Tails from the Lab: A Veterinary Podcast
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.
Episodes
In episode 1 of Tails from the Lab, Dr. Brad Ryan and Dr. Holly Brown discuss anaplasmosis using a real case example and dig deep into diagnostic insights that help shed light on its rise and prevalence.
Tune in and learn what this means for veterinary teams across the country, and how smarter testing can support clearer diagnoses, stronger client communication, and better outcomes.
We’re thrilled to bring back the Tails from the Lab podcast with our host Dr. Holly Brown and new co-host Dr. Brad Ryan! Get ready to discuss real cases with expert guests who dig deep into the diagnostic insights that help solve interesting and complex cases. We’ll also dive into topics that help veterinary teams tackle the industry’s many challenges while becoming better leaders and colleagues along the way. 🔬🐾
The only constant in life is change. And in this episode, Jessica and Holly reconnect, share some of their exciting updates, and introduce a new iteration of the Tails From the Lab podcast soon to be released.
Zack, the beagle, presents for his annual wellness exam, and labwork is performed, including a CBC, chemistry, and (oh-so-fortunately) urinalysis, as part of his minimum database. Listen in as Jessica and Holly discuss Zack's unexpected results and the options to provide a definitive diagnosis.
Inappropriate urination and lethargy lead to a concerning finding of hypercalcemia on Louie's labwork. Listen in as Jessica and Holly tackle the ensuing diagnostics to solve this hypercalcemia headache.
Bella has an appointment for a prescription refill, but the astute doctor is concerned about some subtle physical changes and reported clinical signs, and so he recommends laboratory diagnostics to explore further. Holly and Jessica discuss this interesting case, taking listeners on Bella's unintended journey through labwork abnormalities and the ensuing diagnostic outcomes.
Snickers arrives sick at the hospital, and initial bloodwork reveals elevation of liver enzymes. Subsequent abdominal ultrasound identifies ascites, and the fluid analysis that ensues provides key diagnostic information that helps define Snickers' disease process.
Jessica is back with Part 2 of her ever-so-useful Tech Talk on Effusion Analysis, offering further tips and tricks to getting the most diagnostic information from your in-house fluid samples.
In this tech talk, Jessica flies solo and talks about the basics of the in-house fluid analysis.
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)
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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