This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine provides approaches and diagnostic techniques relating to the assessment of small and exotic animals. Topics covered include: Clinical Approach to Advanced Renal Function Testing in Dogs and Cats; A Laboratory Diagnostic Approach to Hepatobiliary Disease in Small Animals; Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Disorders in Dogs and Cats; Practical Interpretation and Application of Exocrine Pancreatic Testing in Small Animals; Using Cardiac Biomarkers in Veterinary Practice; Use of Lactate in Small Animal Practice; Diagnosis of Disorders of Iron Metabolism in Dogs and Cats; Making Sense of Lymphoma Diagnostics in Small Animal Patients; Hematology of Domestic Ferret; Hematological Assessment in Pet Rabbits: Blood Sample Collection and Blood Cell Identification; Hematological Assessment in Pet Rats, Mice, Hamsters, and Gerbils: Blood Sample Collection and Blood Cell Identification; Hematological Assessments in Pet Guinea Pigs: Blood Sample Collection and Blood Cell Identification; Avian Hematology; Reptile Hematology; Fish Hematology and Associated Disorders; Evaluation of the Blood Film.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Small and Exotic Animals - p. 4 5. Copyright - p. 5 6. Contributors - p. 6 7. Erratum - p. 9 8. Clinical Approach to Advanced Renal Function Testing in Dogs and Cats - p. 10 9. A Laboratory Diagnostic Approach to Hepatobiliary Disease in Small Animals - p. 21 10. Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Disorders in Dogs and Cats - p. 28 11. Practical Interpretation and Application of Exocrine Pancreatic Testing in Small Animals - p. 36 12. Using Cardiac Biomarkers in Veterinary Practice - p. 45 13. Use of Lactate in Small Animal Clinical Practice - p. 51 14. Diagnosis of Disorders of Iron Metabolism in Dogs and Cats - p. 58 15. Making Sense of Lymphoma Diagnostics in Small Animal Patients - p. 64 16. Hematology of the Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) - p. 72 17. Hematological Assessment in Pet Rabbits - p. 76 18. Hematologic Assessment in Pet Rats, Mice, Hamsters, and Gerbils - p. 82 19. Hematological Assessment in Pet Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) - p. 88 20. Avian Hematology - p. 93 21. Reptile Hematology - p. 99 22. Fish Hematology and Associated Disorders - p. 108 23. Evaluation of the Blood Film - p. 118
This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine provides approaches and diagnostic techniques relating to the assessment of small and exotic animals. Topics covered include: Clinical Approach to Advanced Renal Function Testing in Dogs and Cats; A Laboratory Diagnostic Approach to Hepatobiliary Disease in Small Animals; Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Disorders in Dogs and Cats; Practical Interpretation and Application of Exocrine Pancreatic Testing in Small Animals; Using Cardiac Biomarkers in Veterinary Practice; Use of Lactate in Small Animal Practice; Diagnosis of Disorders of Iron Metabolism in Dogs and Cats; Making Sense of Lymphoma Diagnostics in Small Animal Patients; Hematology of Domestic Ferret; Hematological Assessment in Pet Rabbits: Blood Sample Collection and Blood Cell Identification; Hematological Assessment in Pet Rats, Mice, Hamsters, and Gerbils: Blood Sample Collection and Blood Cell Identification; Hematological Assessments in Pet Guinea Pigs: Blood Sample Collection and Blood Cell Identification; Avian Hematology; Reptile Hematology; Fish Hematology and Associated Disorders; Evaluation of the Blood Film.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Small and Exotic Animals - p. 4 5. Copyright - p. 5 6. Contributors - p. 6 7. Erratum - p. 9 8. Clinical Approach to Advanced Renal Function Testing in Dogs and Cats - p. 10 9. A Laboratory Diagnostic Approach to Hepatobiliary Disease in Small Animals - p. 21 10. Diagnosis of Small Intestinal Disorders in Dogs and Cats - p. 28 11. Practical Interpretation and Application of Exocrine Pancreatic Testing in Small Animals - p. 36 12. Using Cardiac Biomarkers in Veterinary Practice - p. 45 13. Use of Lactate in Small Animal Clinical Practice - p. 51 14. Diagnosis of Disorders of Iron Metabolism in Dogs and Cats - p. 58 15. Making Sense of Lymphoma Diagnostics in Small Animal Patients - p. 64 16. Hematology of the Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) - p. 72 17. Hematological Assessment in Pet Rabbits - p. 76 18. Hematologic Assessment in Pet Rats, Mice, Hamsters, and Gerbils - p. 82 19. Hematological Assessment in Pet Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) - p. 88 20. Avian Hematology - p. 93 21. Reptile Hematology - p. 99 22. Fish Hematology and Associated Disorders - p. 108 23. Evaluation of the Blood Film - p. 118
