The student must attend classes. One classes can miss without compensation, other missed classes must compensate. There is one credit test in the end of the course - at least 51% correct answers are required.

The students receive knowledge about importance of haematological examination for making diagnosis. He obtains practical skills in analysis and determination of haematological parameters and understands their meanings in clinical practice (interpretation of results). In addition, students receive principal knowledge about blood and its components specificity and haemopoietic organs in various specie s(mammals, birds, fish) and common blood disorders. He /she can evaluate and interprete haematology blood test results and explain them in relation to the etiopathogenesis and history of patient (case reports).

- History of heamatology.

- Reference range and reference interval.

-Stages of analytical examination.

- Haemopoiesis.

-Disorders of mammalian red blood cells and haemopietic organs.

-Disorders of mammalian white blood cells and haemopoietic organs.

- Disorders of mammalian haemostasis and haemoipoietic organs.

- Avian haematology.

-Reptilian haematology.

-Fish haematology.

- Blood transfusion and bone marrow transplantation.

Syllabus of the lectures

1.) History of haematology.

2.) Reference range and reference interval. Interpreting laboratory data. Stages of analytical examination. Pre-analytical stage.

3.) Analytical stage I.

4.) Analytical stage II.

5.) Postanalytical stage.

6.) Haemopoiesis.

7.) Disorders of mammalian red blood cells and haemopoietic organs.

8.) Disorders of white blood cells and haemopoietic organs.

9.) Disorders of mammalina haemopoiesis and haemopoietic organs.

10.) Avian haematology.

11.) Reptilian haematology.

12.) Fish haematology.

13.) Blood transfusion and bone marrow transplantation.

Syllabus of the practicals

1.) LOcal laboratory rules and running a subject. Entrance test.

2.) Stages of analytical examination. Pre-, post- and analytical errors.Preanalytical stage.

3.) Analytical stage I.

4.) Analytical stage II.

5.) Postanalytical stage.

6.) Interpretation and evauation of case reports.

7.) Disorders of mammalian red blood cells and haemopoietic organs.

8.) Disorders of mammalian white blood cells and haemopoietic organs.

9.) Disorders of haemostasis and haemopoietic organs.

10.) Laboratory avian haematology.

11) Laboratory reptilian haematology.

12.) Interpretation and evaluation of case reports.

13.) Credit test.

Reagan, WJ, Rovira, ASRI, De Nicola, DB. Veterinary haematology. Atlas of common domestic and non-domestic species. 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008, p. 112, ISBN 978-0-8138-2809-1.

Thrall, MA. Veterinary hematology and clinical chemistry. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004, p. 518, ISBN 0-7817-6850-0.

Content prerequisite:

Knowledge of veterinary anatomy, histology and embrylogy and physiology is required.

Continuous assessment:

Credit test (at least 51 % correct answers are required).

Conditions for completion of course:

The student must attend classes. One classes can miss without compensation, other missed classes must compensate. There is one credit test in the end of the course - at least 51% correct answers are required.

Final assessment:

seminar work preparation