Canis ISSN: 2398-2942

Laboratory Medicine

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  • ACTH Assay
  • ACTH stimulation test
  • Acute phase proteins
  • Allergy testing
  • Anemia: laboratory investigation
  • Anion gap
  • Anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) test
  • Anti-nuclear antibody
  • Anti-platelet antibody
  • Arterial blood gas sampling
  • Bactericidal assay
  • Blood biochemistry: acid phosphatase
  • Blood biochemistry: alanine aminotransferase (SGPT, ALT)
  • Blood biochemistry: albumin
  • Blood biochemistry: alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
  • Blood biochemistry: ammonia
  • Blood biochemistry: amylase
  • Blood biochemistry: aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
  • Blood biochemistry: bicarbonate
  • Blood biochemistry: bile acids
  • Blood biochemistry: chloride
  • Blood biochemistry: cholesterol
  • Blood biochemistry: copper
  • Blood biochemistry: cortisol
  • Blood biochemistry: C-reactive protein (CRP)
  • Blood biochemistry: creatine phosphokinase
  • Blood biochemistry: creatinine
  • Blood biochemistry: direct bilirubin
  • Blood biochemistry: folate
  • Blood biochemistry: fructosamine
  • Blood biochemistry: gamma globulin
  • Blood biochemistry: gamma glutamyltransferase
  • Blood biochemistry: glucose
  • Blood biochemistry: ionized calcium
  • Blood biochemistry: iron
  • Blood biochemistry: lactate dehydrogenase
  • Blood biochemistry: lipase
  • Blood biochemistry: magnesium
  • Blood biochemistry: overview
  • Blood biochemistry: para-aminobenzoic acid
  • Blood biochemistry: phosphate
  • Blood biochemistry: potassium
  • Blood biochemistry: sodium
  • Blood biochemistry: total bilirubin
  • Blood biochemistry: total calcium
  • Blood biochemistry: total globulin
  • Blood biochemistry: total lipid
  • Blood biochemistry: total protein
  • Blood biochemistry: triglycerides
  • Blood biochemistry: trypsin-like immunoreactivity
  • Blood biochemistry: urea
  • Blood biochemistry: vitamin B12
  • Blood smear preparation
  • Blood: crossmatching
  • Blood: culture
  • Blood: transfusion
  • BNP assay
  • Bromide assay
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage - tracheal wash: cytology
  • Buccal mucosa bleeding time
  • Canine leptospira antibody titer
  • Canine pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (cPLI) test
  • Canine parvovirus antibody titer
  • Centrifuge
  • Cephalic venipuncture
  • Cerebrospinal fluid: cell count and differential
  • Cerebrospinal fluid: CK
  • Cerebrospinal fluid: culture and sensitivity
  • Cerebrospinal fluid: cytology
  • Cerebrospinal fluid: protein
  • Cystocentesis
  • Cytology: fine needle aspirate
  • Cytology: lymph node aspirate
  • Cytology: nasal flush / aspirate
  • Cytology: prostatic wash
  • Digoxin assay
  • Direct Coombs' test
  • Discolored urine
  • Dysuria investigation
  • Effusion: overview
  • Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
  • Estradiol assay
  • Fecal analysis: bacteriology
  • Fecal analysis: hemolytic E. coli
  • Fecal analysis: Lugol's iodine
  • Fecal analysis: microscopy
  • Fecal analysis: new methylene blue
  • Fecal analysis: occult blood
  • Fecal analysis: overview
  • Fecal analysis: proteolytic activity - trypsin
  • Fecal analysis: salmonella
  • Fecal analysis: Sudan 3
  • Fibrin degradation products
  • Fine-needle aspirate
  • Flow cytometry (immunophenotyping)
  • Fractional electrolyte excretion
  • Glomerular filtration rate
  • Glucose tolerance test
  • Glycosylated hemoglobin
  • Growth hormone stimulation test
  • Hematology: activated clotting time
  • Hematology: activated partial thromboplastin time
  • Hematology: band neutrophil, band cell
  • Hematology: basophil
  • Hematology: complete blood count (CBC)
  • Hematology: D-dimers
  • Hematology: eosinophil
  • Hematology: hemoglobin concentration
  • Hematology: leukocyte (WBC)
  • Hematology: leukogram
  • Hematology: lymphocyte
  • Hematology: mean corpuscular hemoglobin
  • Hematology: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
  • Hematology: mean corpuscular volume
  • Hematology: monocyte
  • Hematology: neutrophil
  • Hematology: nucleated red blood cell
  • Hematology: packed cell volume
  • Hematology: platelet count
  • Hematology: prothrombin time
  • Hematology: red blood cell count
  • Hematology: reticulocyte count
  • Hematuria
  • Hemoglobinuria
  • High-dose dexamethasone suppression test
  • Histopathology: special stains
  • Hypercalcemia: overview
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Hypokalemia
  • Hypoproteinemia
  • Hypoproteinemia: investigation
  • Immunofluorescent antibody tests
  • Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
  • Indirect Coombs' test
  • Insulin assay
  • Insulin:glucose ratio
  • Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) assay
  • Jugular venipuncture
  • Liver disease investigation
  • Liver function assessment
  • Low-dose dexamethasone suppression test
  • Lymphocyte stimulation test (LST)
  • Ovulation detection
  • Pemphigus antibodies
  • Peritoneal fluid: analysis
  • Peritoneal fluid: bile
  • Peritoneal fluid: chyle
  • Peritoneal fluid: culture and sensitivity
  • Peritoneal fluid: cytology
  • Peritoneal fluid: differential cell count
  • Peritoneal fluid: protein
  • Peritoneal fluid: urine
  • Phagocytosis assay
  • Phenobarbital assay
  • PIVKA
  • Plasma: fibrinogen
  • Pleural fluid: analysis
  • Pleural fluid: culture and sensitivity
  • Pleural fluid: cytology
  • Pleural fluid: differential cell count
  • Pleural fluid: protein
  • Polymerase chain reaction
  • Pre-trilostane cortisol monitoring
  • Progesterone assay
  • PTH assay
  • PTHrP assay
  • Rabies antibody assay
  • Refractometer
  • Renal disease investigation
  • Renal function assessment
  • Rheumatoid factor
  • SDMA
  • Semen: evaluation
  • Serial blood glucose
  • Serology
  • Serum protein electrophoresis
  • Sick euthyroid factor assay
  • Single radial immunodiffusion (SRID)
  • Skin: impression smear
  • Skin: mast cell tumor - prognostic tests
  • Staining techniques: Diffquick
  • Staining techniques: Giemsa
  • Staining techniques: Gram stain
  • Staining techniques: Kinyoun acid fast stain
  • Staining techniques: Leishman's stain
  • Staining techniques: modified Ziehl-Neelson (MZN)
  • Staining techniques: new methylene blue
  • Staining techniques: Papanicolaou stain
  • Staining techniques: Periodic acid/schiff
  • Staining techniques: Perl's Prussian Blue/Safranin
  • Staining techniques: Romanowsky-type stains
  • Staining techniques: Sternheimer - Malbin stain
  • Staining techniques: Wright's stain
  • Staining techniques: Ziehl-Neelson
  • Stress, depression and the companion animal veterinarian
  • Synovial fluid: culture and sensitivity
  • Synovial fluid: cytology
  • Synovial fluid: differential cell count and viscosity
  • Synovial fluid: mucin clot test
  • Synovial fluid: protein
  • Testosterone assay
  • Thromboelastography (TEG)
  • Thyroid gland: anti-T4 antibody test
  • Thyroid stimulating hormone assay
  • Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) stimulation test
  • Thyroxine assay
  • Thyroxine assay (free)
  • Toxoplasma antibody titer
  • Transportation of diagnostic specimen
  • Transtracheal wash
  • Tri-iodothyronine (T3) assay
  • Uremia
  • Urinalysis: bacteriology
  • Urinalysis: bilirubin
  • Urinalysis: blood
  • Urinalysis: centrifuge sediment
  • Urinalysis: creatinine
  • Urinalysis: dipstick analysis
  • Urinalysis: epithelial cells
  • Urinalysis: glucose
  • Urinalysis: hemoglobin
  • Urinalysis: ketone
  • Urinalysis: nitrate
  • Urinalysis: overview
  • Urinalysis: pH
  • Urinalysis: protein
  • Urinalysis: red blood cells
  • Urinalysis: specific gravity
  • Urinalysis: urea
  • Urinalysis: urobilinogen
  • Urinalysis: white blood cell
  • Urine collection: freeflow
  • Urine cortisol:creatinine ratio
  • Von Willebrand's factor
  • Water deprivation test

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