Veterinary Clinical Analysis II

Catalog description

Pre-requisite: SAAN 4113. This course is designed to prepare the Animal Health Technologist student with the basic principles for the clinical analysis of samples from different animal species. The course focuses the role of the animal health technologist in the laboratory procedures performed in veterinary practice. In addition, the analysis can help the veterinarian to confirm a clinical diagnostic. In the course we discuss the theory, clinical importance, methodologies, quality control, instrumentation, normal values, differences between species, and associated pathologies in the following areas: Clinical Chemistry, Immunology, Serology, Cytology, and others miscellaneous laboratory tests. At the end of this course, the student will practice and comprise the laboratory clinical procedures, their relationship with the physiological changes in sick animals, and their variations by species.