Veterinary Hematology, Clinical Chemistry, and Cytology

Editors ix Preface xi About the Companion Website xiii Section I General Principles of Laboratory Testing and Diagnosis 1 1 Laboratory Technology for Veterinary Medicine 3 Glade Weiser 2 Sample Collection and Processing, Preparations for Clinical Microscopy, and Analysis of Laboratory Service Options 30 Glade Weiser 3 Perspectives in Laboratory Data Interpretation and Disease Diagnosis 46 Glade Weiser and Robin W. Allison 4 Immunodiagnostics: Current Use and Future Trends in Veterinary Medicine 58 Wayne A. Jensen 5 Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals 65 Sreekumari Rajeev Section II Hematology of Common Domestic Species 85 6 Erythrocyte Production, Function, and Morphology 87 Mary Anna Thrall 7 Classification of and Diagnostic Approach to Anemia 100 Mary Anna Thrall 8 Nonregenerative Anemia 106 Mary Anna Thrall 9 Regenerative Anemia 110 Mary Anna Thrall 10 Classification of and Diagnostic Approach to Erythrocytosis 135 Mary Anna Thrall 11 Introduction to Leukocytes and the Leukogram 139 Glade Weiser 12 Neutrophil Production, Trafficking, and Kinetics 144 Glade Weiser 13 Interpretation of Leukocyte Responses in Disease 148 Glade Weiser 14 Molecular Diagnostics of Hematologic Malignancies 161 Emily D. Rout and Anne C. Avery 15 Laboratory Evaluation of Bone Marrow 170 Mary Anna Thrall and Glade Weiser 16 Lymphoproliferative Disorders and Myeloid Neoplasms 183 Mary Anna Thrall 17 Disorders of Hemostasis 201 James Meinkoth 18 Principles of Blood Transfusion and Crossmatching 220 Linda M. Vap and Karl E. Jandrey Section III Hematology of Common Nondomestic Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, and Amphibians 235 19 Mammalian Hematology: Laboratory Animals and Miscellaneous Species 237 Terry W. Campbell 20 Hematology of Birds 254 Terry W. Campbell 21 Hematology of Reptiles 292 Terry W. Campbell 22 Hematology of Fish 314 Terry W. Campbell 23 Hematology of Amphibians 330 Terry W. Campbell Section IV Clinical Chemistry of Common Domestic Species 341 24 Laboratory

The editors

Mary Anna Thrall DVM, MS, DACVP, is Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pathology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts, West Indies and Professor Emerita, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Glade Weiser DVM, DACVP, retired as Professor, clinical pathologist, and former Head in the Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Robin W. Allison DVM, PhD, DACVP, retired at the rank of Professor from Oklahoma State University's Center for Veterinary Health Sciences in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

Terry Campbell, DVM, PhD, is Associate Professor Emeritus of Zoological Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins Colorado, USA.