Studies on correlation of erythrocytic abnormalities with serum chemistry findings in dogs Sharma Avantika1*, Gupta Kuldip1, Kashyap Neeraj2, Sood N.K.3, Singh Amarjit1 1Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, India 2Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, India 3Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, India Dr. Avantika Sharma, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, India, E-mail: avantikavet123@gmail.com
Abstract The present study was undertaken to correlate hematological abnormalities observed in retrospective and prospective cases with different disease conditions in dogs. For retrospective studies, haematological values of 7375 cases of dogs were analysed and correlated with different disease conditions. The mean value of haemoglobin and TEC was lower than the normal range. The most common abnormality observed was normocytic normochromic anemia and it was associated with kidney failure. For prospective studies haematological and serum chemistry findings of 31 cases of apparently healthy animals were correlated with the findings of 363 clinical cases. Out of these, 259 were analyzed manually, whereas, 104 cases were analyzed using ADVIA 2120 Hematology System. The erythrocytic abnormalities were classified on the basis of abnormal colour, size and shape of RBC’s and it was correlated with the different disease conditions. In the present study, out of the different erythrocytic abnormalities hypochromasia, microcytosis and spherocytosis were the most common abnormalities observed. Based on serum chemistry find-ings the cases were classified into liver and or kidney damage. A significant positive correlation (p<0.05) was observed between occurrence of polychromatophils and dacrocytes and liver damage; acanthocytes, stomatocytes and polychromatophils and kidney damage; and occurrence of echinocytes and polychromatophils and concurrent liver and kidney damage. Mean HDW values were significantly higher in dogs suffering from liver damage. Top Keywords Blood, Correlation, Dogs, Erythrocytic abnormalities, Hematology, Serum chemistry. Top |