Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Biochemistry and Haematology, 2nd Edition

Introduction vii

Part I: Haematology

1 The Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes) 3

2 The Platelets (Thrombocytes) and the Coagulation Factors 35

3 The White Blood Cells (Leucoytes) 49

Part II: Clinical Biochemistry

Introduction to Clinical Biochemistry 69

4 The Plasma Proteins 73

5 The Electrolytes 81

6 The Minerals 91

7 The Nitrogenous Substances 101

8 Carbohydrate Metabolism 111

9 Bilirubin and Fat Metabolism 127

10 Clinical Enzymology – Plasma Enzymes in Diagnosis 135

11 Diagnosis Endocrinology 149

12 Non-Blood Body Fluids 169

13 Feline Virus Testing 181

Part III: Systematic Invesigation

14 Investigation on an Individual Organ Basis 199

15 Diagnosis Profiling and Pattern Recognition 209

Part IV: Practical Laboratory Medicine

16 Sample collection and Use of External Laboratories 243

17 Side-Room Testing in the Veterinary Practice 275

18 The ‘Practice Laboratory’ 307

Suggested Further Reading 355

Index 357