TY - JOUR
AU - McManus, P. M.
AB - Vet Pathol 42:397–399 (2005) BOOK REVIEWS Cowell, R. L. (ed.). Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets. 392 pp. Elsevier Mosby, St. Louis, MO, 2004. $39.95. ISBN 1-56053-633-0. Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets is part of the Secret Series of specialty review texts intended for veterinary stu- dents, practitioners, and residents. Content includes hema- tology, lymphoid neoplasms, acid base disorders, serum chemistries, urinalysis, cytopathology, and nonmammalian (avian and reptilian) clinical pathology. The book is an ed- ited compilation of chapters authored by 16 veterinary clin- ical pathologists and five clinical pathology trainees. It fol- lows a question-reply format, with questions asked and then answered via short paragraphs, lists, and/or tables. This serves the book’s intent well, by providing focused, easy to absorb, packets of information. While not intended as an atlas, frequent (166 photos) good-quality black-and-white images nicely supplement text, although images in the eryth- rocyte and leukocyte sections would benefit from cropping and enlarging. The book’s content is generally time-tested basic clinical pathology drawn from larger veterinary clini- cal pathology and internal medicine textbooks and review papers. It includes one surprisingly big bonus—approxi- mately 23% of the book’s content consists of a nonmam- malian clinical pathology section, which offers a nice sum- 
TI - Book Review: Veterinary Clinical Pathology Secrets
JO - Veterinary Pathology
DO - 10.1354/vp.42-3-397
DA - 2005-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/book-review-veterinary-clinical-pathology-secrets-dA2QUeaBWy
SP - 397
EP - 397
VL - 42
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
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