Tails from the Lab: A Veterinary Podcast Holly Brown, DVM, PhD, DACVP and Jessica Wilson-Hess, MS, CVT, VTS (SAIM)

Zack, the beagle, presents for his annual wellness exam, and labwork is performed, including a CBC, chemistry, and (oh-so-fortunately) urinalysis, as part of his minimum database. Listen in as Jessica and Holly discuss Zack's unexpected results and the options to provide a definitive diagnosis. 

Inappropriate urination and lethargy lead to a concerning finding of hypercalcemia on Louie's labwork. Listen in as Jessica and Holly tackle the ensuing diagnostics to solve this hypercalcemia headache.

Bella has an appointment for a prescription refill, but the astute doctor is concerned about some subtle physical changes and reported clinical signs, and so he recommends laboratory diagnostics to explore further. Holly and Jessica discuss this interesting case, taking listeners on Bella's unintended journey through labwork abnormalities and the ensuing diagnostic outcomes.

Snickers arrives sick at the hospital, and initial bloodwork reveals elevation of liver enzymes. Subsequent abdominal ultrasound identifies ascites, and the fluid analysis that ensues provides key diagnostic information that helps define Snickers' disease process.

Jessica is back with Part 2 of her ever-so-useful Tech Talk on Effusion Analysis, offering further tips and tricks to getting the most diagnostic information from your in-house fluid samples.  

In this tech talk, Jessica flies solo and talks about the basics of the in-house fluid analysis.