Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures Canine and Feline

by Vaden, Shelly L.; Knoll, Joyce S.; Smith, Francis W. K.; Tilley, Larry P.

• ISBN13: 9780813817484
• ISBN10: 081381748X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-12
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures: Canine and Feline is a comprehensive, one-stop reference text on diagnostic skills used daily in treating dogs and cats. Chapters cover more than 275 procedures and tests, including blood, urine, and fecal tests and radiographic, ultrasound, and endoscopic procedures. The uniform presentation of information, arranged alphabetically from abdominal radiographs to zinc tests, allows the reader to gain easy access to vital information, making this an ideal reference to be used in a clinical setting.

Author Biography

Shelly L. Vaden, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVIM is a professor of Internal Medicine for the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University.

Joyce S. Knoll, VMD, PhD, DACVP is an associate professor and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Director for the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting the most out of your diagnostic lab

General principles for performing Blood tests

General principles for performing Urine tests

General principles for performing fecal tests

General principles for performing Radiographic Procedures

General principles for performing Ultrasound Procedures

General principles for performing Endoscopic Procedures

Abdominal radiographs

Abdominal ultrasound

Abdominocentesis and fluid analysis

Acetylcholine receptor antibody

Acetylcholinesterase

ACTH assay

ACTH stimulation test

Activated clotting time

Acute phase proteins

Adrenal ultrasound

Aerobic and anaerobic culture and sensitivity

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)

Albumin

Alkaline phosphatase

Allergen specific serology

Alpha

protease inhibitor

Ambulatory ECG monitoring

Ammonia assay

Amylase

Angiography and angiocardiography

Anion gap

Anticoagulant proteins

Anticoagulant screen

Antinuclear antibody

Aqueocentesis and vitreocentesis

Arthrocentesis with synovial fluid analysis

Arthroscopy

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

Babesia

Barium impregnated polyethylene spheres (BIPS)

Bartonella

Bence Jones proteins

Bicarbonate

Bile acids, blood

Bile acids, urine

Bilirubin, blood

Bladder tumor analyte test, urine

Bleeding time

Blood cultures

Blood gases

Blood pressure determination

Blood sample collection

Blood smear preparation

Blood smear microscopic examination

Blood typing

Bone biopsy

Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy

Bone marrow aspirate cytology, microscopic evaluation

Bone Scan

Brain ultrasound

Brainstem evoked auditory response (BEAR)

Bronchoalveolar lavage

Bronchoscopy

Brucellosis

Buffy coat preparations

Calcitriol

Calcium

Cardiac catheterization

Catheter assisted stone retrieval

Central Venous Pressure

Chloride

Cholesterol

Coagulation factor assays

Cobalamin

Colonoscopy

Complete blood count

Computed tomography

Conjunctival scrape and cytology

CoombsG+  test

Cortisol, blood

Cortisol:creatinine ratio, urine

Creatine kinase

Creatinine

Cross Match

CSF tap

Cystocentesis

Cystometrogram, urethral pressure profile

Cystourethrography

Cystourethroscopy

D-dimers

Dental radiographs

Dermatophyte culture

Desmopressin response test

Distemper tests

Echocardiography

Ehrlichia/Anaplasma

Electrocardiography

Electroencephalography

Electromyography

Electroneurography

Electroretinogram (ERG)

Epidurogram

Erythropoietin

Esophogastroduodenoscopy

Estradiol & estrogen

Esophagram

Ethylene glycol

Excretory urogram

Fecal culture

Fecal direct smear

Fecal enzy

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