Clinical Pathology

Clinical Pathology

by | Dec 15, 2022

Course Master:
Dr Charalampos Attipa DVM MVetMed MRes MRCVS Diplomate ACVP
American Specialist in Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Overview:
Clinical pathology is an essential diagnostic part of veterinary medicine. It has the advantage of being an inexpensive and low invasiveness tool that provides diagnosis rapidly and can be done in-house. This 2-day course will give you the basics you need for in house haematology, cytology, urine analysis and basic biochemistry interpretation, focusing to the most common canine and feline pathological conditions you will see in your everyday practise. Additionally, it will include more advance elements of clinical pathology for more experienced practitioners. Both days will include microscopy practical as well as hands on sampling and analysing techniques to help you gain experience that you can use in your practise from the next day.

DAY 1

Time Title
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:15 In-house blood film and CBC interpretation
10:15 – 11:00 Practical: Blood smear, Diff-Quick, PCV and TS
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Practical: Microscope hematology + correction cases
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Basic principle of inflammatory and neoplastic cytology
15:00 – 16:30 Practical on cadaver: Sample collection, preparation and staining
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:30 Microscope cytology + correction cases
18:30 – 19:30 Biochemistry case discussion (liver)
DAY 2

Time Title
09:00 – 10:00 Cytology of skin
10:00 – 10:30 Cytology of effusion
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 Practical: Microscope cytology + correction cases
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Cytology of the lymph nodes
15:00 – 16:00 Urinalysis: What can be done in-house
16:00 – 17:00 Practical on urinalysis + microscopy
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break
17:30 – 18:30 Biochemistry case discussion (renal)
18:30 – 19:30 Biochemistry case discussion (endocrinology)