Veterinary HematologyBlood volume and water balance; Materials and methods for the study of the blood, including brief comments on factors to be considered in interpretation; Normal values in blood morphology with comments on species characteristics in response to disease; Normal values in blood of laboratory, fur-bearing, and miscellaneous zoo and wild animals; Blood coagulation and fibrinolysis; The hematopoietic system; The blood platelets; The erythrocytes: their production, function, and destruction; The erythrocyte in disease; The leukocytes: structure, kinetics, function, and chemical interpretation; The leukemia complex; The plasma proteins; Immunohematology; Blood pictures in some common diseases of domestic animals. |
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Hemorrhage and Blood Restoration | 35 |
MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE STUDY | 46 |
The Blood Film | 58 |
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