The Busy Vets Guide to Cytology is an in-practice guide to using cytology in everyday veterinary practice. It outlines the basics of cytological examination and explores how to work with cytology results as a diagnostic tool alongside other treatments and assessments. The Guide also covers:
acquiring and preparing cytological specimens, staining slides and microscope use, and interpreting samples from common locations.
Addressing general principles of veterinary cytology and then taking a body system approach applied to all veterinary patients, the book ends with working with labs, a round-up of difficult cases and digital cytology.
The Busy Vets Guide to Cytology is accessible and digestible an indispensable aid to vets in practice.
Preface
Note on magnification, staining, percentages and differential counts
Textbook format
PART ONE CYTOLOGICAL BASICS
1 Cytology explained
2 Sampling and preparation
3 The basics of cytology
4 General principles of cytology
5 Infectious agents
PART TWO CYTOLOGY OF SPECIFIC LOCATION
6 Skin and subcutaneous lesions
7 Gastrointestinal system
8 Genitourinary system
9 Respiratory system
10 Lymph nodes, spleen and thymus
11 Muscle, bone and synovial fluid
12 Cavity effusions
13 Blood films
PART THREE FURTHER THOUGHTS ON CYTOLOGY
14 Edge cases
15 Submitting to an external lab
16 Digital and remote cytology
APPENDICES
A. Summary of cell examination and description
B. Decoding pathology reports a cytological glossary
C. Backgrounds
D. Common crystals
E. Species/sex/breed predispositions
F. Further staining and extra tests
G. Mitotic figures
H. Pathology jokes
Bibliography
Index
Nicholas Marsh, BVSc, Dip. ACVP (Clin Path), MRCVS - Clinical Pathologist, Synlab, VPG Exeter UK.
Nick Marsh qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Bristol University in 1999, and saw in the millennium with a seizuring poodle. He spent 16 years in general practice before joining the team at VPG Exeter in 2015, where his love for blobs and purple splats grew to obsessive heights. He received his diploma in clinical pathology from the American Society for Veterinary Pathology in 2021. He spends his time off playing games of all kinds, being cruel to pot plants and, occasionally, writing.
