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Pet Food Safety: My Story

ToxicologyBy Karyn Bischoff, DVM, MS, DABVT June 21, 2022

I never really wanted to be an expert in pet food safety, but as soon as I started as a veterinary toxicologist in the state of New York, we had a disaster. It was 2005, around the winter holidays, and dogs were getting sick, really sick. Many died, bleeding into their lungs and intestines. The…

Red Blood Cell Morphology

Clinical PathologyBy Scott Line, DVM, PhD, DACVB January 24, 2022

A complete blood count is a simple and fast test routinely performed as a basic part of a health assessment. Evaluation of red blood cell morphology is an important part of a CBC. Changes detected in red blood cells can indicate infections, neoplasia, poisoning, or metabolic disorders and help guide the choice of additional diagnostic…