Descripción
Description
Interpretation of Equine Laboratory Diagnostics offers a comprehensive approach to equine laboratory diagnostics, including hematology, clinical chemistry, serology, body fluid analysis, microbiology, clinical parasitology, endocrinology, immunology, and molecular diagnostics.
- Offers a practical resource for the accurate interpretation of laboratory results, with examples showing real-world applications
- Covers hematology, clinical chemistry, serology, body fluid analysis, microbiology, clinical parasitology, endocrinology, immunology and molecular diagnostics
- Introduces the underlying principles of laboratory diagnostics
- Provides clinically oriented guidance on performing and interpreting laboratory tests
- Presents a complete reference to establish and new diagnostic procedures
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Veterinary Diagnostic Testing
Linda Mittel
Chapter 2: Basic Techniques and Procedures
Emir Hodzic
Chapter 3: Point of Care Testing
C. Langdon Fielding
Chapter 4: Test Performance
Christian M. Leutenegger
Chapter 5: Enzymes
Leslie Sharkey
Chapter 6: Kidney Function Tests
Leslie Sharkey
Chapter 7: Carbohydrates
Leslie Sharkey
Chapter 8: Lipids
M. Judith Radin
Chapter 9: Blood Gases
Alonso Guedes
Chapter 10: Electrolytes
Krista E. Estell
Chapter 11: Miscellaneous Solutes
Leslie Sharkey
Chapter 12: Cardiac Troponin
Dr. Anita Varga
Chapter 13: Vitamin and Mineral Assessment
Carrie J. Finno
Chapter 14: Toxicologic Diagnostics
Robert H. Poppenga
Chapter 15: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
K. Gary Magdesian
Chapter 16: Red Blood Cells
Jed Overmann
Chapter 17: Leukocytes
Jed Overmann
Chapter 18: Platelets
Jed Overmann
Chapter 19: Blood Proteins and Acute Phase Proteins
Jed Overmann
Chapter 20: Clotting times (aPTT and PT)
SallyAnne L. Ness and Marjory B. Brooks
Chapter 21: Antithrombin
SallyAnne L. Ness and Marjory B. Brooks
Chapter 22: Fibrin and Fibrinogen Degradation Products (FDPs)
SallyAnne L. Ness and Marjory B. Brooks
Chapter 23: Coagulation Factors
SallyAnne L. Ness and Marjory B. Brooks
Chapter 24: Equine Infectious Anemia Virus
Sandra D. Taylor
Chapter 25: Equine Influenza Virus
Beate Crossley and Ashley Hill
Chapter 26: Alpha-Herpesviruses (EHV-1, EHV-4)
Beate Crossley and Ashley Hill
Chapter 27: Equine Rhinitis Viruses (ERAV, ERBV)
Beate Crossley and Ashley Hill
Chapter 28: Interpretation of Testing for Common Mosquito Transmitted Diseases: West Nile Virus and Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis
Maureen T. Long and Kelli L. Barr
Chapter 29: Streptococcus equi ss equi
Ashley G. Boyle
Chapter 30: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Sharon J. Spier and Jennifer Jeske
Chapter 31: Neorickettisa risticii
Sandra D. Taylor
Chapter 32: Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Janet Foley and Nicole Stephenson
Chapter 33: Lawsonia intracellularis
Connie J. Gebhart
Chapter 34: Borrelia burgdorferi
Amy L. Johnson and Bettina Wagner
Chapter 35: Clostridium difficile
K. Gary Magdesian
Chapter 36: Leptospira spp.
Janet Foley and Mary H. Straub
Chapter 37: Fungal Pathogens
Jill C. Higgins and Nicola Pusterla
Chapter 38: Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora hughesi
Amy L. Johnson
Chapter 39: Babesia caballi and Theileria equi
Angela Pelzel-McCluskey and Josie Traub-Dargatz
Chapter 40: Assessment of Vaccination Status and Susceptibility to Infection
W. David Wilson
Chapter 41: Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia
Julia B. Felippe
Chapter 42: Equine Neonatal Isoerythrolysis
Julia B. Felippe
Chapter 43: Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia
Julia B. Felippe
Chapter 44: Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia
Julia B. Felippe
Chapter 45: Cellular Immunity
Julia B. Felippe
Chapter 46: Immunoglobulins
Julia B. Felippe
Chapter 47: Equine Blood Groups and Factors
K. Gary Magdesian
Chapter 48: Bacteriology and Mycology Testing
Joshua B. Daniels and Barbara A. Byrne
Chapter 49: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
K. Gary Magdesian
Chapter 50: Parasite Control Strategies
Wendy Vaala and Robin Houston
Chapter 51: Molecular Diagnostics for Infectious Pathogens
Nicola Pusterla and Christian M. Leutenegger
Chapter 52: Equine Genetic Testing
Carrie J. Finno
Chapter 53: Genetic Tests for Equine Coat Color
M. Cecilia T. Penedo
Chapter 54: Peritoneal Fluid
Jorge Nieto
Chapter 55: Respiratory Secretions
Melissa Mazan
Chapter 56: Pleural Fluid
Melissa Mazan
Chapter 57: Urine Analysis
Leslie Sharkey
Chapter 58: Synovial Fluid
Jorge Nieto and Jan Trela
Chapter 59: Cerebrospinal fluid
Monica Aleman
Chapter 60: Laboratory Testing for Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Nicholas Frank
Chapter 61: Endocrine Testing for Reproductive Conditions in Horses
Alan Conley and Barry Ball
Chapter 62: Foaling Predictor Tests
Ghislaine A. Dujovne and Camilla.J. Scott
Author Information
Nicola Pusterla, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM is Professor of Equine Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of California at Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in Davis, California, USA.
Jill Higgins, DVM, is a private equine practitioner/consultant in Loomis, California, USA.