American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

06/13/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
What do you think about these lamellated structures observed mass from the brain of a dog?

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06/09/2025

🔬ASVCP Members: Have you had a chance to review the QALS "Digital Cytopathology Quality Guidelines"? This document was emailed to members recently (May 12 and 27) and provides guidelines for veterinary digital cytopathology quality and training for pathologists who wish to maintain patient safety and high-quality data generation and interpretation.

Please view the manuscript and share your thoughts by Friday, June 13, at 11:59pm EDT.

If you are a member and did not receive the email, please reach out to [email protected].

06/06/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Tick-borne disease in cattle with variable clinical course in beef and dairy cattle.

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06/05/2025

Join us on Monday, June 30 at 11:00 am CT for this month’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!

06/02/2025

Don't miss the June 2025 edition of the ESVCP Expert Online Rounds! ASVCP members have free access. Check out ASVCP.org's calendar (https://www.asvcp.org/events/event_list.asp) for further details. 🙂

05/30/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
“Call” your friends about this tumor in a bearded dragon!

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05/28/2025

It's almost Rounds time! Join us tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. CT for May'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!

05/27/2025

Reminder, deadline is approaching:
Mystery Cases traditionally have been a highlight of the Annual ASVCP conference, allowing clinical pathologists, trainees, and other attendees to share in the joy and challenge of great diagnostic cases. The 2025 ASVCP Mystery Case Session will consist of a combination of mystery slide cases **AND** diagnostic data case discussions, and, this year, mystery slides will all be scanned and only available digitally. The deadline for submissions is June 1.

Visit the ASVCP website for more information: https://www.asvcp.org/page/MysteryCases

05/23/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Disease-associated lipoprotein aberrations are an emerging area of investigation in veterinary medicine. Here, authors evaluated how storage affects lipoprotein profiles in dogs.

Background Lipoprotein fractions are reported to be unstable in stored human samples, and there is a paucity of information on the analytical precision of electrophoretic separation of lipoproteins ...

05/16/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Total T4 is routinely used to monitor hyperthyroidism and therapy in cats. Investigators evaluated the Immuno AU10V point-of-care analyzer for measurement of feline total T4.

Background Total thyroxine (TT4) measurement is used to assess thyroid status in cats. Objectives The aim of the prospective study was to evaluate the analytical performance of the point-of-care a...

05/09/2025

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Hypo- and hyper- proteinemia can falsely increase or decrease sodium concentrations, respectively. Authors investigate multiple correction formulae to improve diagnosis of sodium imbalances.

Background Biochemistry analyzers, which utilize indirect potentiometry, are used to determine serum electrolyte concentrations in dogs. Artifactual increases or decreases in these electrolyte conce...

05/08/2025

Mystery Cases traditionally have been a highlight of the Annual ASVCP conference, allowing clinical pathologists, trainees, and other attendees to share in the joy and challenge of great diagnostic cases. The 2025 ASVCP Mystery Case Session will consist of a combination of mystery slide cases **AND** diagnostic data case discussions, and, this year, mystery slides will all be scanned and only available digitally. The deadline for submissions is June 1.

Visit the ASVCP website for more information: https://www.asvcp.org/page/MysteryCases