory evaluation of the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands.

Section 5: Clinical Chemistry of Common Nondomestic Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, and Amphibians.

33. Clinical Chemistry of mammals: laboratory animals and miscellaneous species.

34. Clinical Chemistry of Birds.

35. Clinical Chemistry of Reptiles.

36. Clinical Chemistry of Fish and Amphibians.

Section 6: Case studies.

A. Domestic animals.

B. Non-domestic animals

Veterinary Hematology and Clinical Chemistry: Text and Clinical Case Presentations SetThrall, MISBN-13: 9780813810270

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