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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - The Accuracy of Your Dog's Blood Work
| Some of you know that I often mention that the CBC's that are done in your vet's office with an automated analyzer are not always completely accurate. I will often mention that a back up spun PCV should be done in conjunction with the CBC. It is very accurate and compared with the CBC can point to problems that the automated analyzer may have had reading the sample. I found a paper written about this on a veterinary website tonight and I thought some of you may want to browse the article. It's very in-depth so don't get too hung up on big words. It explains how things can be misread and how that impacts your dog's diagnosis and treatment. As you read this I hope you will gain some new-found respect for how difficult a vet's job is. Most of our human doctors no longer do their own lab work and wouldn't be caught dead with a microscope in their office. Yet most vets still do in house lab work! my best patrice Beyond the numbers: Things your CBC machine won't tell you, but you need to know. Oct 1, 2008 By: Craig A. Thompson, DVM, DACVP CVC PROCEEDINGS http://tinyurl.com/mseu63 |
| Patrice NYS |
| The URL Patrice posted didn't seem to work for me. Perhaps this URL will work: http://veterinarycalendar.dvm360.com/avhc/Medicine/Beyond-the-numbers-Things-your-CBC-machine-wont-te/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/588612 |
| Joanne MN |
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