Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets

Description

Part of the popular SECRETS SERIES®, this all-new text provides essential, practical information for reviewing pathology commonly encountered in clinical situations. Organized by disorder type, it features numerous photos, a popular question-and-answer format, and a detailed index that makes it easy to find information quickly. In more than 50 chapters, expert contributors propose key questions and provide authoritative answers addressing the situations that confront small animal veterinarians every day.

Reviews

"Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets is part of the Secret Series® of specialty review texts intended for veterinary students, practitioners, and residents. Content includes hematology, lymphoid neoplasms, acid base disorders, serum chemistries, urinalysis, cytopathology, and nonmammalian (avian and reptilian) clinical pathology. It follows a question-reply format, with questions asked and then answered via short paragraphs, lists, and/or tables. This serves the book's intent well, by providing focused, easy to absorb, packets of information. The book's content is generally time-tested basic clinical pathology drawn from larger veterinary clinical pathology and internal medicine textbooks and review papers. This book is not meant as a primary text, but rather as a review, and will be appreciated as such by veterinary students preparing for state boards, non clinical pathology residents preparing for specialty boards, and clinical pathology residents in their 1st or 2nd year of training. Practitioners and pathologists may want to consider this book for its sizable section on avian and reptilian clinical pathology." - Veterinary Pathology 42:397-399 (2005)

Key Features

• Comprehensive coverage of pathology is offered by a team of nationally recognized veterinary pathology experts.
• All of the most important ''need to know'' questions and answers are provided in the proven format of the acclaimed Secrets Series.
• More than 150 superior-quality photos highlight key concepts.
• A thorough, highly detailed index provides quick and easy access to specific topics.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Hematology
A. Erythrocytes
1. General Principles
2. Erythrocyte Morphology
3. Evaluation of Erythrocytes
4. Anemia
5. Polycythemia
6. Erythrocyte Disorders
7. Large Animal Hematology
B. Leukocytes
8. Morphology, Function, and Kinetics
9. Laboratory Evaluation of Leukocytes
10. Interpretation of the Leukogram
11. Altered Morphology and Function
C. Plasma Proteins
12. Plasma Proteins
D. Myeloproliferative Disorders
13. Myeloproliferative Disorders
14. Acute Myeloid Leukemias
15. Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
16. Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Section 2: Lymphoproliferative Disorders
17. General and Lymphoma/Lymphosarcoma
18. Lymphoid Leukemias
19. Plasma Cell Neoplasia

Section 3: Hemostasis
20. Overview of Hemostasis
21. Plateletopathies
22. Disorders of Secondary Hemostasis – Coagulation
23. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and Thrombosis: Microvascular and Macrovascular Thrombosis

Section 4: Electrolytes/Acid Base
24. Introduction to Acid Base
25. Metabolic Acid Base Disorders
26. Respiratory Acid Base Disorders

Section 5: Renal/Urinalysis
27. Evaluation of Renal Function
28. Physical and Chemical Aspects of Urinalysis
29. Microscopic Aspects of Urinalysis

Section 6: Liver/Muscle
30. Tests for Evaluation of Liver Disease
31. Laboratory Evaluation of Liver Disease in Domestic Animals
32. Laboratory Evaluation of Muscle Disease in Domestic Animals

Section 7: Lipids/Carbohydrates
33. Lipids Including Triglycerides and Cholesterol
34. Carbohydrates

Section 8: Gastrointestinal/Pancreas
35. Gastrointestinal Tract
36. Pancreas

Section 9: Endocrine
37. Laboratory Testing for Thyroid Disease
38. Laboratory Testing for Adrenal Disease
39. Laboratory Testing for Equine Pituitary Disease

Section 10: Cytology
40. Sample Collection and Preparation
41. Cytology of Inflammation
42. Cytology of Neoplasia
43. Cytology of Lymph Nodes and Thymus
44. Liver Cytology
45. Transtracheal/Bronchial Washes
46. Cytology of Body Cavity Effusions (abdominal, thoracic, and pericardial)
47. Cerebrospinal Fluid
48. Vaginal Cytology

Section 11: Avian/Exotic
49. Avian Hematology
50. Avian Clinical Chemistry
51. Reptile Hematology
52. Reptile Clinical Chemistry
53. Avian/Reptile Cytology

Author Information

By Rick L. Cowell, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pathology; Director, Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK