• The Busy Vet’s Guide to Cytology is an in-practice guide to using cytology in everyday veterinary practice. It outlines the basics of cytological examination and explores how to work with cytology results as a diagnostic tool alongside other treatments and assessments. The Guide also covers:

    • acquiring and preparing cytological specimens,
    • staining slides and microscope use, and
    • interpreting samples from common locations.

    Addressing general principles of veterinary cytology and then taking a body – system approach applied to all veterinary patients, the book ends with working with labs, a round-up of difficult cases and digital cytology.

    The Busy Vet’s Guide to Cytology is accessible and digestible – an indispensable aid to vets in practice.

    The book is part of the Veterinary Atlases series. Full colour textbooks, containing very high quality photographs, they are an excellent resource for veterinary practitioners and students alike. The Veterinary Atlases series includes the following books

  • Preface

    Note on magnification, staining, percentages and differential counts

    Textbook format

    PART ONE – CYTOLOGICAL BASICS

    1 Cytology explained

    2 Sampling and preparation

    3 The basics of cytology

    4 General principles of cytology

    5 Infectious agents

    PART TWO – CYTOLOGY OF SPECIFIC LOCATION

    6 Skin and subcutaneous lesions

    7 Gastrointestinal system

    8 Genitourinary system

    9 Respiratory system

    10 Lymph nodes, spleen and thymus

    11 Muscle, bone and synovial fluid

    12 Cavity effusions

    13 Blood films

    PART THREE – FURTHER THOUGHTS ON CYTOLOGY

    14 ‘Edge cases’

    15 Submitting to an external lab

    16 Digital and remote cytology

    APPENDICES

    A. Summary of cell examination and description

    B. Decoding pathology reports – a cytological glossary

    C. Backgrounds

    D. Common crystals

    E. Species/sex/breed predispositions

    F. Further staining and extra tests

    G. Mitotic figures

    H. Pathology jokes

    Bibliography

    Index

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  • Nicholas Marsh, BVSc, Dip. ACVP (Clin Path), MRCVS - Clinical Pathologist, Synlab, VPG Exeter UK.

    Nick Marsh qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Bristol University in 1999, and saw in the millennium with a seizuring poodle. He spent 16 years in general practice before joining the team at VPG Exeter in 2015, where his love for blobs and purple splats grew to obssessive heights. He received his diploma in clinical pathology from the American Society for Veterinary Pathology in 2021. He spends his time off playing games of all kinds, being cruel to pot plants and, occassionally, writing.

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