Veterinary Laboratory Medicine (eBook)

Dr. Morag G. Kerr, BVMS, BSc, PhD, CBiol, FlBiol, MRCVS, spent six years as Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College, where she set up the first final year elective course in the subject in the UK. She joined Vetlab Services as Chief Scientist in 1988 and became a partner in 1993.

Contents 7
Introduction 9
Part I: Haematology 19
1 The Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes) 21
2 The Platelets (Thrombocytes) and the Coagulation Factors 53
3 The White Blood Cells (Leucocytes) 67
Part II: Clinical Biochemistry 85
Introduction to Clinical Biochemistry 87
4 The Plasma Proteins 91
5 The Electrolytes 99
6 The Minerals 109
7 The Nitrogenous Substances 119
8 Carbohydrate Metabolism 129
9 Bilirubin and Fat Metabolism 145
10 Clinical Enzymology - Plasma Enzymes in Diagnosis 153
I I Diagnostic Endocrinology 167
12 Non-blood Body Fluids 187
13 Feline Virus Testing 199
Part III: Systematic Investigation 215
14 Investigation on an Individual Organ Basis 217
15 Diagnostic Profiling and Pattern Recognition 227
Part IV: Practical Laboratory Medicine 259
16 Sample Collection and Use of External Laboratories 261
17 Side-room Testing in the Veterinary Practice 293
18 The 'Practice Laboratory' 325
Suggested Further Reading 373
Index 375

From reviews of the first edition:

'The publication is extremely timely and the title is perceptive
because throughout the book the laboratory is presented as one of
the inputs of diagnosis and prognosis, part of the range of
information to be assimilated in clinical judgement and decision
making. This is a clinician's book written by a first rate clinical
pathologist.' - Journal of Small Animal Practice

'Veterinary surgeons who require a handy guide to laboratory
work and students studying laboratory medicine and clinical
pathology should find this book invaluable.' - Veterinary
Practice Management