Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team (eBook)

The authors: Andrew J. Rosenfeld, DVM, ABVP is the cofounder and head instructor of VTEC, an education corporation that specializes in seminar training for the hospital team. Dr. Rosenfeld has also written the Veterinary Medical Team Handbook, a training manual for the medical team (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). Sharon M. Dial, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP (Clinical and Anatomic Pathology) is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology at the University of Arizona.

About the Authors ix

Foreword xi

1. Sample Handling and Laboratory Standardization--Developing Standard Operating Procedures 1

2. Components of the Complete Blood Count 19

3. Hematology: The Erythrocytes, White Blood Cells, and Immune System 33

4. Abnormalities in the Red and White Blood Cell Populations 45

5. Renal Physiology and Anatomy, Clinical Diagnostics, and Disease 75

6. Liver Physiology and Anatomy, Clinical Diagnostics, and Disease 93

7. Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Physiology and Anatomy, Clinical Diagnostics, and Disease 105

8. Electrolyte Physiology, Function, and Derangement 119

9. Components of the Urinalysis 129

10. Evaluating the Urinalysis with Disease Conditions 139

11. Adrenal Function and Testing 151

12. Blood Gas 167

13. Coagulation 175

14. Emergency Diagnostics--A Discussion of Shock and Clinical Diagnostics 183

15. Obtaining Samples from Different Body Systems and Evaluating Cytology 193

Appendix A: Tables 207

Appendix B: Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team DVD Instructions 237

Appendix C: Case Worksheet for Clinical Pathology Cases 247

Additional Resources 257

Glossary 259

Index 271

Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team will help experienced
veterinary technicians set up various clinical laboratory
diagnostic tests. It provides a good explanation of basic
laboratory practices, the underlying concepts of many laboratory
tests, and the physiology of common disease conditions. This book
is well worth the price. (Journal of the American Veterinary
Medical Association, December 2010)

This book provides a good overall summary of basic clinical
pathology in small animals. Although it is fairly short and
concise, it contains all the necessary relevant information and
includes a CD that takes readers thorough six complicated cases,
step by step. This is a useful book that would be a handy reference
to have in a practice. It is easy to read, concise, and
informative. Although it is aimed at small animal veterinary teams,
it includes limited information about large animal species, which
is important for a good, general understanding. (Doodys,
December 2010)

Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team offers a fine
recourse for technical team members involved in clinical diagnostic
evaluation. Machinery calibration, normal anatomy, clinical
diagnostics and more are revealed in chapters that provide key
technical information for Obtaining and evaluating samples,
surveying the disease process, the progress of identification and
treatment, and including a DVD with interactive cases. Vet
collections need this! (The Midwest Book Review, November
2010)

Rosenfeld, a veterinarian who is associated with an education
corporation that specializes in seminar training for the hospital
team, and Dial (veterinary science and microbiology, U. of Arizona)
provide a resource for technical veterinary team members performing
clinical diagnostic evaluation in small animal lab work. (Book
News, September 2010)

It will also be essential reading for those preparing for
professional qualifications such as FIBMS and FRCPath, possibly
even MRCP, and will serve as an excellent resources for the more
senior researcher, lecturer and academic. (The Bulletin of
The Royal College of Pathologists, January 2013)