American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology

05/28/2026

It's almost Rounds time! Join us today at 12:00 p.m. CT for the May 2026 Online Rounds. Come find out what interesting cases will be presented this month.
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05/22/2026

It's the VCP Article of the Week!

Qualitative and quantitative descriptions of blue iguana blood cell characteristics, morphology, and ultrastructure accompanied by cytochemical staining.

Background The Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi ) is an endangered species of lizard endemic to Grand Cayman Island. The cytochemical staining characteristics, cell morphometrics, and ultras...

05/19/2026

Time for another What is Your Diagnosis?, directly from the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Journal!

This is a photomicrograph of a fine-needle aspirate from a circumferential, duodenal mass in an 8-year-old, castrated male domestic shorthair cat. What is your diagnosis?

Answer in the comments.

05/15/2026

It's the VCP Article of the Week!

Assessment of Biological Variation of Hemostatic Parameters in Healthy Dogs Using a Point-Of-Care Viscoelastic Coagulometer

Includes a nice review of the components of biological variation, their impact on reference change value and index of individuality, and the importance of considering intra-individual versus inter-individual variation when determining if population based reference intervals are appropriate for a particular test.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vcp.70088

05/08/2026

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
Low volume calibrated automated thrombography correlates with standard methods in normal, hypercoagulable, and hypocoagulable dogs.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vcp.70088

05/01/2026

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
While concordance between cytologic and histologic grades was low, survival analysis based on Robinson's cytologic grading revealed a progressive decrease in survival rates across increasing cytologic grades.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vcp.70099

04/24/2026

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
An uncommon B cell phenotype in a feline chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.70072

04/10/2026

It's the VCP Article of the Week!
An unusual location and presentation for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with paraneoplastic hypertrophic osteopathy.

A 12-year-old female spayed Border Collie dog was presented for evaluation of 6 months of intermittent hematuria and weight loss. A highly vascularized right renal mass deforming the renal architectu...

04/09/2026

Time for another What is Your Diagnosis?, directly from the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Journal!

This is a photomicrograph of a fine-needle aspirate from a mammary mass in a 13-year-old male neutered German Shepherd Dog mix. What is your diagnosis?

Answer in the comments.

04/08/2026

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