The Busy Vet’s Guide to Cytology is an in-practice guide to using cytology in everyday veterinary practice. It outlines the basics of cytological examination and explores how to work with cytology results as a diagnostic tool alongside other treatments and assessments. The Guide also covers:
acquiring and preparing cytological specimens,
staining slides and microscope use, and
interpreting samples from common locations.
Addressing general principles of veterinary cytology and then taking a body – system approach applied to all veterinary patients, the book ends with working with labs, a round-up of difficult cases and digital cytology.
The Busy Vet’s Guide to Cytology is accessible and digestible – an indispensable aid to vets in practice.
Preface
Note on magnification, staining, percentages and differential counts
Textbook format
PART ONE – CYTOLOGICAL BASICS
1 Cytology explained
2 Sampling and preparation
3 The basics of cytology
4 General principles of cytology
5 Infectious agents
PART TWO – CYTOLOGY OF SPECIFIC LOCATION
6 Skin and subcutaneous lesions
7 Gastrointestinal system
8 Genitourinary system
9 Respiratory system
10 Lymph nodes, spleen and thymus
11 Muscle, bone and synovial fluid
12 Cavity effusions
13 Blood films
PART THREE – FURTHER THOUGHTS ON CYTOLOGY
14 ‘Edge cases’
15 Submitting to an external lab
16 Digital and remote cytology
APPENDICES
A. Summary of cell examination and description
B. Decoding pathology reports – a cytological glossary
C. Backgrounds
D. Common crystals
E. Species/sex/breed predispositions
F. Further staining and extra tests
G. Mitotic figures
H. Pathology jokes
Bibliography
Index
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Weight:1008.00