Subject-based reference values: biological variation, individuality, and reference change values

• Published in: Veterinary clinical pathology Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 175 - 181
• Main Author: Walton, Raquel M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Dog Diseases - blood; Dog Diseases - diagnosis; Dog Diseases - pathology; Dogs; Index of individuality; inter-individual; intra-individual; patient monitoring; Reference Values; Species Specificity; Veterinary Medicine - methods

Subject‐based reference values have been largely overlooked in veterinary medicine. These values represent longitudinal data rather than the cross‐sectional data represented by standard population‐based reference values. As such they provide information about biological and analytical variation. Inh...