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Informationen zum Autor 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. Francis W. K. Smith, Jr., DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine & Cardiology) is Vice President, VetMed Consultants in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA; and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA. Larry P. Tilley, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Internal Medicine) is President of VetMed Consultants and Chief Medical Officer of Dr. Tilley & Associates in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Klappentext 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. Each topic, written by an expert in the field, provides essential information on related physiology, indications, contraindications, potential complications, and client education. 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xvii Acknowledgements xviii Contributors List xix Standard Abbreviations xxvii Getting the Most out of Your Diagnostic Laboratory xxviii General Principles for Performing Blood Tests xxx General Principles for Performing Fecal Tests xxxii General Principles for Performing Urine Tests xxxiii General Principles of Endoscopy xxxv General Principles of Radiography xxxviii General Principles of Ultrasonography xii Topic Abdominal Radiography 2 Abdominal Ultrasonography 8 Abdominocentesis and Fluid Analysis 11 Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody 16 Acetylcholinesterase 18 ACTH Assay 20 ACTH Stimulation Test 22 Activated Clotting Time 24 Acute Phase Proteins 26 Adrenal Ultrasonography 28 Alanine Aminotransferase 32 Albumin 34 Alkaline Phosphatase 36 Allergen-Specific Serology 38 Alpha-1 Protease Inhibitor 40 Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring 42 Ammonia 45 Amylase 48 Angiography and Angiocardiography 50 Anion Gap 54 Anticoagulant Proteins 56 Anticoagulant Screen 58 Antinuclear Antibody 60 Aqueocentesis and Vitreocentesis 62 Arthrocentesis with Synovial Fluid Analysis 64 Arthroscopy 69 Aspartate Aminotransferase 72 Babesia 74 Bacterial Culture and Sensitivity 76 Barium-Impregnated Polyethylene Spheres (BIPS) 79 Bartonella 82 Bence-Jones Proteins 85 Bicarbonate 88 Bile Acids 91 Bilirubin 94 Bladder Tumor Analyte 96 Bleeding Time 98 Blood Gases 101 Blood Pressure Determination: Noninvasive and Invasive 104 Blood Sample Collection 107 Blood Smear Microscopic Examination 109 Blood Smear Preparation 112 Blood Typing 114 Bone Biopsy 117 Bone Marrow Aspirate and Biopsy 119 ...
