Hematology in practice

Stephan Neumann,

DVM, Dipl. ECVCP, German Specialist for Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Pathology, President ESVCP, Professor Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Goettingen

• After studying veterinary medicine at the Vet school Hannover and a short period in a private practice, he started his carrier at the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Göttingen in 1992.
• In 1996 received the diploma as national specialist for companion animals.
• In 1998 for veterinary clinical pathology.
• In 2004 became Diplomate of the ECVCP.
• Since 2010 Professor at the University of Göttingen.
• Paraclinical fields of interest are Clinical Pathology, Biomarker Research and Disease Mechanisms. The clinical fields are Orthopaedics and Gastroenterology, especially Hepatology.
• Board member of FECAVA, ESVCP, GSAVA, InnLab, CT-User Society, GSAVA Working Group “Gastroenterology”.

Pre-Congress Workshop - Hematology in Practice

This comprehensive course will provide the basic skills for interpretation of the most common hematological disorders in dogs and cats.
Participants will learn how to review blood smears and develop a logic diagnostic approach to the alterations of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. All this will be achieved through a case-based approach.

Objectives

• Hematology sampling techniques, overview of the different types of hematology analysers and approach to blood smear examination.
• Red blood cell morphological abnormalities and diagnostic approach to anaemia.
• The white blood cells: morphological and numerical alterations.
• Platelets and their most common related disorders.
• Hematology cases

Note: This is an external event. Registration for this event is NOT organized by Eurovets.