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IDEXX | Cytology Part 1 From Cell to Slide: Ensuring Diagnostic Quality in Fine Needle Aspirate Cytology Collection [WATCH RECORDING]
Thursday 4 September 2025 @ 19:30 - 21:00
Subject: Cytology Part 1 – From Cell to Slide: Ensuring Diagnostic Quality in Fine Needle Aspirate Cytology Collection
Speakers: Dr Yolandi Rautenbach
Organizer: Idexx
LINK: WATCH RECORDING
This presentation provides practicing veterinarians with essential guidelines and techniques for obtaining high-quality fine needle aspirate biopsy (FNAB) samples in practice. It will cover the clinical value and limitations of cytology, review key sample collection methods, and outline optimal smear preparation techniques. Emphasis will be placed on avoiding common collection artifacts, preserving cellular integrity, and improving the overall diagnostic utility of cytological evaluations.
Presenter: Dr Yolandi Rautenbach
BVSc (Hons), MMedvet (Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics), PhD Candidate, EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Dr Yolandi Rautenbach obtained her BSVc degree at the University of Pretoria in 2007. After spending four years in private practice, she returned to the university and completed her BVSc Honours degree in 2014 and proceeded to complete both the South African, MMedVet (Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics), and European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology residencies in 2017 and 2018, respectively, at the University of Pretoria. She was employed as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Pathology form 2018-2024 at the Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies, University of Pretoria. During this period she was involved in clinical service delivery at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory, involved in teaching Clinical Pathology to under- and postgraduate veterinary and veterinary nursing students, interns and residents. Dr Rautenbach also supervised several MSc-degree post-graduate students and is currently a PhD candidate, her research involves the investigation of cardiac troponin I in African rhinoceros and she hopes to graduate in April 2025.
