Problems of haemostasis are regularly encountered in practice, whether as frank bleeding following rodenticide ingestion, mucosal bleeds associated with low platelet counts or thromboembolism in cats suffering from cardiac disease. This session aims to provide the delegates with a logical framework allowing quick and accurate identification of the type of clotting abnormality present and how to achieve a final diagnosis.

In the context of a case presenting with a haemostatic anomaly, anticoagulant toxicity, clotting factor deficiencies and platelet disorders will be discussed with reference to the tests available for their diagnosis and, more importantly, guidance on test selection for a given case.  The progression of investigation will follow the diagnostic choices made by the audience when this presentation was recently given face to face, allowing the online delegates to follow a similar train of thought as their peers.

With diagnostic sensitivity it is now apparent that thromboembolism , both venous and arterial, is not uncommon in veterinary patients suffering from a  wide range of traumatic, metabolic, neoplastic and cardiac disease. Some of the underlying causes of thromboembolism will be discussed and particularly the evidence available to guide choice of therapy.

Mark Goodfellow has worked both in private practice and in acaedemia. Previously a clinician in the medicine service at Bristol Vet School with a strong bias towards oncology, Mark recently completed bench work for a DPhil in molecular oncology at the University of Oxford.  Mark is currently a medicine clinician at Davies Veterinary Specialists were he sees cases in all branches of internal medicine.

Archived Under: Clinical Pathology

Biochemical testing provides the cornerstone for the diagnosis and monitoring of liver disease. However, a variety of diseases other than primary hepatic disease can affect test results and complicate their interpretation. In addition there are some important species differences both in the interpretation of test results and the spectrum of diseases with which they are associated.
In this webinar Nick Carmichael will review commonly used lab tests in liver disease, their interpretation and outline approaches to assist differentiating between true liver disease and secondary liver changes.
So if you want to look beyond the numbers and see the real picture in liver disease join Nick on the 19th of May.

Archived Under: Clinical Pathology

Cytology is a much-neglected skill of the small animal practitioner. In this webinar, Richard Fox of Abbey Vet Services, Newton Abbott will be demonstrating to us how easy it is to incorporate cytology into the diagnostic work up.

Archived Under: Clinical Pathology