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  • Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Copyright; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Carbohydrate Metabolism and Its Disorders; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II DIGESTION; III ABSORPTION; IV METABOLISM OF ABSORBED CARBOHYDRATES; V INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF CARBOHYDRATE, LIPID, AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; VI INSULIN AND CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; VII BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION AND ITS REGULATION; VIII METHODOLOGY; IX DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; X DISORDERS OF RUMINANTS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOGLYCEMIA; Chapter 2: Lipid Metabolism and Its Disorders; Publisher Summary.
  • I INTRODUCTIONII CLASSES OF LIPIDS; III CHEMISTRY OF SOME LIPIDS; IV DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF LIPIDS; V FATE OF DIETARY LIPIDS; VI TRANSPORT OF LIPIDS; VII BIOSYNTHESIS OF LIPIDS; VIII OXIDATION OF FATTY ACIDS; IX SPECIAL ASPECTS OF LIPID METABOLISM IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS; Chapter 3: Serum Proteins and the Dysproteinemias; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II METHODOLOGY; III NORMAL SERUM PROTEINS; IV INTERPRETATION OF SERUM PROTEIN PROFILES; Chapter 4: Porphyrin, Heme, and Erythrocyte Metabolism: The Porphyrias; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II ERYTHROPOIESIS*
  • III THE DEVELOPING ERYTHROCYTE AND RETICULOCYTEIV THE MATURE ERYTHROCYTE; V DETERMINANTS OF RBC SURVIVAL; VI PORPHYRIAS OF ANIMALS; Chapter 5: Clinical Enzymology; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II BASIC ENZYMOLOGY; III SERUM ENZYMES OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMPORTANCE; IV ORGANS; Chapter 6: Liver Function; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II GENERAL TYPES OF LIVER DISEASE; III INDICATIONS FOR LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; IV CLASSIFICATION OF LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; V TESTS MEASURING THE HEPATIC TRANSPORT (UPTAKE, CONJUGATION, AND EXCRETION) OF ORGANIC ANIONS; VI SERUM ENZYME TESTS.
  • VII SPECIFIC BIOCHEMICAL TESTSVIII LIVER BIOPSY AND RADIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURES; Chapter 7: Pancreatic Function; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PANCREAS; III PANCREATIC DISEASE; IV LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC AIDS; Chapter 8: Gastrointestinal Function; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II GASTROINTESTINAL SECRETION; III DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION; IV DISTURBANCES OF GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION; Chapter 9: Kidney Function; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II NORMAL RENAL FUNCTIONS; III ALTERATIONS IN RENAL FUNCTION DUE TO EXTRARENAL FACTORS.
  • IV PRIMARY RENAL DYSFUNCTION-ACUTE FAILUREV PRIMARY RENAL DYSFUNCTION-CHRONIC FAILURE; VI URINALYSIS; VII TESTS OF RENAL FUNCTION; Chapter 10: Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance; Publisher Summary; I INTRODUCTION; II PHYSIOLOGY OF BODY FLUIDS; III PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BODY WATER; IV PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OSMOTIC PRESSURE; V SALT AND WATER INTERRELATIONSHIPS; VI PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ACID-BASE BALANCE; VII PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF POTASSIUM METABOLISM; VIII ROLE OF ANIONS; IX CLINICAL EVALUATION OF PATIENTS; X LABORATORY EVALUATION OF PATIENTS.