• Now in full color throughout, Duncan and Prasse’s Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology, Fifth Edition offers a comprehensive overview of hematology, hemostasis, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, cytology, and reference intervals in a highly accessible outline format. With information on all major domestic species, the text is designed for the reader to quickly find answers to clinical questions. Taking a problem-solving approach to the interpretation of laboratory data, this book includes clinical cases to illustrate the concepts of laboratory data interpretation, with tables and key words to aid readers in locating and applying information.

    The fifth edition has been fully revised to reflect the latest knowledge, diagnostic methods, and practices in veterinary laboratory medicine. A companion website provides the images in PowerPoint and references linked to PubMed at www.wiley.com/go/latimer. Duncan and Prasse’s Veterinary Laboratory Medicine is an excellent quick reference for practicing veterinarians, veterinary students, clinical interns and residents, and pathology residents.

    • A new companion website provides all the images from the book in PowerPoint and references linked to PubMed.
    • Additions include newer diagnostic methods, new knowledge such as C-reactions that are just beginning to enter the mainstream, and an increased focus on the use of controls in laboratory testing and quality assurance
    • Updated throughout to reflect increased changes in procuring and interpreting laboratory results as diagnostic testing becomes more machine-based
    • Now in full color, where the previous edition relied heavily on color plate sections with very small images
  • Contributing Authors vii

    Preface ix

    Acknowledgments xi

    Chapter 1. Erythrocytes 3

    Chapter 2. Leukocytes 45

    Chapter 3. Hematopoietic Neoplasia 83

    Chapter 4. Hemostasis 107

    Chapter 5. Water, Electrolytes, and Acid base 145

    Chapter 6. Proteins, Lipids, and Carbohydrates 173

    Chapter 7. Liver 211

    Chapter 8. Digestive system 231

    Chapter 9. Urinary system 253

    Chapter 10. Muscle 283

    Chapter 11. Endocrine system 295

    Chapter 12. Cytology 331

    Chapter 13. Generating and interpreting test results: Test Validity, Quality Control, Reference values, and Basic epidemiology 365

    Case studies 383

    Index 475

  • Kenneth S. Latimer, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVP

    Is a veterinary clinical pathologist at Covance Laboratories, Inc. in Vienna, Virginia and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pathology at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in Athens, Georgia. He has over 32 years of experience in the specialty of veterinary clinical pathology in academic, research, private practice, and industrial settings.

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