Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals (HB)

The growth of clinical biochemistry into its various subclasses parallels the growth of biochemistry into the fields of carbohydrate, lipid and protein biochemistry and how they relate to the function of the various organ systems. Animal clinical biochemistry can trace its origins to the physicians of ancient times gazing at their harnglase, presumably after they had tasted the urine for sweetness as evidence of diabetes mellitus.