Hematology

Veterinary Hematology

Laboratory tests are done on animals for a variety of reasons. Screening tests, such as a complete blood count (CBC), may be done on clinically normal animals, when they are acquired to elude a financial or demonstrative commitment to a diseased animal. To examine geriatric patients for subclinical disease or to identify a condition that might make the animal an anaesthetics or surgical risk. Screening tests are often done when an ill animal is 1^st examined especially, if systemic signs of illness are present and a specific diagnosis is not apparent from the history and physical examination. Tests are also done to confirm a probable diagnosis. Tests may be done to assist in the determination of the brutality of a disease to help, formulate a prognosis and to monitor the response to therapy or progression of disease.

Blood transfusions

Blood production stimulant