Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures: Canine and Feline (Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Felin)

"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."--BOOK JACKET Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures: Canine & Feline Contents Preface Acknowledgements Contributors List Standard Abbreviations Getting the Most out of Your Diagnostic Laboratory General Principles for Performing Blood Tests General Principles for Performing Fecal Tests General Principles for Performing Urine Tests General Principles of Endoscopy General Principles of Radiography General Principles of Ultrasonography Abdominal Radiography Abdominal Ultrasonography Abdominocentesis and Fluid Analysis Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody Acetylcholinesterase ACTH Assay ACTH Stimulation Test Activated Clotting Time Acute Phase Proteins Adrenal Ultrasonography Alanine Aminotransferase Albumin Alkaline Phosphatase Allergen-Specific Serology Alpha-1 Protease Inhibitor Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring Ammonia Amylase Angiography and Angiocardiography Anion Gap Anticoagulant Proteins Anticoagulant Screen Antinuclear Antibody Aqueocentesis and Vitreocentesis Arthrocentesis with Synovial Fluid Analysis Arthroscopy Aspartate Aminotransferase Babesia Bacterial Culture and Sensitivity Barium-Impregnated Polyethylene Spheres (BIPS) Bartonella Bence-Jones Proteins Bicarbonate Bile Acids Bilirubin Bladder Tumor Analyte Bleeding Time Blood Gases Blood Pressure Determination: Noninvasive and Invasive Blood Sample Collection Blood Smear Microscopic Examination Blood Smear Preparation Blood Typing Bone Biopsy Bone Marrow Aspirate and Biopsy Bone Marrow Aspirate Cytology: Microscopic Evaluation Bone Scan Brain-Stem Auditory Evoked Response Brain Ultrasonography Bronchoalveolar Lavage Bronchoscopy Brucellosis Serology Buffy Coat Preparations Calcitriol Calcium Cardiac Catheterization Carnitine Catheter-Assisted Stone Retrieval Central Venous Pressure Cerebrospinal Fluid Tap Chloride Cholesterol Coagulation Factors Cobalamin Colonoscopy Complete Blood Count Computed Tomography Conjunctival Scraping and Cytology Coombs' Test Cortisol Cortisol/Creatinine Ratio Creatine Kinase Creatinine Crossmatch Cystocentesis Cystometry and Urethral Pressure Measurement Cystourethrography Cystourethroscopy D-Dimer Dental Radiography Dermatophyte Culture Desmopressin Response Test Distemper Echocardiography Ehrlichia/Anaplasma Electrocardiography Electroencephalography Electromyography Electroneurography Electroretinography Epidurography Erythropoietin Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Esophagography Estradiol Ethylene Glycol Excretory Urography Fecal Direct Smear and Cytology Fecal Elastase Fecal Fat Fecal Flotation Fecal Occult Blood Fecal Sedimentation and Baermann Exam Feline Coronavirus Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Feline Leukemia Virus Ferritin Fibrin Degradation Products Fibrinogen Fine-Needle Aspiration Fluid Analysis Fluorescein Dye Test Fluoroscopy Folate Food Trial Fructosamine Gamma-Glutamyltransferase Gastrin Gastrointestinal Ultrasonography Gastroscopic and Colonoscopic Food-Sensitivity Testing Genetic Testing Giardia Fecal Antigen Gingival Sulcus Measurement Globulins Glomerular Filtration Rate Glucose Glucose Curve Glycosylated Hemoglobin Heartworm Serology Heinz Bodies Hematocrit Hemoglobin Hemotrophic Mycoplasmas High-Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test Horizontal Beam Radiography Immunoglobulin Assays Impression Smear Insulin and Insulin/Glucose Ratio Intradermal Testing Iron Level and Total Iron-Binding Capacity Knott's Test Lactate Laparoscopy Lead Leptospira Lipase Liver and Gallbladder Ultrasonography Liver Biopsy Low-Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test Lower Gastrointestinal Radiographic Contrast Studies Lower Urinary Tract Ultrasonography Lupus Erythematosus Cell Preparation Luteinizing Hormone Lyme Disease Serology Lymphangiography Magnesium Magnetic Resonance Imaging Masticatory Muscle Myositis (2M Antibody Assay) Methemoglobin Muscle and Nerve Biopsy Myelography Nasal Flush and Biopsy Nasolacrimal Irrigation Natriuretic Peptides Ocular Ultrasonography Osmolality Osmotic Fragility Pancreatic Lipase Immunoreactivity Pancreatic Ultrasonography Parathyroid Hormone Parathyroid Hormone–Related Protein Partial Thromboplastin Time, Activated Pericardiocentesis Phosphorus PIVKA Test Platelet Antibody Detection Platelet Count and Volume Platelet Function Tests Potassium Progesterone Prostatic Wash Protein Electrophoresis Prothrombin Time Pulmonary Function Tests Pulmonary Perfusion Scan Pulse Oximetry Rectal Scraping and Cytology Red Blood Cell Count Red Blood Cell Enzyme Activity Red Blood Cell Indices Red Blood Cell Morphology Relaxin Renal Biopsy and Aspiration Renal Ultrasonography Reticulocyte Count Rheumatoid Factor Rhinoscopy Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Schirmer Tear Test Semen Analysis Semen Collection Semen Preservation Skeletal Radiography Skin Biopsy Skin Scraping and Trichogram Skin Surface and Otic Cytology Skull Radiography Sodium Somatomedin C Splenic Ultrasonography T3 Suppression Test Taurine Testosterone Thoracic Radiography Thoracic Ultrasonography Thoracocentesis and Fluid Analysis Thoracoscopy Thyroglobulin Autoantibody Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasonography Thyroid-Releasing Hormone Response Test Thyroid Scintigraphy Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Stimulation Test Thyroxine (T4), Free Thyroxine (T4), Total Tissue Biopsy: Needle and Punch Tonometry Total Protein Toxoplasmosis Serology Tracheal Wash Transsplenic Portal Scintigraphy Triglycerides Troponins, Cardiac Specific Trypsin-like Immunoreactivity Ultrasound-Guided Mass or Organ Aspiration Upper Gastrointestinal Radiographic Contrast Studies Urea Nitrogen Urethral Catheterization Urinalysis Overview Urine Albumin Urine Bilirubin Urine Fractional Excretion of Electrolytes Urine Gamma-Glutamyltransferase/Creatinine Ratio Urine Glucose Urine Heme Protein Urine Ketones Urine pH Urine Protein Urine Protein/Creatinine Ratio Urine Sediment Urine Specific Gravity Urolith Analysis Uterine Ultrasonography Vaginography Voiding Urohydropropulsion Von Willebrand Factor Water-Deprivation Test, Modified White Blood Cell Count and Differential White Blood Cells: Basophils White Blood Cells: Eosinophils White Blood Cells: Lymphocytes White Blood Cells: Monocytes White Blood Cells: Neutrophils Wood's Lamp Examination Zinc Appendix 1: Tables of Laboratory Normal Values Appendix 2: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Appendix 3: Referral Laboratories Index