SWVS 2023

The three stages of diagnostic medicine, pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical are all prone to errors. In Clinical Pathology, most of these occur in the pre-analytical phase. When analyzing samples from wildlife and exotic/non-domestic species, these possible mistakes are potentially amplified by intrinsic peculiarities of sample collection and storage, potential contaminants or artifacts, analytical variances or technical requirements, as well as specific interpretative details. In this session, we will discuss some of the basic mistakes one can make when collecting, analyzing, and interpreting clinicopathologic data in non-domestic species.