TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of contributors ix Preface xi
Chapter 1 : General laboratory medicine , pp 1 Raquel M . Walton Chapter 2 : Equine hematology , pp 9 Raquel M . Walton and Cheryl A . Lawson Chapter 3 : Bone marrow evaluation , pp 27 Joanne B . Messick Chapter 4 : Immunohematology and hemostasis , pp 41 Karen V . Jackson Chapter 5 : The liver , pp 63 Dennis J . Meyer and Raquel M . Walton Chapter 6 : The kidney , pp 75 Andrea A . Bohn and Raquel M . Walton Chapter 7 : Acid-base and electrolyte evaluation , pp 85 Andrea A . Bohn Chapter 8 : Proteins , pp 95 Koranda A . Walsh Chapter 9 : Laboratory assessment of lipid and glucose metabolism , pp 103 Raquel M . Walton Chapter 10 : Laboratory markers of muscle injury , pp 119 Allison Billings Melanie S . Spoor and Jennifer K . Quinn