Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
 March 1, 2007
By:Petra A. Volmer, DVM, MS, DABVT, DABT
In suspected cases of toxicosis, reduce errors and receive more meaningful results by spending more time up-front communicating with and acquiring specimens for the diagnostic toxicology laboratory.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
July 1, 2006
By:Byron L. Blagburn, MS, PhD, Jamie M. Butler, BS
Failure to use best-practice techniques, such as centrifugation, when conducting fecal flotation procedures can result in failure to detect parasite stages in fecal samples. In this article, we review the basics of fecal flotation techniques and describe step-by-step procedures for conducting accurate and effective centrifugal flotation procedures.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
July 1, 2006
By:Nyssa J. Reine, DVM, DACVIM (small animal internal medicine)
Definitively diagnosing canine hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's disease) can be exceptionally difficult because nonadrenal illness can affect the test results. However, I think that the urine cortisol:creatinine ratio (UC:Cr) serves an invaluable role in ruling out canine Cushing's disease since a dog with a normal UC:Cr almost assuredly does not have Cushing's disease.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
July 1, 2006
By:Philip VanVranken, DVM
A few years ago, our veterinarians and licensed veterinary technicians learned that centrifugation of fecal samples was the superior test for diagnosing gastrointestinal parasitism.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
May 1, 2006
By:Johanna Cooper, DVM, Cynthia R.L. Webster, DVM, DACVIM
This review provides general guidelines for the diagnostic approach to an asymptomatic dog with elevated liver enzyme activities so that needless tests are not performed and clinically important liver disease is not missed.
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