Bovine Haematology and Biochemistry

When combined with history and clinical examination, haematology and biochemistry can offer a relatively non‐invasive, economical method of assessing the health status of a number of organ systems in the bovine. There are several excellent reviews on bovine biochemistry and haematology available. It...

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Published inBovine Medicine pp. 146 - 160
Main Author Kessell, Allan
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 26.05.2015
Subjects
blood samples
bovine biochemistry
bovine haematology
clinical pathological testing
farm practice management
profitable business
progressive veterinary practice
SMART targets
SWOT analysis
veterinarian
veterinarians
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Summary:When combined with history and clinical examination, haematology and biochemistry can offer a relatively non‐invasive, economical method of assessing the health status of a number of organ systems in the bovine. There are several excellent reviews on bovine biochemistry and haematology available. It is the responsibility of the attending veterinarian to ensure that samples for clinical pathological testing are collected, identified, stored and transported correctly, so that they arrive at the laboratory in a condition that eliminates, or at least limits, changes in analyte values that can occur after sampling. This chapter considers changes within the peripheral blood parameter values that provide useful information on the state of health of the animal. Haematology allows the clinician to assess for the presence of inflammation and anaemia and, in combination with biochemistry, may provide a diagnosis or differential diagnosis and/or suggest other test modalities.
ISBN:1444336436
9781444336436
DOI:10.1002/9781118948538.ch16