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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144130703321

Autore

Kerr Morag G

Titolo

Veterinary laboratory medicine [[electronic resource] ] : clinical biochemistry and haematology / / Morag G. Kerr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002

ISBN

1-281-31972-4

9786611319724

0-470-69024-0

0-470-77995-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Disciplina

636.089

636.08960756

Soggetti

Veterinary clinical pathology

Veterinary clinical biochemistry

Veterinary hematology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Part I: Haematology; 1 The Red Blood Cells (Erythrocytes); 2 The Platelets (Thrombocytes) and the Coagulation Factors; 3 The White Blood Cells (Leucocytes); Part II: Clinical Biochemistry; Introduction to Clinical Biochemistry; 4 The Plasma Proteins; 5 The Electrolytes; 6 The Minerals; 7 The Nitrogenous Substances; 8 Carbohydrate Metabolism; 9 Bilirubin and Fat Metabolism; 10 Clinical Enzymology - Plasma Enzymes in Diagnosis; I I Diagnostic Endocrinology; 12 Non-blood Body Fluids; 13 Feline Virus Testing; Part III: Systematic Investigation

14 Investigation on an Individual Organ Basis15 Diagnostic Profiling and Pattern Recognition; Part IV: Practical Laboratory Medicine; 16 Sample Collection and Use of External Laboratories; 17 Side-room Testing in the Veterinary Practice; 18 The 'Practice Laboratory'; Suggested Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Veterinary Laboratory Medicine covers all aspects of basic clinical biochemistry and haematology, and includes test-by-test interpretation



of laboratory results. Information is provided on sampling techniques, the selection and use of an external laboratory, as well as near-patient testing and the practice laboratory. Also included are step-by-step instructions for most commonly used point-of-care tests, a guide to the evaluation of instruments for in-practice use, and a detailed explanation of the principles of impedance counting and photometric analysis. The book will be ideal for pra