Blood smear and peritoneal fluid from a cat  Case information: A 4 year old male castrated domestic shorthair cat presented with a 4 day history of anorexia, lethargy and vomiting. The referring veterinarian had administered Convenia and Metacam, with no improvement noted by the owner. Upon presentation to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals, the […]

Skin mass from a dog Case information A 5-year-old male castrated Labrador Retriever was presented for a mass on the right forelimb. The owner first noted the mass about a week ago and noted that it had gotten slightly bigger since that time. The dog had also been seen licking at the lesion. The dermal

Tracheal wash from a horse Case Information A 22 year old Standardbred mare was admitted to the Cornell Large Animal Medicine Service for smoke inhalation after a barn fire where 26 other horses died. At presentation (6 hours after the initial insult), the mare was anxious and dyspneic, with burns on the face and neck

Impression smears from an adrenal gland mass of a dog Case information A 9-year-old, male castrated Lhasa apso presented to the ophthalmology service for surgical removal of diabetic cataracts. The dog was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus 8 months ago and has been maintained on Novalin-N insulin. The dog had developed bilateral cataracts two months previously and

Blood and bone marrow smears from a young cat Case information A 1.5-year-old female spayed, domestic shorthair cat presented for a two-day history of lethargy and inappetence. The primary care veterinarian identified a severe anemia (hematocrit 5%), a grade II/VI left sided parasternal heart murmur, and moderate hypothermia. The cat was current on core vaccinations,

Photomicrographs of cytology of a dried fecal smear from a puppy  Case Information A 3-month old, female, mixed breed puppy was presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals for evaluation of chronic diarrhea. She had recently been adopted from a local shelter. She was part of a litter of 3 puppies. Reportedly, one of the

Smear from a biopsy of a brain mass in a dog Case information A 4 year old female spayed boxer was presented for a 2 day history of cluster seizures. The owner reported that the seizures first started as multiple focal facial seizures, including foaming at the mouth and chomping. On the day of presentation, the

Tracheal wash from a cow Case Information Approximately 90% of the cows in a herd of 65-70 Holstein cattle in upstate New York were affected with an acute onset of severe coughing and dyspnea, which rapidly spread through the herd. Many of the cows were treated with penicillin G followed by ceftiofur antibiotics for presumptive

Chronic uveitis in a dog Case information A 3 year old spayed female Pomeranian was presented for a 7 month history of conjunctival hyperemia and blepharospasm in the right eye (OD) that improved after topical corticosteroid treatment, but recurred within weeks of discontinuation. On ophthalmologic examination, the right eye had conjunctival hyperemia, diffuse corneal edema, ciliary flush, trace