The editors

Raquel M. Walton, VMD, MS, PhD, DACVP (Clinical Pathology) is a Clinical Pathologist at IDEXX Laboratories in the Center for Animal Referral and Emergency Services in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA.

Rick L. Cowell, DVM, MS, DACVP (Clinical Pathology), is a Clinical Pathologist at IDEXX Laboratories in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

Amy C. Valenciano, DVM, MS, DACVP (Clinical Pathology), is a Clinical Pathologist at IDEXX Laboratories in Dallas, Texas, USA.

List of Contributors ix Preface xi 1 General Laboratory Medicine 1 Raquel M. Walton 2 Equine Hematology 9Raquel M. Walton and Cheryl A. Lawson 3 Bone Marrow Evaluation 27Joanne B. Messick 4 Immunohematology and Hemostasis 41Karen V. Jackson 5 The Liver 63Dennis J. Meyer and Raquel M. Walton 6 The Kidney 75Andrea A. Bohn and Raquel M. Walton 7 Acid-Base and Electrolytes 85Andrea A. Bohn 8 Proteins 95Koranda A. Walsh 9 Laboratory Assessment of Lipid and Glucose Metabolism 103Raquel M. Walton 10 Laboratory Markers of Muscle Injury 119Allison Billings, Jennifer K. Quinn, and Melanie S. Spoor 11 Endocrine Evaluation 143Jill Beech, Raquel M. Walton, and Melissa Blauvelt 12 Cytology of Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Lesions 161Amy C. Valenciano, Andrew Burton, Angela Borchers, and Rick L. Cowell 13 Cytology of the Eyes and Associated Structures 195Julie Piccione and Lucien Vallone 14 Cytology of the Oral and Nasal Cavities, Pharynx, Guttural Pouches, and Paranasal Sinuses 225Susan E. Fielder and Maggie R. McCourt 15 Cytology of the Lymph Nodes 235Kathryn Jacocks 16 Cytology of the Endometrium 243Luisa Ramírez-Agámez, Camilo Hernández-Avilés, and Chelsea Makloski-Cohorn 17 Semen Evaluation 257Camilo Hernández-Avilés, Luisa Ramírez-Agámez, and Chelsea Makloski-Cohorn 18 Pleural, Peritoneal, and Synovial Fluid Analysis 275Raquel M. Walton 19 Cerebrospinal Fluid 293Andrea Siegel 20 Cytology of the Respiratory Tract 305Martina Piviani Index 319