Preface ix
Acronyms and Abbreviations xi
Section 1: Mammalian Hematology Case Studies
Case 1 A 6-year-old otter undergoing a routine physical examination 5
Case 2 A 10-year-old ferret with lethargy and anorexia 9
Case 3 A 6-year-old ferret with anorexia and lethargy 13
Case 4 A 2-year-old ferret with weight loss and lethargy 17
Case 5 A 3-year-old rabbit with anorexia 21
Case 6 A 6-year-old hedgehog with anorexia and ataxia 27
Case 7 A 7-year-old guinea pig with anorexia and decreased water intake 31
Case 8 A 31/2-year-old ferret with lethargy and weight loss 35
Section 2: Avian Hematology Case Studies
Case 9 A 1-year-old parrot with an acute onset of severe illness 45
Case 10 A 2-year-old chicken with lethargy inappetence and lack of egg laying 49
Case 11 A 14-year-old macaw with feather-picking behavior and weight loss 53
Case 12 A 14-year-old parrot with weakness anorexia and labored breathing 57
Case 13 A 4-year-old parrot with anorexia weakness and lethargy 61
Case 14 An adult vulture with generalized weakness 65
Case 15 A 2-year-old tragopan with wounds 67
Case 16 A 5-month-old chicken with lethargy 69
Case 17 A 4-year-old budgerigar with generalized weakness and breathing heavily 73
Case 18 A 41/2-year-old duck with acute dyspnea 75
Case 19 A 14-year-old falcon with anorexia 79
Case 20 An 8-month-old hawk with anorexia weakness and vomiting 83
Case 21 A juvenile kestrel with a drooping right wing and blood in the left nares 89
Section 3: Herptile Hematology Case Studies
Case 22 A 20-year-old turtle with lethargy and anorexia 95
Case 23 A 3-year-old lizard with lethargy and keeping the eyes closed 101
Case 24 An 18-month-old lizard with an oral mass 105
Case 25 A 35-year-old tortoise with anorexia lethargy and constipation 111
Case 26 An adult turtle with a fractured carapace and leg laceration 117
Case 27 A 2-year-old lizard with anorexia and weight loss 121
Section 4: Fish Hematology Case Studies
Case 28 An adult stingray with weight loss and lethargy 127
Case 29 An adult stingray undergoing a routine physical examination 131
Section 5: Mammalian Cytology Case Studies
Case 30 A 6-year-old guinea pig with excessive drinking and urination soft stools and weight loss 137
Case 31 A 2-year-old rat with diarrhea dry skin and squinting eye 143
Case 32 A 6-year-old tiger with two masses in her mouth 147
Case 33 A 10-year-old lion with weight loss and lethargy 151
Case 34 A 51/2-year-old ferret presented for a presurgical evaluation 155
Case 35 A 4-year-old ferret with a tail mass 159
Case 36 A 5-year-old rabbit with a mass near the left nostril 163
Case 37 A 1-year-old chinchilla with a closed eye 167
Case 38 A 5-year-old ferret with a swollen head 169
Case 39 A 2-year-old rat with a swelling around the left inguinal area 173
Case 40 A 5-year-old ferret with lethargy dyspnea diarrhea polyuria and polydypsia 175
Case 41 A 3-year-old guinea pig with anorexia and decreased water intake 179
Case 42 A 9-year-old ferret with a mass on the ear 181
Case 43 A 3-year-old ferret with lethargy and weight loss 183
Case 44 A 3-month-old ferret with a prolapsed rectum 187
Case 45 A 21/2-year-old gerbil with lethargy and anorexia 193
Case 46 A 5-year-old guinea pig with an ulcerated swelling in the abdominal area 195
Case 47 A 6-year-old ferret with pawing at the mouth 199
Case 48 A 7-year-old ferret with bilateral alopecia 203
Section 6: Avian Cytology Case Studies
Case 49 A 20-year-old parrot with dyspnea weight loss and persistent ascites 209
Case 50 An 11-year-old cockatiel with a mass in the ear 213
Case 51 A 4-year-old cockatiel with a swollen head 215
Case 52 An adult owl with a swollen elbow 219
Case 53 A 2-year-old macaw with left leg lameness 221
Case 54 A 6-year-old lovebird with dystocia 225
Case 55 A 5-year-old parrot with dyspnea 227
Case 56 A 2-year-old macaw with anorexia and weight loss 235
Case 57 An adult goose with a mass on the wing 241
Case 58 A 14-year-old budgerigar with lethargy and anorexia 245
Case 59 A 35-year-old parrot with weight loss and dyspnea 249
Case 60 A 29-year-old parrot with halitosis and reduced vocalization 253
Case 61 A 6-month-old cockatiel with labored breathing 257
Case 62 A 13-year-old parrot with a prolapsed cloaca 259
Case 63 A 17-year-old cockatoo with broken blood feathers 265
Case 64 An adult duck with a mass on the rhinotheca 271
Case 65 A 3-month-old flamingo with a mass on the rhinotheca 277
Section 7: Herptile Cytology Case Studies
Case 66 A 2-year-old lizard with difficulty breathing 281
Case 67 A 3-year-old lizard with vomiting and weight loss 285
Case 68 A 9-year-old lizard with a mass near the vent 287
Case 69 A 19-year-old lizard with a large mass on its leg 289
Case 70 An 11-year-old lizard with an oral mass 293
Case 71 A 10-year-old snake with a coelomic mass and concern of intestinal impaction 297
Case 72 A 9-month-old lizard with anorexia and weight loss 299
Case 73 A 6-year-old lizard with a tail mass 301
Case 74 A 27-year-old snake with a snout lesion 305
Case 75 A 1-year-old lizard with multiple infections 309
Case 76 An adult snake with severe dyspnea 311
Case 77 An adult newt with a white skin lesion 315
Case 78 An adult frog in a moribund condition 317
Case 79 A 10-year-old lizard with anorexia 321
Section 8: Fish Cytology Case Studies
Case 80 An adult eel with anorexia and skin lesions 325
Case 81 A 11/2-year-old goldfish with dropsy 329
Case 82 A 6-year-old fish with a red mass protruding from the vent 333
Case 83 An adult stingray with skin masses 335
Case 84 An adult fish with a mass projecting from the gills 339
Case 85 A 5-year-old fish with bloating and constipation 341
Case 86 An adult fish with lesions around its mouth 345
Case 87 An adult fish with a large red mass on its belly 349
Case 88 A 3-year-old fish with a growth below the eye 351
Case 89 An adult fish with increased gilling and eye lesions 355
Case 90 A fish that is a sole survivor of a massive fish die-off 357
Case 91 An adult stingray presented for examination for coccidia 359
Case 92 An adult fish with a large mass on its operculum 361
Case 93 An adult fish with a mass on its side 365
Case 94 An adult fish with ulcerative skin lesions 367
References 371
Index 373
