EQUINE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY - Rossdale & Partners

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Contents
Introduction 4
Using clinical pathological aids to diagnosis 6
Clinical disease, preventive medicine, laboratory profiles, management aids
Sampling requirements 8
Labelling and request forms, dispatch, post & packaging, sampling equipment
Reference ranges 11
Haematology 12
Erythrocytes 12, Leucocytes 14, Platelets 17
Clinical chemistry 19
Proteins 19, IGG 21, plasma fibrinogen, SAA, AST, 22, CK, LD 24, cardiac troponin 25, SDH,
GLDH, GGT 27, SAP, IAP, bilirubin, bile acids 28, amylase, glucose, oral glucose absorption
test, cholesterol & triglycerides, urea 29, creatinine, urine fractional clearance ratios 30,
calcium, potassium & chloride, calcium, phosphate & magnesium 31, plasma lactate 32
Blood gas analysis 33
Endocrinology 33
Pregnancy tests, progestagens 33, granulosa cell tumour 34, cryptorchidism,
thyroid function, pituitary function, glucose, cortisol, insulin, overnight dexamethasone
suppression test 35, TRH stimulation test, combined DXM suppression/TRH stim. test 36
Urine collection and analysis 37
Parasitology 38
Faeces collection, faecal worm egg counts, faecal lungworm larval counts
Microbiology 39
Bacterialogy, skin scrapings, virology 40
Cytology 42
Fluid samples - peritoneal, pleural 43, synovial, tracheal washes, bronchoalveolar lavage 44,
cerebrospinal fluid, bone marrow 45, semen samples, endometrial smears 46
Histology 47
Necropsy (postmortem) examinations 48
Adult horses 48, CMSNG sampling, neonatal foals, foeti and placentae 50
Biopsy sampling 52
Skin, lump, liver, lung 52, kidney, endometrial 53, testicular, ileal 54, rectal 55
Tables of reference ranges 56