Sara Gould BVetMed DSAM MRCVS

Sara graduated from Royal Veterinary College in 1993 and spent three years in mixed practice in Worcestershire and Suffolk before undertaking a four year residency in a small animal medicine at Cambridge Vet School. Having passed the certificate in Small Animal Medicine in 1998 and Diploma in Small Animal Medicine 2001, Sara remained at Cambridge for a further two years as the Bunning Fellow in Oncology. For the last three years Sara has been working in private referral practice. Sara has experienced dealing with a wide variety of medical cases, and has a particular interest in oncology, haematology and endocrinology. Sara has lectured widely, and been an examiner for RCVS certificate in Small Animal Medicine.

Course Content

At the end of the course delegates should be familiar with interpretation of clinical haematology, biochemistry and urinalysis in the cat. The benefits and potential pit-falls in in-house testing will be discussed. The techniques for obtaining and examining cytological samples will be discussed. Case-based discussions will be used to highlight the taught material.

Key Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, delegates should be able to:

• Understand the methodology involved in the generation of haemotology, biochemistry and cytology profiles

• Understand the limitations of technology and equipment used in both practice and laboratory environments

• Understand and interpret haemotology and biochemistry profiles

• Be aware of factors that will generate artefacts or abnormalities and be able to interpret and propose further investigation

• Be familiar with the cytology of haemic and non-haemic cell populations, both reactive and neoplastic, and have the ability to trace or plot maturation and degeneration pathways in blood, fluid and tissue smears