Clinical Pathology Review: Hepatic disease in a dog with Cholestasis and Normal Serum Enzyme Activity

Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) and serum alkaline phospatase (SAP) activities are widely used to identify hepatic disease in the dog. To fully assess the type and degree of hepatic disease one must use a combination of liver function tests, biochemical tests, and liver biopsy

The New Admissions Process

The demand for admission to the professional colleges such as medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry and law, plus the vocal concern of the alumni and professional associations, has caused the faculties and administrations to take a closer look at the selection process. Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine has just completed a thorough review and revision of the preprofessional requirements and selection process

An Esophageal Foreign Body in a Cat

On the evening of January 9, 1962, a young domestic feline was admitted to the Stange Memorial Clinic. The history offered was that the patient had been very irritable and had convulsed the previous evening. Prior to the sudden onset of symptoms the animal was apparently normal

Problem-Oriented Approach in Interpreting Clinical Pathology Laboratory Data

We have found that a problem-oriented approach is a valuable method of evaluating laboratory data. Such an approach minimizes the amount of significant data which is overlooked and maximizes the amount of useful information which can be derived from such data. This method also lends itself to incorporation into the problem-oriented record-keeping system

Clinical Pathology Review

On February 5, 1980, Andy, a 5-1/2 year old castrated male domestic cat, was anorexic, vomited once, and failed to groom himself. Body temperature, respiration, pulse, and color of mucous membrances were all normal. Palpation of the epigastric area elicited a pain reflex. The owner expressed concern that the cat was ill from having ingested 3 ounces of whole cream containing 0.5 ounces of Kahlua (a coffee flavored liquor) 48 hours earlier

Open Problems on Central Simple Algebras

We provide a survey of past research and a list of open problems regarding central simple algebras and the Brauer group over a field, intended both for experts and for beginners.Comment: v2 has some small revisions to the text. Some items are re-numbered, compared to v