Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Notes on Contributors ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

About the Companion Website xv

1 Analytical and Diagnostic Concepts: Getting it Right 1
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2 Leukocytes 61
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3 Erythrocytes 135
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4 Platelets 275
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5 Hemostasis 319
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6 Bone Marrow and Lymph Nodes 401
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7 Proteins 469
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8 Urinary System 537
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9 Monovalent Electrolytes and Osmolality 643
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10 Blood Gases, Blood pH, and Strong-Ion Difference 729
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11 Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, and their Regulatory Hormones 781
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12 Selected Enzyme Activities and Enzymatic Proteins 845
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13 Hepatobiliary Function 887
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14 Glucose, Ketoamines, and Related Regulatory Hormones (Insulin, Glucagon, Growth Hormone, and Insulin-Like Growth Factors-1 and 2) 923
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15 Exocrine Pancreatic and Intestinal Functions 969
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16 Lipids 999
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17 Thyroid Function 1031
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18 Adrenal Gland 1059
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19 Peritoneal, Pleural, and Pericardial Effusions 1103
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20 Synovial Fluid 1163
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21 Cerebrospinal Fluid 1189
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Appendix A: The Complete Blood Count and Blood Smear Evaluation 1221

Index 1231

Provides the information needed to interpret clinical laboratory assays of domestic mammals.

Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Third Edition presents thoroughly updated and detailed information to promote appropriate clinical laboratory testing and interpretation of test results for common domestic mammals. Presented in an easy-to-use outline format complemented by many relevant tables and illustrations, the book is now in full color. This evidence-based guide synthesizes the laboratory principles, physiology, assays, analytical concepts, pathophysiologic states, and pathophysiologic processes relevant to detecting, evaluating, and understanding disorders in dogs, cats, horses, cattle, and camelids.

Content additions include two entirely new chapters on synovial and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, as well as expanded sections on blood typing and crossmatching, viscoelastic testing, protein electrophoresis, positive acute-phase proteins, mixed acid-base disorders, vitamin D analysis, analytical and biological variation, blood smear evaluation, and more. New clinical tests and methods, useful data patterns, and additional disorders and pathologic processes are integrated throughout.

Providing a conceptual understanding applicable to many species and serving as a valuable clinical reference, Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology:

• Uses consistent terminology and chapter organization featuring separate sections for physiologic concepts, analytical methods, and interpretation of results
• Provides pathophysiologic explanations of laboratory abnormalities
• Allows easy access to information on disorders and conditions, grouping them by common mechanisms or processes and ordering them in parallel across interpretive tables and text
• Features a wealth of high-quality illustrations and photomicrographs throughout the text
• Includes extensive referencing on the companion website to support statements and provide direction for further reading

Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Third Edition is an excellent textbook for veterinary students taking clinical pathology courses, as well as a valuable resource for clinical and anatomic pathology residents, medicine and surgery residents, and practicing veterinarians.

Steven L. Stockham, DVM, MS, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Clinical Pathology), now deceased, was a Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology and Director of the Clinical Pathology Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, USA.

Michael A. Scott, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Clinical Pathology), is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, USA.