title: Pediatric clinical pathology.
abstract: This article provides clinically relevant and applicable information about normal biochemical values in puppies and kittens younger than 6 months, and is intended to provide practical guidelines for the interpretation of serum biochemical results in these young animals. At present there are no published sets of normal hematologic reference ranges for mixed-breed puppies and kittens younger than 6 months. Reference-value sets for closed research colonies composed of a few selected breeds are available, which help to provide insight into trends in normal hematologic and biochemical values for puppies and kittens.
authors.affiliation: Idexx Laboratories Inc, 1 IDEXX Drive, Westbrook, Maine; Department of Small Animal Medicine, Pet Care Veterinary Hospital, East Campus, 2425 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, USA. Electronic address: docbenita@aol.com.
authors.forename: Benita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: von Dehn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D002415:Cats / Q000097:blood* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000097:blood* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values
keywords: Hepatobiliary system; Neonatal clinical pathology; Pediatric hematology; Urinary system