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