Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1: Laboratory Equipment -- Laboratory equipment -- Microscope -- Centrifuge -- Refractometer -- Chemistry analyzers -- Hematology analyzers -- Coagulation analyzers -- Quality control of all laboratory equipment -- Chapter 2: Blood Analysis -- Hematology -- Proper blood collection and handling techniques -- Blood collection tubes -- Peripheral blood smears -- Staining -- Packed cell volume (PCV) -- Red blood cell count -- Red blood cell indices -- Reticulocyte count -- Corrected reticulocyte percentage -- Reticulocyte production index (RPI) -- White blood cell count -- White blood cell differential -- Calculations -- White blood cell estimate -- Corrected white blood cell count -- Platelet count -- Platelet estimate -- Normal species variation of leukocytes -- Neutrophil maturation -- Abnormal morphological changes in leukocytes -- Erythrocyte morphologies -- Evaluating a blood film to complement automated analyzers -- Clinical chemistries -- Coagulation testing -- Activated clotting time -- Buccal mucosal bleeding time -- Automated clotting tests -- Chapter 3: Urinalysis -- Sample collection -- Free catch (voided sample) -- Bladder expression -- Catheterization -- Cystocentesis -- Sample preservation -- In vitro changes occurring in unpreserved urine -- Refrigeration -- Freezing -- Toluene -- Formalin (40%) -- Boric acid (0.8%) -- Commercial preservation tablets -- Physical examination of urine -- Volume -- Color -- Turbidity -- Odor -- Specific gravity (SG) -- Chemical examination -- Glucose -- Bilirubin -- Ketones -- Blood -- pH -- Protein -- Urobilinogen -- Nitrite -- Leukocytes -- Sediment examination -- Materials required -- Sediment stain -- Procedure for microscopic examination of urine -- Reporting of findings.

Microscopic elements of urine sediment -- Chapter 4: Parasitology -- Collection -- Pooled samples -- Gross examination -- Consistency -- Color -- Blood -- Mucous -- Gross parasites -- Microscopic examination -- Direct fecal smear -- Simple fecal flotation -- Centrifugation technique -- Baermann technique -- Common parasites of domestic species -- Canine and feline -- Ruminants -- Equine -- Chapter 5: Cytology -- Sample collection -- Swabs -- Fine needle biopsy -- Tissue biopsy -- Imprints -- Centesis -- Scrapings -- Smear preparation -- Feather smear method -- Line smear method -- Compression (or squash) method -- Modified squash method -- Starfish method -- Staining -- Romanowsky stains (Wright's and Diff-Quick) -- New methylene blue -- Microscopic evaluation of cytology slides -- Pyknosis and karyorrhexis -- Karyolysis -- Classifying cell types -- Inflammation -- Other cell types -- Neoplasia -- Reporting your findings -- Laboratory submissions -- Ear cytology -- Slide preparation and staining -- Microscopic findings -- Vaginal cytology -- Collection methods -- Cell types seen -- Stages of estrous -- Semen evaluation -- Slide preparation -- Live/dead sperm ratio -- Sperm morphology -- Appendix -- Temperature conversions -- Metric conversions -- Length -- Weight -- Volume -- Metric system -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.