Bookedited by Nicola Pusterla, Jill Higgins.
Contents:
Veterinary diagnostic testing
Basic techniques and procedures
Point-of-care testing
Test performance
Enzymes
Kidney function tests
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Blood gases
Electrolytes
Miscellaneous solutes
Cardiac troponin
Vitamin and mineral assessment
Toxicologic diagnostics
Therapeutic drug monitorings
Red blood cells
Leukocytes
Platelets
Blood proteins and acute phase proteins
Clotting times (aPTT and PT)
Antithrombin
Fibrin and fibrinogen degradation products (FDPs)
Coagulation factors
Equine infectious anemia virus
Equine influenza virus
Alpha-herpesviruses (EHV-1, EHV-4)
Equine rhinitis viruses (ERAV, ERBV)
Interpretation of testing for common mosquito transmitted diseases : West Nile Virus and eastern and western equine encephalitis
Streptococcus equi ss equi
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
Neorickettisa risticii
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Lawsonia intracellularis
Borrelia burgdorferi
Clostridium difficile
Leptospira spp.
Fungal pathogens
Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora hughesi
Babesia caballi and Theileria equi
Assessment of vaccination status and susceptibility to infection
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia
Equine neonatal isoerythrolysis
Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
Cellular immunity
Immunoglobulins
Equine blood groups and factors
Bacteriology and mycology testing
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Parasite control strategies
Molecular diagnostics for infectious pathogens
Equine genetic testing
Genetic tests for equine coat color
Peritoneal fluid
Respiratory secretions
Pleural fluid
Urine analysis
Synovial fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid
Laboratory testing for endocrine and metabolic disorders
Endocrine testing for reproductive conditions in horses
Foaling predictor tests.