Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Andrew J. Rosenfeld, DVM, ABVP is the cofounder and headinstructor of VTEC, an education corporation that specializes inseminar training for the hospital team. Dr. Rosenfeld hasalso written the Veterinary Medical Team Handbook, atraining a resource manual for the medical team (Wiley-Blackwell,2007). Sharon M. Dial, DVM, PHD, Diplomate ACVP (Clinical andAnatomic Pathology) is an Associate Research Scientist in theDepartment of Veterinary Science and Microbiology at the Universityof Arizona.

Reviews

Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team will help experiencedveterinary technicians set up various clinical laboratorydiagnostic tests. It provides a good explanation of basiclaboratory practices, the underlying concepts of many laboratorytests, and the physiology of common disease conditions. This bookis well worth the price. (Journal of the American VeterinaryMedical Association, December 2010) This book provides a good overall summary of basic clinicalpathology in small animals. Although it is fairly short andconcise, it contains all the necessary relevant information andincludes a CD that takes readers thorough six complicated cases,step by step. This is a useful book that would be a handy referenceto have in a practice. It is easy to read, concise, andinformative. Although it is aimed at small animal veterinary teams,it includes limited information about large animal species, whichis important for a good, general understanding. (Doodys,December 2010) Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team offers a finerecourse for technical team members involved in clinical diagnosticevaluation. Machinery calibration, normal anatomy, clinicaldiagnostics and more are revealed in chapters that provide keytechnical information for Obtaining and evaluating samples,surveying the disease process, the progress of identification andtreatment, and including a DVD with interactive cases. Vetcollections need this! (The Midwest Book Review, November2010) Rosenfeld, a veterinarian who is associated with an educationcorporation that specializes in seminar training for the hospitalteam, and Dial (veterinary science and microbiology, U. of Arizona)provide a resource for technical veterinary team members performingclinical diagnostic evaluation in small animal lab work. (BookNews, September 2010) It will also be essential reading for those preparing forprofessional qualifications such as FIBMS and FRCPath, possiblyeven MRCP, and will serve as an excellent resources for the moresenior researcher, lecturer and academic. (The Bulletin ofThe Royal College of Pathologists, January 2013)