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HCT
Feb 24, 2014 18:31:04 GMT 10
Post by Jay on Feb 24, 2014 18:31:04 GMT 10
Hi Tom,
Just trying to figure out what i need to do to rectify this reading:
WBC 5.4 RBC 8.8 HGB 23.5 (20-21.5) TOO HIGH HCT 70 (58-62) TOO HIGH MCV 79.5 MCHC 26.7 (22-25) TOO HIGH
the only thing i can think of, is dehydration and or high iron-might be totally wrong.
if you could shed any light it would be great/or more importantly would it affect his running.
many thanks, Jay
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HCT
Feb 25, 2014 4:16:54 GMT 10
Post by Tom Meulman on Feb 25, 2014 4:16:54 GMT 10
Hi Jay,
In your post you noted that the MCHC of the blood is 26.7 when in fact a normal profile requires for this to be around the 34 to 37 g/dl.
This would indicate that the greyhound has anaemia, if so this could account for him stressing and suffering considerable dehydration as an end result, which in turn throws out of kilter the rest of the blood profile results.
While such a small section of a blood profile is not enough to go by and make any sort of worthwhile diagnosis, my interpretation would be that the greyhound is an extremely hard chaser that has had low level anaemia for a period of time which is causing the greyhound to stress and this causes an increased level of waste products to get rid of after a run behind the lure which over a period of time results in dehydration.
And no in the short term this does not unduly affect performances only the rate of recovery.
Reduce work load Provide iron injections Treat dehydration Check protein/carbohydrate balance of the diet.
Cheers, Tom
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HCT
Aug 23, 2016 8:41:17 GMT 10
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Post by D on Aug 23, 2016 8:41:17 GMT 10
Tom, Can too much red meat/ protein cause HCT & HGB to reduce. Mate just handed me blood test, everything is within reason except HCT-51 HGB 18. He can only put down to two things- too much meat or overworked. Would I be correct saying that a dog could not run with these results. Vet told him to rest for 2 weeks and top up in iron- I assume if he was giving too much meat the iron would be high. Thanks d
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HCT
Aug 24, 2016 1:25:21 GMT 10
Post by Tom Meulman on Aug 24, 2016 1:25:21 GMT 10
Hi D,
There is little or no chance that a high meat diet is going to cause anaemia, while overworking the dog can certainly have that results. In this case all your mate can do is follow the vets advise in regard to treatment, and most importantly carefully look at the training schedule for the past 3 months to see what may have caused this outcome.
Cheers, Tom
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