Comparative Clinical Pathology

A cytochemical, light and electron microscopic study of the peripheral blood leucocytes of hybrid surubim catfish (Pseudoplatystoma corruscans x Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum)

Roger Beelen, Bobbie Boyd, Julio C. Garavello, Gilberto C. Pavanelli, A. Jerald Ainsworth

Study on biological variability of five acute-phase reactants in dogs

Mads Kjelgaard-Hansen, Lars Friis Mikkelsen, Annemarie T. Kristensen, Asger Lundorff Jensen

Clinical, morphological and immunological study of 13 cases of canine lymphoblastic lymphoma: comparison with the human entity

F. Ponce, J.P. Magnol, A. Blavier, C. Bonnefont, I. Ghernati, P. Felman, S. Buff, C. Fournel-Fleury

Circadian structure of rat neutrophil phagocytosis

J. Berger, M. Slapničková

Serum iron level as an indicator for inflammation in dogs and cats

S. Neumann

Plasma triglycerides: an overlooked biomarker of hepatotoxicity in the rat

J.P. Provost, G. Hanton, J.L. Le Net

Normal cellular morphology of the blood of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

M. Tadjalli, S. Nazifi, A. Eemanparvar

Establishing canine clinical chemistry reference values for the Hitachi ® 912 using the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) recommendations

Saskia Kley, Peter Tschudi, André Busato, Frédéric Gaschen

The Spring Meeting of the Association for Comparative Clinical Pathology was held on 20 and 21 March 2003 at Stoke Rochford Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire. It was attended by over 40 delegates, who listened to 14 presentations, many on the theme of `Back to Basics'. Abstracts from most of the presentations are reproduced below.