Mano Meinerz

The second volume in the series Topics in Veterinary Clinical Pathology applied to dogs and cats is devoted entirely to urinalysis, consolidating its position as a specific, in-depth and indispensable book for students, residents and veterinary clinicians. Although it is a low-cost, quick and extremely informative test, urinalysis is still underused in the routine, being requested much less frequently than other screening tests, such as the blood count. This book aims to fill this gap, highlighting the importance of urinalysis as an early and comprehensive diagnostic tool.Organized in a didactic way and oriented towards clinical practice, the book presents everything from the fundamentals of urinalysis as a screening test to the detailed interpretation of each of its stages - physical examination, chemistry and sedimentoscopy. The content provides the reader with a solid overview of how urinary alterations can reflect not only disorders of the urinary tract, but also silent systemic diseases such as hepatopathies, endocrinopathies, nephropathies and metabolic disorders.