Tails from the Lab: A Veterinary Podcast

Apr 19 2024 16 ep. 17 mins 5
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Tails from the Lab is a storytelling podcast where two veterinary comrades entertain listeners with real cases and tall tales revolving around laboratory diagnostics. Names have been changed to protect the innocent, but the lab work is real. You can listen in the clinic on your lunch break, on your commute, or when you're hiding from your kids in the bathroom. With each episode, we hope to leave you a little smarter, a little brighter, and feeling more empowered in the lab.

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Tails from the Lab: Trailer

Dec 31 2022
Listen to our ever-so-brief Tails from the Lab "tale teaser" to gain insight into the flavor of our podcast, the perspectives of our podcast hosts, and a preview of the content to follow.

Tails from the Lab: Meet the Podcasters!

Jan 14 2023 2 mins  
Learn a bit about Holly and Jessica's history as a dynamic duo, as they move their road show on maximizing laboratory diagnostics into the podcast recording booth.

The Mystery of the Dripping Blood

Jan 31 2023 24 mins  
Salli, the beagle, presents for "dripping blood from the back end". Jessica and Holly, as laboratory sleuths, discuss the diagnostic CSI they performed to solve the case and help save Salli's life.

Double Tick Trouble

Feb 14 2023 20 mins  
Sammy, the Labrador, is a survivor of Lyme nephritis. But now he is returning acutely ill after a recent stem cell treatment. Find out what happened and what diagnostics were performed to figure it out.

Diagnostic Testing and the NBA

Feb 28 2023 19 mins  
Holly is on her own this week, sharing the story of her personal cat, Brian Scalabrine, and his repeated clinical presentation of polyuria and polydipsia. Follow the diagnostic trail that provided the answers for the 3 different disease processes that were underlying Brian's similar clinical presentations.

Not Off the Hook

Mar 14 2023 25 mins  
Paxton was treated successfully for his steroid-responsive meningitis, but now he is re-presenting white as a ghost. Follow the laboratory diagnostics to understand what has happened, who/what is to blame, and why Paxton is not off the hook.

The ABCs of APPs

Mar 31 2023 28 mins  
Jessica and Holly unwrap some of the challenges in diagnosing and trending inflammatory disease in our veterinary patients and discuss the clinical application of acute phase protein measurement in such instances.

Viper's Key to Success

Jun 30 2023 27 mins  
Viper, the sometimes sweet / sometimes sour 1-year-old Bengal, suffered with recurrent diarrhea for months. After numerous hospital visits, a myriad of diagnostic tests, a variety of medications, and a poor quality of life for both Viper and his mom, we finally discover Viper's key to success.

"Mac"ximizing Diagnostics (Part 1): Blood Cell Conundrum

Jul 31 2023 13 mins  
Mac presents with acute abdominal pain, an irregular spleen, and possible lymphoma. Things get even more interesting with a surprise finding on the blood film review. Follow the twist and turns of Mac's case as Jessica and Holly review the diagnostics that tie it all together. (Part 1 of 2)

"Mac"ximizing Diagnostics (Part 2): Effusion Confusion

Aug 31 2023 23 mins  
Mac presented with acute abdominal pain, an irregular spleen, and possible lymphoma. Things got even more interesting with a surprise finding on the blood film review, and now an effusion is detected on abdominal ultrasound. Follow the twist and turns of Mac's case as Jessica and Holly review the diagnostics that tie it all together. (Part 2 of 2)