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fire prevention/control 20 spleen 279
flat worms see trematodes stomach/intestinal muscosa 279
fleas 193 thymus 279
flies 420 interpretation of results 296–7
flukes see trematodes necropsy samples 366
fluorescent antibody test (FAT) 178 red cell indices 288
FMD see foot and mouth disease anaemia 291–2
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 4, 391–2 characteristics of blood cells in different species
foot and mouth disease (FMD) 256, 392 289–90
cyanmethaemoglobin method 294
gapeworm 136 determination of haemoglobin content 292–4
gel precipitation test (GPT) 178 erythrocyte sedimentatioon rate (ESR) 294
glucose 338–9 mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
GPT see gel precipitation test 288–91
normal haematological parameter for livestock/
HA test see haemagglutination companion animals 290
haemagglutination (HA) test 252, 316, 317–18 Sahli’s acid haematin method 293–4
haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) test 252, 316, total cell counts 286
317, 318 calculation (depends on type of
haematology 278 haemocytometer used) 287, 288
anaemia 291 red cell count 287–8
microhaematocrit method 292 white cell count 286–7
packed cell volume (PCV) 291–2 haematuria/haemoglobinuria (red urine) 411–12
Wintrobe method 291–2 causes in cattle 412–13
automated systems 299 haemoglobin determination 348
blood volume, appearance, characteristics of blood method 349
cells 278–9 preparation of standard graph 349
basophils 281 principle 349
eosinophils 281 reagents 349
granulocytes 281 haemoparasites of ruminants 171–2
lymphocytes 279 diagnosis, control, prevention 172
monocytes 280 diseases
neutrophils 281 anaplasmosis (gall sickness) 178–9
platelets 280 babesiosis (piroplasmosis) (red water fever)
cell counts/white cell indices 284–5 177–8
battlement counting method 286 theileriosis 176–7
differential white blood cell count (diff, WBC) trypanosomosis 179–82
285 immunological tests 176
peroxidase reaction 285 preparation/examination of blood/tissue smears
collection of specimens 281–2 172
blood collection sites 282 examination for presence of microfilariae 175–6
method 283 methods 172–3
preparation/staining of blood/bone marrow smear preparation 173–4
smears 282–4 stains/staining 174–5
stain preparation 283–4 hair loss 413–15
collection/examination of smears from bone common causes
marrow 294–5 generalised dermatitis 415
determination of normal values 295–6 hypersensitivity (generalized) 415
explanation of changes to white cell populations in localised lesions 416
blood samples 298 parakeratosis/hyperkeratosis 415
haematopoietic system terminology 278 peri-anal pruritis 415
haematopoietic systems/functions photosensitivity 415
bone marrow 279 primary urticaria 415
kidney 279 pruritis associated with allergy 415
liver 279 pruritis, hypersensitivity reaction 415
lymph nodes/follicles 279 pruritis (itchy skin) with/without skin lesions
reticuloendothelial system 279 415

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