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Clinical pathology quiz

Interpret biochemistry panels, CBCs, blood smears and urinalyses from real small animal clinical cases.

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  1. 1 Azotaemia in dogs: prerenal or renal? Urine specific gravity Dog radio_button_unchecked
  2. 2 Struvite crystals in canine urine: how to interpret them Dog imageimage radio_button_unchecked
  3. 3 Stress hyperglycaemia vs diabetes in cats: fructosamine Cat radio_button_unchecked
  4. 4 Microfilariae on a canine blood smear: next step Dog imageimage radio_button_unchecked
  5. 5 Addison’s disease in dogs: which test confirms hypoadrenocorticism Dog radio_button_unchecked
  6. 6 Hypercalcaemia in dogs: causes and differential diagnosis Dog radio_button_unchecked
  7. 7 Immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia in dogs: diagnosis Dog radio_button_unchecked
  8. 8 Mycoplasma haemofelis in cats: smear, PCR and treatment Cat imageimage radio_button_unchecked
  9. 9 High alkaline phosphatase from corticosteroids in dogs Dog radio_button_unchecked
  10. 10 Anticoagulant rodenticide toxicity: PT and aPTT Dog radio_button_unchecked
  11. 11 Polycythaemia in dogs: relative, secondary or primary Dog radio_button_unchecked
  12. 12 Pre-regenerative anaemia after acute haemorrhage in dogs Dog radio_button_unchecked
  13. 13 Microcytic hypochromic iron deficiency anaemia in dogs Dog radio_button_unchecked
  14. 14 Anaemia of chronic inflammatory disease in cats Cat radio_button_unchecked
  15. 15 Oestrogen-induced pancytopenia in the cryptorchid dog Dog radio_button_unchecked
  16. 16 Paracetamol poisoning in cats: methaemoglobinaemia Cat radio_button_unchecked
  17. 17 Onion poisoning in dogs: blood smear findings Dog radio_button_unchecked
  18. 18 Acanthocytes and schistocytes on the smear: haemangiosarcoma Dog radio_button_unchecked
  19. 19 Nucleated red cells without anaemia: lead poisoning Dog radio_button_unchecked
  20. 20 Stress leukogram in dogs: how to interpret it Dog radio_button_unchecked
  21. 21 Degenerative left shift and toxic neutrophils Dog radio_button_unchecked
  22. 22 Physiological lymphocytosis in the stressed cat Cat radio_button_unchecked
  23. 23 Aggregate and punctate reticulocytes in cats Cat radio_button_unchecked
  24. 24 Marked lymphocytosis in dogs: chronic lymphocytic leukaemia Dog radio_button_unchecked
  25. 25 Pseudothrombocytopenia in cats: platelet clumping Cat radio_button_unchecked
  26. 26 Inherited macrothrombocytopenia in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Dog radio_button_unchecked
  27. 27 Feline blood groups: the risk of type B in transfusion Cat radio_button_unchecked
  28. 28 Crossmatching before a second transfusion in dogs Dog radio_button_unchecked
  29. 29 Raised ALT in dogs: hepatocellular versus cholestatic pattern Dog radio_button_unchecked
  30. 30 Feline hepatic lipidosis: high ALP with normal GGT Cat radio_button_unchecked
  31. 31 Jaundice in dogs: prehepatic, hepatic or posthepatic Dog radio_button_unchecked
  32. 32 Pre- and postprandial bile acids: portosystemic shunt Dog radio_button_unchecked
  33. 33 Blood ammonia: sample handling and interpretation Dog and cat radio_button_unchecked
  34. 34 Liver failure: markers of function versus injury Dog radio_button_unchecked
  35. 35 Raised cPLI in dogs: how to interpret it in pancreatitis Dog radio_button_unchecked
  36. 36 Pancreatitis in cats: fPLI and non-specific signs Cat radio_button_unchecked
  37. 37 DGGR lipase in pancreatitis: usefulness and limitations Dog and cat radio_button_unchecked
  38. 38 Low TLI: exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in dogs Dog radio_button_unchecked
  39. 39 Low cobalamin in cats with chronic enteropathy Cat radio_button_unchecked
  40. 40 Protein-losing enteropathy: hypoalbuminaemia in dogs Dog radio_button_unchecked
  41. 41 Feline triaditis: cholangitis, pancreatitis and enteropathy Cat radio_button_unchecked
  42. 42 Monoclonal gammopathy on canine serum protein electrophoresis Dog radio_button_unchecked
  43. 43 High total protein and hyperalbuminaemia in cats Cat radio_button_unchecked
  44. 44 Giardia in dogs: zinc sulphate flotation and antigen testing Dog radio_button_unchecked
  45. 45 Baermann technique: lungworms in coughing cats Cat radio_button_unchecked
  46. 46 Bilirubinuria in cats: is it normal? Cat radio_button_unchecked
  47. 47 High SDMA with normal creatinine in cats: how to interpret it Cat radio_button_unchecked
  48. 48 Proteinuria in dogs: dipstick, UPC and IRIS substage Dog radio_button_unchecked
  49. 49 Hypertension in a cat with CKD and acute blindness: what to do Cat radio_button_unchecked
  50. 50 Acute kidney injury in dogs: IRIS grades without azotaemia Dog radio_button_unchecked
  51. 51 Nephrotic syndrome in dogs: diagnosis and complications Dog radio_button_unchecked
  52. 52 Glucosuria with normal blood glucose in dogs: Fanconi syndrome Dog radio_button_unchecked
  53. 53 Granular casts in urine: an early warning of nephrotoxicity Dog radio_button_unchecked
  54. 54 Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats: crystals and anion gap Cat radio_button_unchecked
  55. 55 Ammonium urate crystals in cat urine: what they mean Cat radio_button_unchecked
  56. 56 Sporadic bacterial cystitis in a bitch: ISCAID guidelines Dog radio_button_unchecked
  57. 57 Subclinical bacteriuria in cats: should it be treated? Cat radio_button_unchecked
  58. 58 Hyperkalaemia in the blocked cat: first emergency step Cat radio_button_unchecked
  59. 59 High potassium in a healthy Akita: pseudohyperkalaemia Dog radio_button_unchecked
  60. 60 Hypokalaemia in cats: cervical ventroflexion and weakness Cat radio_button_unchecked
  61. 61 Chronic hyponatraemia in dogs: how fast to correct it Dog radio_button_unchecked
  62. 62 Eclampsia in the bitch: puerperal hypocalcaemia and treatment Dog radio_button_unchecked
  63. 63 Hypochloraemic metabolic alkalosis from vomiting: blood gas Dog radio_button_unchecked
  64. 64 Anion gap in dogs: hyperchloraemic metabolic acidosis Dog radio_button_unchecked
  65. 65 Low-dose dexamethasone suppression test in the dog Dog radio_button_unchecked
  66. 66 Normal ACTH stimulation test with suspected Cushing's in the dog Dog radio_button_unchecked
  67. 67 Urine cortisol:creatinine ratio in the dog: interpretation Dog radio_button_unchecked
  68. 68 Endogenous ACTH: pituitary or adrenal Cushing's in the dog Dog radio_button_unchecked
  69. 69 Trilostane monitoring: low cortisol in a lethargic dog Dog radio_button_unchecked
  70. 70 Canine hypothyroidism: total T4, free T4 and TSH Dog radio_button_unchecked
  71. 71 Sick euthyroid syndrome in the dog: low T4 Dog radio_button_unchecked
  72. 72 Drugs that affect T4 in the dog: sulfonamides Dog radio_button_unchecked
  73. 73 Feline hyperthyroidism with high-normal total T4 Cat radio_button_unchecked
  74. 74 Feline hyperthyroidism and masked kidney disease Cat radio_button_unchecked
  75. 75 Primary hypoparathyroidism in the dog: diagnosis and treatment Dog radio_button_unchecked
  76. 76 Somogyi effect in the diabetic dog: glucose sensor Dog radio_button_unchecked
  77. 77 Feline acromegaly: when to measure IGF-1 in the diabetic cat Cat radio_button_unchecked
  78. 78 Diabetic ketoacidosis in the cat: phosphorus and potassium Cat radio_button_unchecked
  79. 79 Diabetic ketoacidosis: urine dipstick and beta-hydroxybutyrate Dog radio_button_unchecked
  80. 80 Hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar syndrome in the cat Cat radio_button_unchecked
  81. 81 Insulinoma in the dog: paired glucose and insulin Dog radio_button_unchecked
  82. 82 Feline primary hyperaldosteronism: hypokalaemia and hypertension Cat radio_button_unchecked
  83. 83 DIC in dogs: D-dimers, fibrinogen and platelets Dog radio_button_unchecked
  84. 84 Von Willebrand disease in the Dobermann before surgery Dog radio_button_unchecked
  85. 85 Prolonged aPTT in a young cat: haemophilia or factor XII deficiency Cat radio_button_unchecked
  86. 86 Thromboelastography in dogs: interpreting R, K, angle and MA Dog radio_button_unchecked
  87. 87 Effusion classification: protein-poor transudate Dog radio_button_unchecked
  88. 88 Septic peritonitis: glucose and lactate in abdominal fluid Dog radio_button_unchecked
  89. 89 Chylothorax in cats: diagnosis with triglycerides Cat radio_button_unchecked
  90. 90 Uroabdomen in cats: creatinine and potassium in the effusion Cat radio_button_unchecked
  91. 91 Haemoabdomen in dogs: interpreting abdominal fluid Dog radio_button_unchecked
  92. 92 Effusive FIP: Rivalta test, albumin:globulin ratio and RT-PCR Cat radio_button_unchecked
  93. 93 Lymph node cytology: lymphoma or reactive hyperplasia Dog radio_button_unchecked
  94. 94 Mass cytology: epithelial, mesenchymal or round cell Dog radio_button_unchecked
  95. 95 Canine leishmaniosis: serology, electrophoresis and LeishVet stages Dog radio_button_unchecked
  96. 96 Morulae in neutrophils with a negative rapid test: anaplasmosis Dog radio_button_unchecked
  97. 97 FIV-positive kitten: maternal antibodies and when to retest Cat radio_button_unchecked
  98. 98 Faecal parvovirus test after recent vaccination Dog radio_button_unchecked
  99. 99 Toxoplasmosis: IgG-positive cat and a pregnant owner Cat radio_button_unchecked
  100. 100 Cerebrospinal fluid: steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis Dog radio_button_unchecked

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