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Skills Laboratory: How to collect diagnostic bone marrow samples

August 1, 2005

Bone marrow aspirate evaluation may not be in your primary diagnostic toolbox, but it is essential for diagnosing many disorders.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Diagnostic caveats for difficult bacterial urinary tract infections

July 1, 2005

The objective of part one of this two-part series is to summarize diagnostic caveats derived from our experience with medical management of urinary tract infections (UTI) during the past 35 years.

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Diagnosing cranial cruciate ligament pathology

June 1, 2005

Recent advances in diagnostic visualization and surgical treatments have stimulated an increased emphasis on early clinical recognition of cranial cruciate ligament pathology. This article describes characteristics of normal and pathologic cranial cruciate ligaments and details clinical techniques to help you diagnose cranial cruciate ligament pathology earlier.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Minimizing pseudo-recurrent urolithiasis

May 1, 2005

Because the uroliths were smooth, they were readily repulsed into the urinary bladder by retrograde urohydropropulsion.

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Trends change in composition of feline uroliths

April 1, 2005

In 2003, frequency of calcium oxalate uroliths fell to 47 percent; frequency of struvite uroliths rose 42 percent.

Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE

Skills Laboratory, Part 1: Performing a neurologic examination

February 1, 2005

Many veterinarians are uncomfortable when facing a patient with a neurologic problem. However, by taking the time to obtain a good, detailed history and by doing a methodical and thorough neurologic examination, these cases can be both challenging and interesting.

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Skills Laboratory, Part 2: Interpreting the results of a neurologic examination

February 1, 2005

In this article, I help you correctly interpret the findings of a neurologic evaluation in order to answer the most important question when dealing with a neurologic problem: Where is the lesion?

Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE

Three-minute peripheral blood film evaluation: Preparing the film

December 1, 2004

A peripheral blood film evaluation should be part of all complete blood counts, regardless of whether hematology is performed in-house or at a reference laboratory.

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Symposium on a three-minute peripheral blood film evaluation

December 1, 2004

Many veterinarians and technicians do not routinely evaluate blood films microscopically, largely because they lack confidence in either preparing a well-made blood film or in being able to accurately identify important abnormalities.

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