Editor's Choice

Editor’s Choice articles are chosen by the Editor and made freely available to readers for a period of two months.

September 2024
Clinicopathologic description of a cutaneous melanocytic tumor in a 1-year-old cat
Min-Kyung Bae, Ji-Woo Cha, Ha-Young Lim, Chae-Wook Kim, Se-Hee Han, Jung-Hyang Sur, Ji-Young Yhee

It's not always histiocytic sarcoma: Immunocytochemistry to identify two unusual tumors in a Bernese Mountain dog
Claire Quinn, Kayla Harding, Lisa J. Schlein, Jérémie Korchia, Laura L. Coffee, Amy L. MacNeill, Katherine Tucker-Mohl, Dawn L. Duval, Laura E. Brandt

June 2024
Atypical granulation in neutrophils of a domestic shorthair cat
Laura A. Cagle, Margret Casal, Dalen Agnew, Stephanie Skinner, Christopher J. Lanier, John W. Harvey

Clinicopathologic findings of splenic marginal zone lymphoma with gallbladder involvement that progressed to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a dog
Makoto Akiyoshi, Masaharu Hisasue, Yuko Goto-Koshino, Midori Goto Asakawa, Sakurako Neo, Masami Akiyoshi, Hirotaka Tomiyasu

March 2024
Telangiectatic osteosarcoma in four dogs: Cytologic, histopathologic, cytochemical, and immunohistochemical findings
Laura A. Cagle, Morgan Maisel, Francisco O. Conrado, Courtney Wait, Katherine Peper, Tannis Lochhead, Thao Vo, Jacqueline K. Dolan, Helena Hauck de Oliveira, Sarah Bosch, Randall Walker, Stacey A. Fox-Alvarez, Erin Porter, Sheila Carrera-Justiz, Christopher J. Lanier, Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann, Michael J. Dark, Leslie C. Sharkey

Performance evaluation of the Sysmex XN-1000V in side-by-side comparison with the Siemens ADVIA 120 and manual methods for healthy CD Sprague–Dawley rats and CD-1 mice
Jill M. Schroeder, Hsiu-Yung C. Lee, Albert E. Schultze

January 2024
Plasma chemistry reference intervals for adult multi-drug-resistance gene deficient Collies 
M. Joan Massat, Matthew Myles, Keith DeJong, Chelsea Ballard, Marlene Drag, Thomas J. Malinski

An immersive simulation strategy to teach cytology sample collection methods and basic diagnosis skills: A two academic center study
Ricardo Marcos, Luísa Fonte-Oliveira, Marta Santos, Mario Caniatti

September 2023
Multiple myeloma presenting as blepharitis in a horse
Allison M. Hayes, Brandy Kastl, Elizabeth Perry, A Russell Moore, Nora L. Springer

Extended sample storage for platelet function testing in healthy dogs
Melanie Dickinson, Anthony Abrams-Ogg, Shauna L. Blois, R. Darren Wood, Gabrielle Monteith

June 2023
Bone marrow iron scoring in healthy and clinically ill dogs with and without evidence of iron-restricted erythropoiesis
Grace A. Pawsat, Michael M. Fry, Erica Behling-Kelly, Shelly J. Olin, Deanna M. W. Schaefer

Transient increases in glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) activity occur in neonatal foals
Martha Hoffman, Soon Hon Cheong, Tracy Stokol

March 2023
Comparative evaluation of selected serum and urine biomarkers in cats with interstitial and bacterial cystitis
Erdem Gülersoy, Mehmet Maden, Tuğba Melike Parlak, Zafer Sayin

Diagnostic effectiveness of stress biomarkers in cats with feline interstitial and bacterial cystitis
Erdem Gülersoy, Mehmet Maden, Tuğba Melike Parlak, Zafer Sayin

December 2022
Adapted technique for demonstrating argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in the cytologic samples of canine mast cell tumors
Thaís R. Mann, Ana M. Engelmann, Camila B.E. Mello, Cinthia M. de Andrade

Evaluation of a point-of-care benchtop analyzer for quantitative measurement of C-reactive protein in canine serum and plasma
Sara L. Connolly, Phil Solter, Joo Hoo Don, Kim Hyun Jeon, Peter D. Constable

September 2022
Inclusion of fibroblasts and collagen fibrils in the cytologic grading of canine cutaneous mast cell tumors
Paulo R. O. Paes, Rodrigo S. Horta, Ludimila C. Luza, Felipe Pierezan, Mariana P. Costa, Gleidice E. Lavalle

Effects of a 0.3% cholesterol diet and a 20% fat diet on plasma lipids and lipoproteins in Quaker parrots (Myiopsitta monachus)
Hugues Beaufrère, Ken D. Stark, R. Darren Wood

June 2022
Cytologic features of reactive fibroplasia in cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions of dogs: A retrospective study
Carlo Masserdotti & Michele Drigo

Iron, hepcidin, and microcytosis in canine hepatocellular carcinoma
Klaudia Z. Polak, Paula Schaffer, Dillon Donaghy, Madison C. Zenk, Christine S. Oliver

March 2022
Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with large granular lymphoma in an adult dog
Mara S. Varvil, Joanne B. Messick, & Andrea Pires dos Santos

Laboratory diagnosis of canine uroperitoneum based on cellular and biochemical characteristics of serum and abdominal fluid
Paulo R. O. Paes, Flavio H. Alonso, Nathalia G. Chaves, Ana M. Andrade, Mariah G. Ceregatti, & Rodrigo S. Horta

December 2021
Method comparison for serum protein electrophoretic M-protein quantification: Agarose gel electrophoresis and capillary zone electrophoresis in canine and feline sera
Christina M. Jeffries, R Adam Harris, Laura Ashton, A Russell Moore

Protein electrophoresis of non-traditional species: A review
Carolyn Cary

September 2021
Subjective assessment of frequency distribution histograms and consequences on reference interval accuracy for small sample sizes: A computer-simulated studys
Camille Coisnon,Mark A. Mitchell,Benoit Rannou,Kevin Le Boedec

Hematologic and biochemical reference intervals and blood cell morphology in South American pit vipers (Bothrops pubescens)
Lina C. Bilhalva,Acácia B. Winter,Karina Oberrather,Marina R. Toso,Thaiane A. Oliveira,Bruno A. Almeida,João Fabio Soares,Stella F. Valle

June 2021
Diagnostic performance of routine electrophoresis and immunofixation for the detection of immunoglobulin paraproteins (M- Proteins) in dogs with multiple myeloma and related disorders: Part 1 – Current performance
A Russell Moore, R. Adam Harris, Christina Jeffries, Laura Ashton, Paul R. Avery

Diagnostic performance of routine electrophoresis and immunofixation for the detection of immunoglobulin paraproteins (M- Proteins) in dogs with multiple myeloma and related disorders: Part 2— Toward improved diagnostic performance
A Russell Moore, R. Adam Harris, Christina Jeffries, Laura Ashton, Paul R. Avery

March 2021
Validation of a flow cytometric assay to detect intraerythrocytic reactive oxygen species in horses
Priscila B.S. Serpa, Andrew Woolcock, Sandra D. Taylor, Andrea Pires dos Santos

Analytical quality performance goals for symmetric dimethylarginine in cats
Randolph M Baral, Kathleen P Freeman, Bente Flatland

December 2020
Repeat patient testing‐based quality control shows promise for use in veterinary biochemistry testing
Bente Flatland  Kathleen P. Freeman

Multiplex fluorescent immunocytochemistry for the diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis: Determining optimal storage conditions
Margaret Howell  Samantha J. M. Evans  Michelle Cornwall  Kelly S. Santangelo

September 2020
Myoepithelial cells and extracellular matrix in the cytologic differentiation of canine mammary tumors
Emanuelli MP, Kommers GD, Antoniazzi AQ, Bernardes FC Lopes ST Fighera RA

Comparison of canine urine specific gravity measurements between various refractometers in a clinical setting
Preez Kd, Boustead K, Rautenbach Y, Goddard A, Hooijberg EH

June 2020
Multicenter flow cytometry proficiency testing of canine blood and lymph node samples
Kristina Meichner Tracy Stokol Jaime Tarigo Anne Avery Mary J. Burkhard Stefano Comazzi Jonathan Fogle Devorah Marks Stowe Barbara Rütgen Davis Seelig Adi Wasserkrug‐Naor William Vernau Dorothee Bienzle

Cytologic, histologic, microbiologic, and electron microscopic characterization of a canine Prototheca wickerhamii infection
Kellie M. Whipple James F. Wellehan Albert B. Jeon Bethany R. Sabatino Salvatore Frasca Jr Vsevolod L. Popov Robert Ossiboff Mary K. Leissinger

March 2020
The number of replicates, and pooling versus individual measurements for analytical imprecision calculations: Does it matter?
Fernando Tecles, Alberto Muñoz, José J Cerón, Kathleen Freeman

Newly recognized Anaplasma sp. in erythrocytes from Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)
Rose E. Raskin, Francy L. Crosby, Elliott R. Jacobson

December 2019
Morphologic and quantitative evaluation of bone marrow aspirates from Hispaniolan Amazon parrots (Amazona ventralis)
Schwartz D, Guzman D, Beaufrere H, Ammersbach M, Paul-Murphy J, Tully Jr. T, Christopher M

The effects of storage at 4°C and 20°C on the hemograms of C57BL/6 mice and Wistar rats using the IDEXX ProCyte Dx and blood smear evaluations
Layssol-Lamour C, Lavabre T, Braun J, Trumel C, Bourgès-Abella N

September 2019
Impact of photographer experience and number of images on telecytology accuracy
Brooker AJ, Krimer PM, Meichner K, Garner BC

Hepatozoon canis infection causing a strong monocytosis with intra-monocytic gamonts and leading to erroneousleukocyte determinations
Lilliehöök I, Tvedten HW, Pettersson HK, Baneth G

June 2019
Reporting results with (Un)certainty
A Russell Moore, Kathleen Freeman

Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a cat with severe chronic rhinosinusitis
Diya Sharma, Natasha Pakravan, Jessica C. Pritchard, Faye A. Hartmann, Karen M. Young

 

March 2019
Evaluation of the i-STAT analyzer for determination of ionized calcium concentrations in bovine blood
Yilmaz O, Karapinar T

A case of hemophagocytic syndrome progressing into large granular lymphoma in a dog
Akiyoshi M, Hisasue M, Neo S, Akiyoshi M, Goto-Koshino Y

 

December 2018
Analytical quality goals—a review
Flatland B, Camus MS, Baral RM

Aggregating MRSA affect coagulation and fibrinolysis in dogs
Krogh AKH, Haaber J, Bochsen L, Ingmer H, Kristensen AT

 

September 2018
The current status of avian aspergillosis diagnoses: Veterinary practice to novel research avenues
Savelieff MG, Pappalardo L, Azmanis P

Unraveling avian and reptilian hematology: An optical and electron microscopic study of the buffy coat
Pinto FF, Lopes C, Malhão F, Marcos R

 

June 2018
Repeat patient testing shows a promise as a quality control method for veterinary hematology testing
Flatland B, Freeman KP

Synovial cell sarcoma in a dog: A misnomer- Cytologic and histologic findings and review of the literature
Monti P, Barnes D, Adrian AM, Rasotto R

 

March 2018
ASVCP guidelines: Allowable total error hematology
Nabity MB, Harr KE, Camus MS, Flatland B, Vap LM

Bartonella henselae infection in a dog with recalcitrant ineffective erythropoiesis
Randell MG, Balakrishnan N, Gunn-Christie R, Mackin A


December 2017

Evaluation of reticulocyte hemoglobin content (RET-He) in the diagnosis of iron-deficient erythropoiesis in dogs
Fuchs J, Mortiz A, Grußendorf E, Lechner J, Neuerer F, Nickel R, Rieker T, Schwedes C, DeNicola DB, Russell J, Bauer N

Heterozygosity for P2Y12 receptor gene mutation associated with postoperative hemorrhage in a Greater Swiss Mountain dog
Flores RS, Boudreaux MK, Vasquez B, Bristow P, Aronson LR, Santoro-Beer K, Callan MB


September 2017
Feline leukocyte adhesion (CD18) deficiency caused by a deletion in the integrin ß2 (ITGB2) gene
Bauer TR, Pratt SM, Palena CM, Raj K, Giger U

Histologic and cytologic bone marrow findings in dogs with suspected precursor-targeted immune-mediated anemia and associated phagocytosis of erythroid precursors
Lucidi CdA, de Rezende CLE, Jutkowitz LA, Scott MA


June 2017

Method comparison and generation of plasma biochemistry RIs for the White rhinoceros on a point-of-care and wet chemistry analyzer
Hooijberg EH, Steenkamp G, Buss P, Goddard A

Assessment of endogenous 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum concentrations by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in various animal species
Fritz CA, Navetta KA, Wolford DP, Colangelo JL


March 2017
Analytic and quality control validation and assessment of field performance of a point-of-care chemistry analyzer for use in the White rhinoceros
Hooijberg EH, Steenkamp G, du Preez JP, Goddard A

Clinical pathology of amphibians: a review
Forzán MJ, Heatley J, Russell KE, Horney B


December 2016

Laboratory tests for diagnosing and monitoring canine leishmaniasis
Saverio Paltrinieri, Luigi Gradoni, Xavier Roura, Andrea Zatelli and Eric Zini

Sensitivity and specificity of normality tests and consequences on reference interval accuracy at small sample size: a computer-simulation study
Kevin Le Boedec


September 2016
Measurement of proteinuria in dogs: analytic and diagnostic differences using 2 laboratory methods
Rossi G, Bertazzolo W, Binnella M, Scarpa P, Paltrinieri S

Quality requirements for veterinary hematology analyzers in small animals—a survey about veterinary experts’ requirements and objective evaluation of analyzer performance based on a meta-analysis of method validation studies: bench top hematology analyzer
Cook AM, Moritz A, Freeman KP, Bauer N


June 2016

Impact of menstruation on select hematology and clinical chemistry variables in cynomolgus macaques
Perigard CJ, Parrula MCM, Larkin MH, Gleason CR

Xenotransfusion of anemic cats with blood compatibility issues: pre- and post-transfusion laboratory diagnostic and crossmatching studies
Euler CC, Raj K, Mizukami K, Murray L, Chen C-Y, Mackin A, Giger U


March 2016

Renal biomarkers in domestic species
Jessica A. Hokamp and Mary B. Nabity

Evaluation of hematologic composition in newborn C57/BL6 mice up to day 35
Jessica R. White, Huiyu Gong, Tarah T. Colaizy, Jessica G. Moreland, Heather Flaherty andSteven J. McElroy


December 2015

Reticulocyte hemoglobin content does not differentiate true from functional iron deficiency in dogs
Radakovich LB, Santangelo KS, Olver CS

Development and application of multiple immunofluorescence staining for diagnostic cytology of canine and feline lymphoma
Sawa M, Yabuki A, Setoguchi A, Yamato O


September 2015

Dog erythrocyte antigen 1: mode of inheritance and initial characterization
Polak K, Acierno MM, Raj K, Mizukami K, Siegel DL, Giger U

Longitudinal studies of cardiac troponin I concentrations in serum from male cynomolgus monkeys: resting values and effects of oral and intravenous dosing on biologic variability
Schultze AE, Anderson JM, Kern TG, Justus RW, Cindy Lee H-Y, Zieske LR, Goodson RJ, Florey SH


June 2015

Reducing error in feline platelet enumeration by addition of Iloprost to blood specimens: comparison to prostaglandin E1 and EDTA.
Tvedten HW, Bäcklund K, Lilliehöök IE

Interleukin-6 as a prognostic marker in dogs in an intensive care unit.
Schüttler J, Neumann S


March 2015

The preanalytic phase in veterinary clinical pathology
Jean-Pierre Braun, Nathalie Bourgès-Abella, Anne Geffré, Didier Concordet, Cathy Trumel

Reticulocytosis in nonanemic dogs: increasing prevalence and potential etiologies
Kimberly M. Pattullo, Beverly A. Kidney, Susan M. Taylor, Marion L. Jackson


December 2014

Reporting and interpreting red cell morphology: is there discordance between clinical pathologists and clinicians?
Newman AW, Rishniw M, Behling-Kell E

Clinical utility of serum biochemical variables for predicting acid-base balance in critically ill horses
Stämpfli HR, Schoster A, Constable PD


September 2014

Development and analytical validation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the measurement of feline tumor necrosis factor α in serum
Steiner JM, Xenoulis PG, Schwierk VM, Suchodolski JS

Increases in beta-lipoproteins in hyperlipidemic and dyslipidemic dogs are associated with increased erythrocyte osmotic fragility
Behling-Kelly E, Collins-Cronkright R


June 2014

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Validation of Sysmex XT-2000iV generated quantitative bone marrow differential counts in untreated Wistar rats
Criswell KA,Bock JH, Wildeboer SE, Johnson K, Giovanelli RP

Comparison of the Sysmex XT-2000iV and microscopic bone marrow differential counts in Wistar rats treated with cyclophosphamide, erythropoietin, or serial phlebotomy
Criswell KA, Bock JH, Wildeboer SE, Johnson K, Giovanelli RP


March 2014

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Hematologic and biochemical variables of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) after overwintering in rehabilitation centers
Rossi G, Mangiagalli G, Paracchini G, Paltrinieri S

Effects of racing on reticulocyte concentrations in Greyhounds
Horvath SJ, Couto CG, Yant K, Kontur K, Bohenko L, Iazbik MC, Marín LM, Hudson D, Chase J, Frye M, DeNicola DB

The clinical utility of two human portable blood glucose meters in canine and feline practice
Domori A, Sunahara A, Tateno M, Miyama TS, Setoguchi A, Endo Y