Veterinary laboratory medicine : interpretation and diagnosis (2nd ed)

The completely revised 2nd Edition shows how to interpret results from abnormal clinical pathology findings for dogs, cats, horses, and ruminants.

It conveniently provides differential diagnostic considerations in tables and algorithms to help readers find specific information at a glance.

This handy guide also describes the pathophysiology responsible for abnormal clinicopathologic findings. Review of the First Edition: "The authors have compiled a voluminous amount of information and organized it into a readable and informative text that addresses most types of data and cases encountered in veterinary practice." --JAMA Features: * Explains why a test is abnormal in figures illustrating pathophysiologic principles. * Divides the text into user-friendly sections: General Discussion, Case Histories, Algorithms, and Appendix. * Facilitates the evaluation of blood smears with colour and black-and-white hematology plates. * Considers the differential diagnoses of abnormal hematologic and clinical chemistry findings with flow-chart type algorithms and tables. (Part II features 20 algorithms which are referenced in the text.)* Presents 67 all-new case studies that illustrate the interpretation of laboratory data. * Provides an expanded Appendix of Normal Values and Conversion Tables that includes additional age group species variation. New to this edition: * A new, world-renowned co-author * Two new chapters: Hematopoiesis and Evaluation of the Bone Marrow and The Microscopic Examination of Tissue Specimens Obtained by Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy * Many new schematics and black-and-white and colour photomicrographs.