Vol 36/No 1/2007

Laboratory Medicine—Yesterday • Today • Tomorrow p. 7. PDF

Letter to the Editor

Hypersegmentation of equine neutrophils. Tvedten H, Riihimäki M. pp. 4-5. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Editorial

Improving the quality of reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: let's STARD now. Christopher MM. p. 6. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Special Report

Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, Gatsonis CA, Glasziou PP, Irwig LM, Lijmer JG, Moher D, Rennie D, de Vet HCW, for the STARD Group. pp. 8-12. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Invited Review

Proteomics: a review and an example using the reticulocyte membrane proteome. Prenni JE, Avery AC, Olver CS. pp. 13-24. PubMed ABSTRACT | FREE PDF

Original Articles

Effect of serum storage, anti-inflammatory dosages of oral prednisone, and spontaneous hyperadrenocorticism on serum glutamate dehydrogenase activity in dogs. Peta HG, Carr AP, Myers SL, Joffe DJ, Kidney BA. pp. 25-29. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Hematologic and biochemical changes during canine agility competitions. Rovira S, Muñoz A, Benito M. pp. 30-35. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Evaluation of a portable lactate analyzer (Lactate Scout) in dogs. Ferasin L, Dodkin SJ, Amodio A, Murray JK, Papasouliotis K. pp. 36-39. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Hematological and serum biochemistry values of trapped, healthy, free-ranging rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) and their association with age, sex, and gestational status. Aroch I, King R, Baneth G. pp. 40-48. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Leukocyte and thrombocyte reference values for channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus Raf.), with an assessment of morphologic, cytochemical, and ultrastructural features. Tavares-Dias M, de Moraes FR. pp. 49-54. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

The effect of hemolysis on antithrombin activity as determined by a chromogenic method. van der Merwe L, Reyers F. pp. 55-59. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Artifactual changes in the PCV, hemoglobin concentration and cell counts in bovine, caprine and porcine blood stored at room and refrigerator temperatures. Ihedioha JI, Onwubuche RC. pp. 60-63. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Protein electrophoresis of psittacine plasma. Cray C, Rodriguez M, Zaias J. pp. 64-72. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Influence of urine pH on accurate urinary protein determination in Sprague-Dawley rats. Reagan WJ, VanderLind B, Shearer A, Botts S. pp. 73-78. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Evaluation of plasma antithrombin activity and D-dimer concentration in populations of healthy cats, clinically ill cats, and cats with cardiomyopathy. Brazzell JL, Borjesson DL. pp. 79-84. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Agarose gel electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid proteins of dogs after sample concentration using a membrane microconcentrator technique. Fernanda Gomes Velasque Gama, Aureo Evangelista Santana, Eugênio de Campos Filho, Cláudia Aparecida da Silva Nogueira. pp. 85-88. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Case Reports

Apparent pseudohyperkalemia in a Chinese Shar-Pei dog. Battison A. pp. 89-93. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Cytologic diagnosis of generalized cutaneous sporotrichosis in a hunting hound. Bernstein JA, Cook HE, Gill AF, Ryan KA, Sirninger J. pp. 94-96. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Toxoplasma gondii inclusions in peripheral blood leukocytes of a red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus). Adkesson MJ, Gorman ME, Hsiao V, Whittington JK, Langan JN. pp. 97-100. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

What Is Your Diagnosis?

Deep and superficial skin scrapings from a feline immunodeficiency virus-positive cat. Neel JA, Tarigo J, Tater KC, Grindem CB. pp. 101-104. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

Liver aspirate from a Shar Pei dog. Flatland B, Moore RR, Wolf CM, Yeomans SM, Donnell RL, Lane IF, Fry MM. pp. 105-108. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

A subcutaneous mass on the neck of a horse. Brown HM, Cuttino E, LeRoy BE. pp. 109-113. PubMed ABSTRACT | PDF

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