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- VP 338 - Veterinary Clinical Pathology
- Second Year - Second Semester
- J. Dorner (1988)
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- 1. Introduction : laboratory terminology, definition of normal.
- 2. Specimen handling: anticoagulants, hemolysis.
- 3. Blood : volume, dehydration.
- 4. Hemostasis: clinical manifestations, platelets, blood coagulation, laboratory testing.
- 5. Morphology of the erythron - introduction.
- 6. The erythrocyte: production, metabolism, destruction, erythopoiesis, hemoglobin, kinetics.
- 7. Examination of peripheral blood: stasis, reticulocytes, anisocytes, poikilocytes.
- 8. Laboratory evaluation of the erythron: packed cell volume, hemoglobin, red cell counting, erythrocyte indices, Coombs testing, iron studies.
- 9. Erythrocyte: polycythemia and anemia, relative, absolute, classification of anemia, erythrocyte destruction, blood loss.
- 10. Leukon: introduction, identification, function, kinetics.
- 11. Leukon: interpretation, white cell count, peripheral blood smear, interpretation, neutrophilia, neutropenia, species difference.
- 12. Hematopoietic neoplasia.
- 13. Urinary system: review, urinalysis, supernatant, microscopic.
- 14. Renal function evaluation: osmolality, urea nitrogen, creatinine, others.
- 15. Hepatic function: hepatic excretion, biochemical functions (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates), enzymes.
- 16. Application of specific liver function tests: ruminants, swine, equine, feline, canine.
- 17. Pancreas: exocrine function, endocrine function.
- 18. Endocrine system: thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal gland - medulla and cortex.
- 19. Diagnostic cytopathology: effusions, specific effusions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid.
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