Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets

"Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets is part of the Secret Series® of specialty review texts intended for veterinary students, practitioners, and residents. Content includes hematology, lymphoid neoplasms, acid base disorders, serum chemistries, urinalysis, cytopathology, and nonmammalian (avian and reptilian) clinical pathology. It follows a question-reply format, with questions asked and then answered via short paragraphs, lists, and/or tables. This serves the book's intent well, by providing focused, easy to absorb, packets of information. The book's content is generally time-tested basic clinical pathology drawn from larger veterinary clinical pathology and internal medicine textbooks and review papers. This book is not meant as a primary text, but rather as a review, and will be appreciated as such by veterinary students preparing for state boards, non clinical pathology residents preparing for specialty boards, and clinical pathology residents in their 1st or 2nd year of training. Practitioners and pathologists may want to consider this book for its sizable section on avian and reptilian clinical pathology."- Veterinary Pathology 42:397-399 (2005)

• Section 1: HematologyA. Erythrocytes1.General Principles 2.Erythrocyte Morphology3.Evaluation of Erythrocytes4.Anemia5.Polycythemia6.Erythrocyte Disorders7.Large Animal HematologyB. Leukocytes8.Morphology, Function, and Kinetics9.Laboratory Evaluation of Leukocytes10.Interpretation of the Leukogram11.Altered Morphology and FunctionC. Plasma Proteins12.Plasma ProteinsD. Myeloproliferative Disorders13.Myeloproliferative Disorders14.Acute Myeloid Leukemias15.Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders16.Myelodysplastic Syndromes Section 2: Lymphoproliferative Disorders17.General and Lymphoma/Lymphosarcoma18.Lymphoid Leukemias19.Plasma Cell NeoplasiaSection 3: Hemostasis20.Overview of Hemostasis21.Plateletopathies22.Disorders of Secondary Hemostasis - Coagulation23.Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and Thrombosis: Microvascular and Macrovascular ThrombosisSection 4: Electrolytes/Acid Base24.Introduction to Acid Base25.Metabolic Acid Base Disorders26.Respiratory Acid Base DisordersSection 5: Renal/Urinalysis27.Evaluation of Renal Function28.Physical and Chemical Aspects of Urinalysis29.Microscopic Aspects of UrinalysisSection 6: Liver/Muscle30.Tests for Evaluation of Liver Disease31.Laboratory Evaluation of Liver Disease in Domestic Animals32.Laboratory Evaluation of Muscle Disease in Domestic AnimalsSection 7: Lipids/Carbohydrates33.Lipids Including Triglycerides and Cholesterol34.CarbohydratesSection 8: Gastrointestinal/Pancreas35.Gastrointestinal Tract36.PancreasSection 9: Endocrine37.Laboratory Testing for Thyroid Disease38.Laboratory Testing for Adrenal Disease39.Laboratory Testing for Equine Pituitary DiseaseSection 10: Cytology40.Sample Collection and Preparation 41.Cytology of Inflammation42.Cytology of Neoplasia43.Cytology of Lymph Nodes and Thymus44.Liver Cytology45.Transtracheal/Bronchial Washes46.Cytology of Body Cavity Effusions (abdominal, thoracic, and pericardial)47.Cerebrospinal Fluid48.Vaginal Cytology Section 11: Avian/Exotic49.Avian Hematology50.Avian Clinical Chemistry51.Reptile Hematology52.Reptile Clinical Chemistry53.Avian/Reptile Cytology