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Decode your horse’s bloodwork. Blood analysis can yield vital information about a horse’s health. Here’s a look at what tests can–and cannot–tell you. Drawing blood for laboratory testing has been a routine part of equine veterinary care for decades.
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This horse has an inflammatory blood result with a borderline fibrinogen and a marked increase in serum amyloid A, in addition to a relative increase in neutrophils and a relative decrease in lymphocytes; this is referred to as a ‘wide split’
Mar 21, 2021 · So evaluation of the white blood cell picture is crucial to making an accurate diagnosis of your horse’s illness and accuracy of the results is essential. Assessing the different percentages of the various white blood cells used to be done manually i.e. by someone counting them by visually looking at a blood smear.
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May 21, 2024 · The results may vary slightly among laboratories, but in general, normal ferritin levels range from 12 to 300 nanograms per milliliter of blood (ng/mL) for males and 12 to 150 ng/mL for females. Normal ferritin test results vary depending on age and sex.
Blood Tests Explained. Your horse may have a blood sample taken for a number of reasons, including illness, monitoring response to treatment and general health or fitness checks. Blood can be tested for many different substances.
Hematology (Complete Blood Count) Reference Ranges. Data on various species compiled and adapted in part from multiple sources, including Latimer KS, Duncan & Prasse’s Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology, 5th ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2011; and Weiss DJ, Wardrop KJ, Schalm’s Veterinary Hematology, 6th ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Sep 16, 2016 · Learn what blood tests are most meaningful to your veterinarian—and what basic lab work will (or won’t) tell you about your horse’s health.