Laboratory Urinalysis and Hematology: For The Small Animal Practitioner (Made Easy Series) [Spiral-bound]

Carloyn A. Sink (Author), Bernard F. Feldman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1893441180 | ISBN-13: 978-1893441187

Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg. Provides step-by-step procedures for both manual and automated testing of all blood components as well as guidelines for microscopic analysis of urine sediment. Features more than 131 images of normal and abnormal findings. For veterinarians. Wire-spiral binding.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 121 pages
• Publisher: Teton New Media (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893441180
• ISBN-13: 978-1893441187
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #879,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most helpful book ever!, October 17, 2006

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Steph "languishingwolf" (Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Laboratory Urinalysis and Hematology: for the Small Animal Practitioner (Made Easy) (Spiral-bound)

I'm a vet tech student, and microscope work can be some of the hardest stuff to grasp when you're learning what looks like what. This book saved my life when it came to urinalysis- the pictures are clear and they only use actual microscope magnifications. My textbooks annoy me because the powers are always on 1000x- typical schools and clinics use 10x-100x and this book does not go above 100x so what you see is the same size as what you see under an actual scope. Book is compact and spiral-bound so you can lay it flat while your fingers are on the scope. I like the large print- goes to the point instead of paragraphs of type no one is going to read. Lots of note/ empty pages to glue in your own notes so that you have an awesome resource for clinical work. If you hate your textbook's pictures, buy this book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value/Correction on Magnification, August 12, 2010

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Sarah A. Hurley (Champaign, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laboratory Urinalysis and Hematology: for the Small Animal Practitioner (Made Easy) (Spiral-bound)

I teach in a vet tech program and have adopted this book because it includes good pictures of urine sediment as well as blood for a relatively low price. There isn't really any good dedicated book on urinalysis for vet techs. Veterinary Hematology by Reagan has many excellent photos with more abnormals and description if you aren't interested in the urine. For beginners, The Atlas of Veterinary Hematology by Harvey is nicer than Reagan's because it does a better job grouping photos for comparison and captioning them so a novice can identify all the important features. I find it especially useful for learning to identify immature WBCs and RBCs. Both Reagan and Harvey cover large animal as well as small animals. This book covers only cats and dogs. The brief text is worth reading. It does give some helpful hints on identification and does a good job of keeping to the essentials. The CD doesn't really add anything to the book. The photos it contains are the same as in the book and at no better resolution. It would have been great if they had included different pics, perhaps with a self-quiz on the CD.

I would like to correct something that another reviewer wrote about the magnification of the photos. The urine sed photos are labled 40X and the blood 100X. These were the objectives used when the photos were taken. Most books label photos with the total magnification which is the magnification of the ocular (eyepiece) lens X the magnification of the objective. Usually, the occular has a 10X magnification, so low power is 100X total, high power is 400X total and oil immersion is 100X total. There are other size objectives and occulars available, however. Looking at the photos, it is clear to me that the blood pictures in this book are at 1000X total magnification, just like most other texts. If the total magnification the pictures were take at was 100X, you could not see the intracellular details you need to identify abnormal leukocytes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good pictures, November 24, 2009

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D. Hargan (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laboratory Urinalysis and Hematology: for the Small Animal Practitioner (Made Easy) (Spiral-bound)

This book is a good choice for both veterinary technicians and students. The color photos are numerous and well done. The information is concise and easy to understand. I am a licensed veterinary technician and actually purchased this book after seeing one of the student interns referring to it. The only reason I did not give it five stars is because I would have liked to see a few more photos of blood cells.