Aims and scope

Comparative Clinical Pathology provides a source for the publication of reviews, research reports, technical notes and case histories covering all aspects of haematology and clinical chemistry in mammalian species. Comparative aspects of our work refers to differences in amount, number, degree, or quality from normal or expected findings, and often is related to comparison between differing species including human. One area we are particularly interested in bringing into the journal are studies which are translational in nature, i.e, helping to bridge between basic biology and model species or model species and human subjects.

The journal addresses itself to all scientists with an interest in the field of comparative clinical pathology such as, but not limited to, research institutes, toxicology and pathology laboratories, medical and veterinary universities, colleges and practices, teaching hospitals and zoological institutes. To be considered for publication in Comparative Clinical Pathology papers should address aspects of comparative clinical pathology or translational science and may include;  

· classical haematology and clinical chemistry,
· cytology,
· toxicology,
· endocrinology,
· immunology, immunodeficiency states, immunotoxicology,
· microbiology,
· haemostasis, 
· haematopoietic and other malignancies,
· immunophenotyping, cellular lineage,
· functional identification and biomarkers.

Articles may incorporate: normal and abnormal values, normal and abnormal reactions, human, veterinary and zoological data, diagnostic and toxicological changes, impact on diagnosis and disease control, experimental studies and new technologies. Experimental studies can incorporate data from both in vivo and in vitro studies, but should not be wholly in vitro.

Articles may also include appropriate data and information from other disciplines such as histopathology and microbiology, and include such other specialist techniques as immunohistochemistry where relevant to comparative clinical pathology.