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Contributors
BRUCE GRAHN, DVM (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - February 21, 2023 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Contents
Bruce Grahn (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - February 21, 2023 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Forthcoming Issues
Diabetes Mellitus in Cats and Dogs (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - February 21, 2023 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

The Greatness of Glass
An automated complete blood count (CBC), although quick and relatively effortless, is limited in its diagnostic usefulness because results can be affected by misclassification of cellular and noncellular components and abnormal cellular morphology. Microscopic evaluation of a blood smear allows for quality control of automated CBC results as well as identification of cellular morphology that cannot be detected by automated hematology analyzers, and its importance should not be overlooked, especially in clinically ill patients. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Nina C. Zitzer Source Type: research

Tick-Borne Diseases
Many tick-borne infections are increasing in geographic range as a result of activities such as reforestation and climate change. A history of outdoor activity in tick-endemic regions, together with consistent clinical signs (such as fever, splenomegaly, polyarthritis, thrombocytopenia), should raise suspicion for tick-borne infectious disease. Diseases with short incubation periods are best diagnosed with organism-detection assays. When the incubation period is long and organism numbers are low, diagnosis often relies on antibody testing, but it may be difficult to associate positive tests with infection. Positive antibod...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Jane Emily Sykes Source Type: research

Laboratory Diagnosis of Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common diseases in dogs and cats, but diagnosis is challenging. The gold standard for diagnosis of pancreatitis is pancreatic biopsy, which has many limitations. As such, clinical diagnosis of pancreatitis based on a consistent clinical picture (eg, signalment, clinical signs, physical examination findings), supportive laboratory screening diagnostics, pancreatitis-specific laboratory testing, consistent imaging findings, and thorough diagnostic evaluation ruling out alternate differential diagnoses is most often used in clinical patients. Alternate differential diagnoses in patients p...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Adam J. Rudinsky Source Type: research

Clinical Pathology
VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA: SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Maxey L. Wellman, M. Judith Radin Source Type: research

Copyright
Elsevier (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Contributors
MAXEY L. WELLMAN, DVM, PhD (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Contents
Maxey L. Wellman and M. Judith Radin (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Forthcoming Issues
Ophthalmology in Small Animal Care (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research

Veterinary Clinical Pathology
This issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice contains articles about a variety of topics highlighting the importance of clinical pathology in small animal practice. Topics range from the basics of how to make and evaluate a blood smear and safely administer a blood transfusion to more advanced topics, such as how to use flow cytometry and digital microscopy in clinical practice. Although most articles follow a traditional format, the toxicology article uses a case-based approach that includes interpretation of laboratory results. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 16, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Maxey L. Wellman, M. Judith Radin Tags: Preface Source Type: research

How Changing Tick-Borne Disease Prevalence in Dogs Affects Diagnostic Testing
Ixodes scapularis (the deer tick), Amblyomma americanum (the lone star tick) and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (the brown dog tick) are ticks that commonly parasitize dogs in the United States. In the first part of this article, we will examine their changing epidemiology to illustrate how being aware of their distribution and adapting diagnostic testing to include a broad range of pathogens may improve our ability to identify and help infected patients, especially those with suspected idiopathic immune-mediated disease. We will then discuss how to optimize testing for these pathogens using available panels. (Source: Veterinary...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 1, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Linda Kidd Source Type: research

Bartonellosis in Dogs and Cats, an Update
The unique virulence factors of Bartonella spp make them stealth pathogens that evade the immune system and cause persistent infections that are often difficult to diagnose and treat. Understanding these pathogenic mechanisms allows clinicians to recognize when to pursue diagnostics, how to optimize diagnostic testing and treatment, and ultimately can lead to improved outcomes. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 1, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Rachel Taber, Anne Pankowski, Allison L. Ludwig, Maggie Jensen, Veronica Magsamen, Erin Lashnits Source Type: research

Cytauxzoonosis
Cytauxzoon felis is a hematoprotozoan parasite with a complex life cycle involving a tick-vector and a mammalian host. The mammalian hosts are all felidae but in the bobcat reservoir host, the parasite typically causes only a brief, self-resolving illness followed by a prolonged subclinical infection. In domestic cats, however, infection often leads to an acute febrile illness characterized by severe morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is based on microscopic identification of parasites or molecular testing. Treatment for ill cats is expensive, difficult, and often unsuccessful. Prevention is quite possible and depends on a...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 1, 2022 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Leah A. Cohn Source Type: research