Recommendations for designing and conducting veterinary clinical pathology biologic variation studies

The recent creation of a veterinary clinical pathology biologic variation website has highlighted the need to provide recommendations for future studies of biologic variation in animals in order to help standardize and improve the quality of published information and to facilitate review and selecti...

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Published in:Veterinary clinical pathology 2017-06, Vol.46 (2), p.211-220
Main Authors: Freeman, Kathleen P., Baral, Randolph M., Dhand, Navneet K., Nielsen, Søren Saxmose, Jensen, Asger L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological Variation, Population
Laboratory testing
Laboratory tests
Pathology
Pathology, Veterinary - methods
Pathology, Veterinary - standards
quality specifications
reference change value
Reference Values
Research Design - standards
Reviews
Specimen Handling - methods
Specimen Handling - standards
Specimen Handling - veterinary
Veterinary medicine
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Summary:The recent creation of a veterinary clinical pathology biologic variation website has highlighted the need to provide recommendations for future studies of biologic variation in animals in order to help standardize and improve the quality of published information and to facilitate review and selection of publications as standard references. The following recommendations are provided in the format and order commonly found in veterinary publications. A checklist is provided to aid in planning, implementing, and evaluating veterinary studies on biologic variation (Appendix S1). These recommendations provide a valuable resource for clinicians, laboratorians, and researchers interested in conducting studies of biologic variation and in determining the quality of studies of biologic variation in veterinary laboratory testing.
ISSN:0275-6382
1939-165X
DOI:10.1111/vcp.12475