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COLLECTION OF SAMPLES AND INTERPRETATION OF LABORATORY TESTS

MAJOR BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES OR PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED

Agglutination of RBCs, 426

Anemia, 426

Anion gap, 410

Base excess or deficit, 411

Basophilia, 432

Bicarbonate, 411

Bilirubin, 415

Blood loss, 427

Causes of elevations of serum enzymes and bilirubin, 412

Coombs test, 426

Creatinine, 416

Decreased erythrocyte production, 427

Decreased plasma antithrombin III, 446

Eosinophilia, 432

Equine gastrointestinal pathogens, 470

Equine miscellaneous pathogens, 471

Equine neurologic pathogens, 469

Equine respiratory pathogens, 467

Erythrocyte morphology, 425

Erythrocytosis (polycythemia), 427

Fibrinfiibrinogen degradation

products, 446

Fluid and electrolyte balance, 401

Fractional urinary clearance of electrolytes, 419

Genetic diseases, 475

Hematocrit, 424

Hemoglobin, 424

Hemolysis, 427

Hemostatic function, 448

Hypercalcemia, 406

Hyperchloremia, 405

Hyperglobulinemia and the acute phase response, 438, 439

Hyperglycemia, 416

Hyperkalemia, 404

Hypermagnesemia, 407

Hypernatremia, 403

Hyperphosphatemia, 407

Hyperproteinemia, 436

Hypoalbuminemia, 440

Hypocalcemia, 406

Hypochloremia, 405

Hypofibrinogenemia, 447

Hypoglycemia, 416

Hypokalemia, 403

Hypomagnesemia, 407

Hyponatremia, 402

Hypophosphatemia, 407

Hypoproteinemia, 440

Lymphocytosis, 432

Lymphopenia, 433

Mean cell hemoglobin concentration and mean cell hemoglobin, 424

Mean cell volume, 424

Metabolic acidosis, 408

Metabolic alkalosis, 408

Metabolic profiling, 397

Microarrays and restriction fragment length polymorphism, 474

Mixed acid-base imbalances, 410

Molecular diagnostics in large animals, 462

Molecular testing for infectious diseases in cattle, sheep, and goats, 471

Molecular testing for infectious diseases in horses, 466

Monocytosis, 433

Multiplex PCR, 474

Neutropenia, 432

Neutrophilia, 431

Normal values (clinical chemistries, serum proteins), 397

Osmolality and osmolal gap, 405 Packed cell volume, 424 Panhyperproteinemia, 436 Panhypoproteinemia, 441

Platelet function defects and von

Willebrand disease, 444

Prolonged partial thromboplastin time, 445

Prolonged prothrombin time, 444

Real-time PCR, 464, 474

Red blood cell count, 424

Respiratory acidosis, 409

Respiratory alkalosis, 410

Sequence analysis, 475

Serum proteins, 417 Serum/plasma urea, 401

Southern blots, northern blots, and dot-blots, 472

Standard polymerase chain reaction and nested PCR, 464, 473

Strong ion difference (SID), 411 Strong ion gap (SIG), 411 Thrombocytopenia, 442

Thrombocytosis, 444 Thromboelastography, 448

Total carbon dioxide (TCO2), 411

Urinalysis, 418

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Source: Smith Bradford P., Van Metre David C., Pusterla Nicola (eds.). Large Animal Internal Medicine. Part 1. 6th edition. — Elsevier,2020. — 2279 p.. 2020

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