Laboratory Manual for Clinical Veterinary Technology

Dr. Samples is a graduate of Fort Valley State University with a BS in Veterinary Technology. Master’s degree in public health and a doctorate in health sciences from Nova Southeastern U. She currently serves as Program Coordinator for the MPH program at Fort Valley State where she is the lead Veterinary Technologists. Dr. Echols completed his residency at the Medical Center for Birds in Oakley, California and he is board certified in avian practice. He served as President of the Association of Avian Veterinarians and in 2005 was the recipient of the T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year.

1. THE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORY 2. THE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY LABORATORY 3. URINALYSIS LABORATORY 4. PROPER LABORATORY TREATMENT OF BLOOD SMEARS AND CELLS 5. HEMATOLOGY- THE BLOOD SMEAR 6. HEMATOLOGY - THE WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT AND IDENTIFICATION 7. THE 3-H’S OF HEMATOLOGY 8. COAGULATION TESTING 9. MECHANICAL HEMATOLOGY 10. ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY TESTING 11. COPROPHOLOGICAL TESTING OF GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION 12. MICROBIOLOGICAL PREPARATION 13. MICROBIOLOGICAL SUPPLIES AND COLLECTION OF VETERINARY SPECIMENS 14. MICROBIAL CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY AND BIOCHEMICAL TESTING 15. MILK TESTING 16. INTRODUCTION TO CYTOLOGY 17. CYTOLOGY: THE ART OF FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION 18. NECROPSY: A TECHNICIAN’S ROLE 19. AVIAN, EXOTIC MAMMALS, REPTILES AND FISH 20. RUMEN FLUID COLLECTION AND EVALUATION