Abstract An adult, mixed-breed, feline leukaemia virus (FeLV-) positive female cat was presented with mucosal jaundice and a history of anorexia constipation for three days. Physical examination revealed splenomegaly, cachexia, dehydration. Humane euthanasia conducted, followed by postmortem examination. Grossly, the icteric, hepatomegaly multifocal white spots splenomegaly. Histologically, bon...

The purpose of the duplicate test is to avoid the occurrence of an artefact due to traumatisation of the red blood cells, particularly when separating the clot from the wall of the tube. Naturally, care must be taken that the needles and syringes used for the test are perfectly dry. If there is no change in the appearance of the patient's plasma, and the need for blood is urgent, one can then p...

BACKGROUND Hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia (HIL) cause preanalytical interference and vary unpredictably with different analytical equipments and measurement methods. We developed an integrated reporting system for verifying HIL status in order to identify the extent of interference by HIL on clinical chemistry results. METHODS HIL interference data from 30 chemical analytes were provided by ...

Long-Evans Cinnamon rats are a Wilson disease model highly susceptible to fulminant hepatitis around the age of 20 weeks, and hepatoma over the age of one year. Although prophylaxis has been established for the otherwise fatal hepatitis, effective treatment remains unknown. A blood exchange was tested to determine whether the prognosis of spontaneous hepatitis could be modified in icteric femal...

The value of standard γ-globulin with a low titer of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HB(s)) vs hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) in prevention of icteric hepatitis B in the military is unclear. Although recent studies have shown a decrease in icteric hepatitis after administration of both types of γ-globulin in populations where acquisition of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is most like...

A leptospirosis clinical-epidemiological study was made in humans and reservoirs in the state of Yucatán, México. Interviews and serological analyses were made on 400 persons from an open population, 439 probable cases of leptospirosis and 1060 animal reservoirs (cows, pigs, dogs, rats and opossums). IgM Leptospira Dipstick and Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT) was used to detect human antib...