American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

09/08/2025

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09/05/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Point-of-care (POC) analyzers are useful tools, but do not always reliably give accurate results. Authorsinvestigate a quality assurance and quality control program for veterinary clinics using POC hematology analyzers.

Background Previous studies have shown that veterinary in-clinic hematology analyzers may have analytical errors, but few studies have been found that attempt bias correction and look at the effect ...

09/02/2025

Join us on Monday, September 22 at 12:00 pm CT for this month’s Online Rounds presentation! Come find out what interesting cases will be presented this month.

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08/29/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Article reviews common features of this neoplasm and provides images that expand our understanding of morphologic variants.

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08/22/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Evaluating a new point-of-care measurement of feline pancreatic lipase: study shows poor linearity and suboptimal precision.

Background Pancreatic lipase assays are commonly utilized in the diagnostic approach to suspected pancreatitis in cats. The Vcheck fPL 2.0 assay is commercially available; however, analytical valida...

08/21/2025

It's almost Rounds time! Join us tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. CT for August's Online Rounds presentation! Come find out what interesting cases will be presented this month.

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08/15/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Hypophosphatemia is rare in canine ICU patients and was not linked with survival or length of hospital stay.

Background Hypophosphatemia is commonly observed in unselected human intensive care unit (ICU) patients, and it has been associated, although inconsistently, with worse outcomes and longer duration ...

08/08/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Albumin measured by bromocresol green method is not comparable to albumin measured by protein electrophoresis in avian and mammalian species.

Background The bromocresol green albumin assay (ALBBCG) has been used in birds and reportedly is noncomparable with electrophoretic albumin (ALBPE) in many species. It is accepted for use in some sp...

07/29/2025

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▪️Member discounts for any ASVCP affiliated meeting
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07/25/2025

Join us on Friday, August 22 at 12:00 pm CT for this month’s Online Rounds presentation! Come find out what interesting cases will be presented this month.

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07/21/2025

It's almost Rounds time! Join us tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. CT for July's Online Rounds presentation! Come find out what interesting cases will be presented this month.

Learn more and register: https://www.asvcp.org/page/Online_Rounds_Current

Want to find out more about Online Rounds and other ASVCP Member Benefits? Visit https://www.asvcp.org/page/Member_Benefits!