[February 11, 2025] Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology 3rd Edition

Fundamentals of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 3rd Edition: Your Essential Guide

This book provides thoroughly updated and detailed information to promote appropriate clinical laboratory testing and interpretation of test results for common domestic mammals. Presented in an easy-to-use outline format and now in full color, this evidence-based guide synthesizes the laboratory principles, physiology, assays, and pathophysiologic processes relevant to detecting and understanding disorders in dogs, cats, horses, cattle, and camelids.

Key Features

• New and Expanded Content: Content additions include two entirely new chapters on synovial and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, as well as expanded sections on blood typing and crossmatching, viscoelastic testing, protein electrophoresis, and mixed acid-base disorders.
• Evidence-Based Synthesis: This guide synthesizes the laboratory principles, physiology, assays, and analytical concepts relevant to clinical pathology, with new clinical tests and methods integrated throughout.
• Interpretation of Abnormalities: It provides pathophysiologic explanations of laboratory abnormalities, allowing easy access to information on disorders and conditions by grouping them by common mechanisms or processes.
• Consistent Organization: The book uses consistent terminology and chapter organization, featuring separate sections for physiologic concepts, analytical methods, and interpretation of results.
• Enhanced Visuals: Features a wealth of high-quality illustrations and photomicrographs throughout the text, making it a visual and conceptual understanding applicable to many species.
• Broad Audience: An excellent textbook for veterinary students taking clinical pathology courses, as well as a valuable resource for clinical and anatomic pathology residents, medicine and surgery residents, and practicing veterinarians.