Clinical Cases in Avian and Exotic Animal Hematology and Cytology, This book provides representative examples of hematology and cytology cases encountered in exotic animal practice.
Clinical Cases in Avian and Exotic Animal Hematology and Cytology
Cases in the book were selected based on the important role of cytodiagnosis or hematology in the medical management of the exotic animal patient. The cases in the book offer a variety of hematologic and cytodiagnostic interpretations.
Cases representing animals with anemia include blood loss, hemolytic, iron deficiency, Heinz body, and nonregenerative anemia. An example of polycythemia as well as the effects of lead toxicosis on the hemogram is provided. A variety of abnormal leukograms, such as leukocytosis, leukopenia, leukemia, and stress re-sponses, are represented in the text. Representations of normal and abnormal hemic cytologies are provided. These include normal hemic cells, toxic neutrophils and heterophils, left shifts, and leukemia. Blood parasites, such as Leukocytozoon, Hemoproteus, Plasmodium,and Hemogregarine, and bacteremia are also represented.
Example cases of the basic cytodiagnosis interpretations are also represented. These include normal cytology, inflammation, hyperplasia or benign neoplasia, and malignant neoplasia. Inflammatory lesions are rep-resented by neutrophilic or heterophilic, mixed cell, macrophagic, and eosinophilic inflammation. Along with these inflammatory lesions, a specific etiologic agent, such as bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal, viral, parasitic, or foreign body, is represented. Tissue hyperplasia or benign neoplasia is represented by epithelial hyperplasia, papilloma, adenoma, lipoma, mast cell tumor, and chondroma. Representations of malignant neoplasia include carcinomas, such as undifferentiated carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma; sarcomas, such as undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma, liposarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, and malignant melanoma; and discrete cell neoplasms, such lymphoma, histiocytoma, and mast cell tumor.
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