Essentials of Veterinary Hematology

This book is a concise text on veterinary haematology and has been written to provide a ready source of current and fundamental information necessary to understand the basic concepts in haematology as a discipline and veterinary haematology as a speciality. This book provides a generalized approach to the interpretation of various haematological abnormalities and provides comments on species-specific haematological attributes and haematological abnormalities encountered in various species.  

Table of Contents: 1 Examination of the Blood and Bone Marrow; 2 Comparative Hematology of Common Domestic Animals; 3 Comparative Hematologic Features of Some Avian and Mammalian Species; 4 Hematopoiesis; 5 Coagulation and Its Disorders; 6 The Platelets; 7 Erythrocyte Physiology and Changes in Disease; 8 Evaluation of Anemias and Polycythemias; 9 Blood Loss or Hemorrhagic Anemias; 10 Hemolytic Anemias Associated with Some Infectious Agents; 11 Hemolytic Anemias of Noninfectious Origin; 12 Depression or Hypoproliferative Anemias; 13 The Neutrophils; 14 The Eosinophils; 15 The Basophils and Mast Cells; 16 The Monocytes and Macrophages; 17 The Lymphocytes and Plasma Cells; 18 Interpretation of Leukocyte Parameters; 19 The Leukemias: General Aspects; 20 The Leukemias in Common Domestic Animals; 21 The Plasma Proteins, Dysproteinemias, and Immune Deficiency Disorders; 22 Immunohematology; Index.

420 pages. Paperback. Suitable for undergraduate veterinary students, veterinary medical technologists, animal technicians, and all those interested in an abridged text in comparative haematology. Also suitable for graduate veterinary students as a ready source for reviewing the pathophysiology of blood as it relates to clinical veterinary medicine. This book is no longer available at the publisher, but may be purchased here.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8121-1437-9; ISBN-10: 0-8121-1437-X

Price: £38.00; A$96.95