Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concepts of Normality in Clinical Biochemistry; DNA Technology; Carbohydrate Metabolism and Diabetes; Lipids and Ketones; Proteomics; Clinical Immunology; The Erythrocyte; The Porhyrins; Iron Metabolism; Hemostasis; The Leukocytes; Clinical Enzymology; Liver function; Pancreatic function; Gastrointestinal function; Skeletal Muscle Function; Kidney function; Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance; Pituitary Function; Adrenocortical function; Thyroid function; Reproductive Hormones; Clinical Nutrition; Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium Metabolism; Trace minerals; Vitamins; Tumor Markers; Lysosomal Storage Diseases; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Clinical toxicology; Clinical biochemistry of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits; Clinical biochemistry of Avians; Appendixes: Clinical laboratory reference values in a number of animal species and some useful laboratory information.

The 6th edition of a well-known and much used standard text in the field. This book covers all aspects of the biochemical abnormalities caused by various diseases and how they relate to the biochemical changes in the blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, joint fluids, other body fluids and in cells. The purpose is to provide the fundamental bases for understanding the biochemical changes which occur in disease processes and in turn to provide the rationale for applying this understandig to the diagnosis of the disease process. A substantial appendix is provided so that the user can quickly identify the reference ranges for a large number of animal species. Every veterinary school or college in the USA and throughout the world has a department or section which teaches and provides a clinical laboratory service to their in-house and out-patients. Private veterinary laboratories also provide this service to clients and patients. Every major pharmaceutical house has a group which studies animals in the course of their drug safety studies. New and developing studies include the deleterious effects of environmental toxicants to include wildlife and fishes. * An appendix is provided in the book so that the user can quickly identify the reference ranges for a large number of animal species.

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