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Photomicrographs of an aspirate from a nasal mass in a cat   Case information An 11 year old male castrated, DSH cat presented for increased respiratory noises and sneezing for the last 3 months. He is an indoor-only cat who was adopted as a stray by the owners 5 years ago. The patient had presented […]

Complete blood count (CBC) and chemistry data from a horse   Case information Blood samples were submitted for a CBC and serum chemistry panel from a 20 year old Appaloosa gelding in Eastern New York state. No history was provided on the submission form. The samples included a red top tube (no anticoagulant) in which

Photomicrograph of an aspirate from a mass around the shoulder joint of a dog   Case information A 6 year old castrated male Schnoodle presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals Orthopedic Surgery Service with a several year history of right forelimb lameness that had become progressively worse over the past three months. Over

Photomicrograph of a venous blood smear from a duck   Case information A 5 year old male Pekin duck (Anasplatyrhynchos domesticus) presented with a 6 month history of reluctance to walk and enlarged hocks, with a more recent 2 week onset of inappetance. The bird had been treated with enrofloxacin for 3 weeks with no

Photomicrographs of an aspirate from a liver mass in a dog   Case information A 5 year old, spayed female mixed breed dog presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA) for removal of a cutaneous mast cell tumor. Upon physical examination, additional cutaneous tumors were noted and sampled via fine-needle aspiration. The cytologic

Photomicrographs of cerebrospinal fluid from a dog   Case information An 8 year old intact male Labrador retriever presented for acute hind limb ataxia. The dog had a recent history of shifting limb lameness and left-sided facial paralysis that had partially resolved. The day prior to presentation, the dog had become lethargic and inappetent, and

Photomicrographs of a blood smear and a bone marrow aspirate from a dog with ocular lesions   Case information A 7 year old castrated male, Alaskan Malamute presented due to weight loss, lethargy, inappetance, intermittent epistaxis and ocular inflammation which began about two months prior. The patient initially presented due to clear discharge from his

Photomicrographs of an aspirate from the right mandibular lymph node from a dog   Case information A 14 year old male castrated Maltese presented for evaluation of an oral mass. Ten months previously, a mass was removed from the dog’s gingiva, which was diagnosed by histopathologic examination as a presumptive plasma cell tumor, that was

Photomicrographs of an aspirate from the right medial iliac lymph node from a dog   Case information An 11-year-old female spayed Mastiff presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals with tenesmus (straining to defecate) over the past few months. The owners also reported that the dog’s stools were smaller than usual. The dog was

Photomicrographs of peritoneal fluid from a foal   Case information A 2-day-old Thoroughbred colt presented to the Cornell University Equine and Farm Animal Hospital Emergency Service with the chief complaints of a weak suckle reflex and reluctance to rouse from sleep. On presentation the foal was bright, alert and responsive with mildly hyperemic mucous membranes