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Diagnostic Testing 

• Information about laboratory tests & procedures

Diseases / Differential Diagnoses

• Hepatic diseases - dog & cat

• Encephalopathies - horse

• Chronic diarrhea - dog

• Chronic diarrhea - horse

• Diarrhea in food animals

• Renal Diseases

Diagnostic Imaging

Small animal

• Thoracic Radiography

• Abdominal Radiography

• Abdominal Ultrasound

• Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Large animal

• Equine Abdominal Radiographs

Diagnostic Procedures

• Fecal Culture

• Fecal Direct Smear

• Fecal Float

• Fecal Gram Stain

• Fecal Sedimentation

• Fine Needle Aspirate / Cytology - Liver

• Intestinal Biopsy and Culture

• Liver Biopsy

• Necropsy

• Urinalysis

• Zinc Sulfate Centrifugation

Equine - specific information:

• Abdominocentesis

• Cerebral Spinal Tap

• Dental Exam

• Esophagoscopy/Gastroscopy

• Nasogastric Intubation

• Gastric Reflux

• Optical Exam

• Pasture Walk

• Rectal Palpation

• Sand Sedimentation

• Intestinal Biopsy

Also, consider these online resources:

	Highly recommended!  This is a new web site that is currently being developed for veterinarians & owners.  You'll have to sign up to use the site but it contains some outstanding resources and is easily searched.  (Just register as a veterinary student.)
	When you search, be sure to include SPECIES, e.g. pancreatitis and cat.  In addition to titles & abstracts, increasing numbers of full text articles are now available.  It's often times difficult to get all you can out of the search without seeing the article.
CONSULTANT Cornell Veterinary Medicine	An online diagnostic tool from Cornell University.   For example, you can enter the clinical signs and species and get a list of DfDx's.