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Veterinary Technician’s Handbook of Laboratory Procedures 2nd Edition

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By Brianne Bellwood and Melissa Andrasik-Catton

Veterinary Technician’s Handbook of Laboratory Procedures 2nd Edition provides a significant update and expansion to the First Edition, with larger and better-quality images, more images overall, and significant updates to information and equipment throughout.

New chapters cover topics such as microbiology and parasitology, and the Second Edition newly covers quality assurance in the introductory chapter as well.

Now encompassing topics in all areas of clinical pathology, the book covers procedures in hematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, microbiology, parasitology, serology, and cytology. A companion website features case studies, crossword puzzles, figures from the book in PowerPoint, and additional figures not found in the book.

Veterinary Technician’s Handbook of Laboratory Procedures is equally useful for veterinary technicians in training and in practice and has been carefully formatted and written to put the information veterinary technicians need at their fingertips.

Features
In Veterinary Technician’s Handbook of Laboratory Procedures, readers can expect to find helpful information on:
  • Laboratory equipment, covering microscopes, centrifuges, refractometers, and chemistry, hematology, and coagulation analyzers
  • Blood analysis, covering proper blood collection and handling techniques, blood collection tubes, blood smear preparation and staining, and hematology procedures
  • Urinalysis procedures including the physical, chemical and sediment examination
  • Cytology sample collection and smear preparation, covering the feather, line, squash, modified squash, and starfish methods, plus microscopic evaluation of cytology slides
  • Identification of parasites, covering internal and external, plus protozoans
Table of Contents
  1. The Gold Standard, Standards of Care, and Spectrum of Care

  • Defining the Gold Standard

  • Limitations of the Gold Standard

  • Case of the Cat with Stranguria

  • Limitations to Standards of Care

  • Spectrum of Care

  1. Consultation Room Communication Strategies

  • Communication in Human Health Care

  • Communication in Veterinary Health Care

  • Essential Communication Skills

  • Health Literacy and Compliance

  • Using Nonmedical Language

  • Checking In

  • Assessing Client’s Knowledge

  • Signposting

  • Addressing Cost of Care

  1. Packed Cell Volume (PCV)

  2. Total Protein via Refractometry

  3. Buffy Coat Evaluation

  4. The Blood Film

  5. Blood Glucose

  6. Blood Urea Nitrogen

  7. Whole Blood Lactate

  8. Saline Agglutination Test

  9. Activated Clotting Time

  10. Assessing Urine’s Physical Properties

  11. Urine Specific Gravity

  12. Chemical Evaluation of Urine

  13. Urine Sediment Examination

  14. Physical Properties of Fecal Matter

  15. Direct Smears

  16. Fecal Flotation

  • Fixed-Angle Centrifuge

  • Swinging Bucket Centrifuge

  • Passive Flotation

  1. Body Cavity Fluid Analysis

  2. Clinical Cases

  • Case 1: Fred

  • Case 2: Bella

  • Case 3: Benji

  • Case 4: Mittens

  • Case 5: Star

  • Case 6: Earl

  • Case 7: Sammy

  • Case 8: Coffee

  • Case 9: Dexter

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