canis

ACTH Assay

ACTH stimulation test

Acute phase proteins

Allergy testing

Anemia: laboratory investigation

Anion gap

Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) test

Anti-nuclear antibody

Anti-platelet antibody

Arterial blood gas sampling

Bactericidal assay

Blood biochemistry and hematology: breed considerations

Blood biochemistry: acid phosphatase

Blood biochemistry: alanine aminotransferase (SGPT, ALT)

Blood biochemistry: albumin

Blood biochemistry: alkaline phosphatase (ALP)

Blood biochemistry: ammonia

Blood biochemistry: amylase

Blood biochemistry: aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

Blood biochemistry: bicarbonate

Blood biochemistry: bile acid stimulation test

Blood biochemistry: chloride

Blood biochemistry: cholesterol

Blood biochemistry: copper

Blood biochemistry: cortisol

Blood biochemistry: C-reactive protein (CRP)

Blood biochemistry: creatine phosphokinase

Blood biochemistry: creatinine

Blood biochemistry: direct bilirubin

Blood biochemistry: folate

Blood biochemistry: fructosamine

Blood biochemistry: gamma globulin

Blood biochemistry: gamma glutamyltransferase

Blood biochemistry: glucose

Blood biochemistry: ionized calcium

Blood biochemistry: iron

Blood biochemistry: lactate dehydrogenase

Blood biochemistry: lipase

Blood biochemistry: magnesium

Blood biochemistry: overview

Blood biochemistry: para-aminobenzoic acid

Blood biochemistry: phosphate

Blood biochemistry: potassium

Blood biochemistry: sodium

Blood biochemistry: total bilirubin

Blood biochemistry: total calcium

Blood biochemistry: total globulin

Blood biochemistry: total lipid

Blood biochemistry: total protein

Blood biochemistry: triglycerides

Blood biochemistry: trypsin-like immunoreactivity

Blood biochemistry: urea

Blood biochemistry: vitamin B12

Blood smear preparation

Blood: crossmatching

Blood: culture

Blood: transfusion

BNP assay

Bromide assay

Bronchoalveolar lavage

Bronchoalveolar lavage - tracheal wash: cytology

Buccal mucosa bleeding time

Canine leptospira antibody titer

Canine microbiota dysbiosis index (DI)

Canine pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (cPLI) test

Canine parvovirus antibody titer

Centrifuge

Cephalic venipuncture

Cerebrospinal fluid: cell count and differential

Cerebrospinal fluid: CK

Cerebrospinal fluid: culture and sensitivity

Cerebrospinal fluid: cytology

Cerebrospinal fluid: protein

Cystocentesis

Cytology: fine needle aspirate

Cytology: lymph node aspirate

Cytology: nasal flush / aspirate

Cytology: prostatic wash

DGGR lipase activity

Digoxin assay

Direct Coombs' test

Discolored urine

Dysuria investigation

Effusion: overview

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Estradiol assay

Fecal analysis: bacteriology

Fecal analysis: hemolytic E. coli

Fecal analysis: Lugol's iodine

Fecal analysis: microscopy

Fecal analysis: new methylene blue

Fecal analysis: occult blood

Fecal analysis: overview

Fecal analysis: proteolytic activity - trypsin

Fecal analysis: salmonella

Fecal analysis: Sudan 3

Fibrin degradation products

Fine-needle aspirate

Flow cytometry (immunophenotyping)

Anion gap: clinical scenarios for use of AG

Anion gap: pathological changes in four clinical scenarios

Anion gap: summary table of AG

Blood smear: platelet clumps

Blood smear: platelets

Blood: partial agglutination

Cerebrospinal fluid: xanthochromic

Clostridium botulinum: culture Gram stain

Clostridium botulinum: direct Gram stain

Clostridium endospores: direct stain

Cytology technique: blood smear preparation 01

Cytology technique: blood smear preparation 02

Cytology technique: inclusive squash smear preparation slide 1

Cytology technique: inclusive squash smear preparation slide 2

Cytology technique: inclusive squash smear preparation slide 3

Cytology technique: inclusive squash smear preparation slide 4

Cytology technique: needle and syringe method for fine needle aspirate

Cytology technique: needle only method for fine needle aspirate

Cytology technique: ultrasound guided fine needle aspirate

Cytology: agglutination of erythrocyte - auto-immune hemolytic anemia

Cytology: bacteria within cells (aspirate) - retrobulbar abscess

Cytology: band neutrophil - auto-immune hemolytic anemia

Cytology: benign epithelial lesion

Cytology: benign mesenchymal lesion

Cytology: bone marrow - myeloid leukemia

Cytology: bronchoalveolar lavage - angiostrongylus vasorum

Cytology: bronchoalveolar lavage - eosinophilic inflammation

Cytology: bronchoalveolar lavage - normal

Cytology: bronchoalveolar lavage - septic inflammation

Cytology: carcinoma cells - anisokaryosis

Cytology: circulating lymphoblast - stage 5 lymphoma

Cytology: eosinophilic pleocytosis in CSF

Cytology: epithelial cells (abdominal fluid) - carcinoma

Cytology: exudate with bacteria

Cytology: faults - cells stripped of cytoplasm

Cytology: faults (inadequate staining) - loss of nuclear detail

Cytology: faults (lymph node aspirate) - cells lysed and damaged (post-chemotherapy)

Cytology: faults (lymph node aspirate) - ruptured lymphocyte

Cytology: faults (lymph node aspirate) - too thick

Cytology: features of benign lesions

Cytology: features of malignancy A

Cytology: features of malignancy B

Cytology: histiocytic sarcoma in CSF

Cytology: histiocytoma

Cytology: homogenous lymphoblast - malignant lymphoma

Cytology: hypochromic erythrocyte - chronic blood loss

Cytology: intermediate - poorly differentiated mast cell tumor

Cytology: intracellular osteoid - mandibular osteosarcoma

Cytology: lipoma

Cytology: lymph node with carcinoma metastasis

Cytology: lymphadenitis - multiple cell type

Cytology: lymphoblast - lymphoma

Cytology: lymphoblast - stage 5 lymphoma

Cytology: lymphoblastic leukemia

Cytology: lymphoma

Cytology: malassezia pachydermatitis

Cytology: malignant epithelial lesion

Cytology: malignant melanoma - oral

Cytology: malignant mesenchymal lesion

Cytology: mast cell tumor - AgNOR stain

Cytology: mast cell tumor - HE stain

Cytology: mast cell tumor - Ki67 IHC stain

Cytology: mast cell tumor - KIT IHC stain

Cytology: mast cells - intra-abdominal mast cell tumor

Cytology: mast cells - mast cell tumor associated with hematoma

Cytology: mast cells - mastocytosis

Cytology: maturing erythrocyte - regenerative anemia

Cytology: melanin pigment - malignant melanoma

Cytology: melanoma

Cytology: mesothelial cells - pericardial effusion

Cytology: mesothelial cells - pleural effusion

Cytology: mesothelial cells in clusters

Cytology: metastatic carcinoma cells

Cytology: microcytic erythrocyte - iron deficiency anemia

Cytology: microscopic erythrocyte agglutination - auto-immune hemolytic anemia

Cytology: modified transudate

Cytology: Mycoplasma haemocanis

Cytology: non-degenerate neutrophil

Cytology: normal ependymal lining epithelial cells in CSF

Cytology: osteoid - mandibular osteosarcoma

Cytology: phagocytic macrophage

Cytology: plasmacytoma

Cytology: polychromatic erythrocyte - auto-immune hemolytic anemia

Cytology: poorly differentiated mast cell tumor

Cytology: purulent aspirate

Cytology: reactive lymph node

Cytology: respiratory epithelial cells - nasal wash

Cytology: spherocyte - auto-immune hemolytic anemia

Cytology: toxic neutrophil - pyometra

Cytology: toxic neutrophil - sepsis

Cytology: transudate

Cytology: tumor effusion

Cytology: well differentiated mast cell tumor

Leishmania test kit

Malassezia dermatitis: cytology

Petechial hemorrhage 01

Septic peritonitis: microscopy 01

Septic peritonitis: microscopy 02

Stain: congo red (renal amyloidosis)

Blood tests

Samples - how they help your veterinarian

Temperature conversion table

Scientific notation table

Hematology: conversion factors

Conditions resulting in hypercalcemia

Blood sample tube requirements table 01

Blood sample tube requirements table 02

Volume conversion table

Biochemistry: conversion factors for empirical to SI units

Length conversion table

Weight conversion table

Venous/arterial reference intervals

Investigation of anemia

Diabetes: investigation of poor diabetic control

Hypothyroidism: diagnosis

Investigation of protein abnormalities