From:
Ryan and Tracy Lant
Date: 2001-03-07 09:50:00 UTC
Subject: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: Sundance's blood test results....can
results....can anyone make sense of these....
Thank you Dr. Williams:
I had taken Sundance in for her Rabies test, but asked for an exam first
because I felt there wasn't something right with her. Nothing I could put
my finger on, just a gut feeling. She is still eating, drinking, and
pooping fine.
I got Sundance back in November, she is 3 years old, from a pet shop who
had taken her back from someone who bought their first ferrets there. She
was a bad biter. I trained her to be loving, she learned to play and what
being a ferret is. When I got her she would play about 10-15 minutes before
getting tired. She got up to about 1.5 hours of play time before tiring
out....but is back down to about 25 minutes now. So I worried about that.
She came to me weighing 1.5 pounds, got her up to almost 2 pounds by Jan
13....but was back down to 1.5 on March 2.
She just seems limp, lethargic, weight loss, and she has started to bite
again. She also has a look in her eye....not spacey or staring off into
space, but a look that just says I don't feel well...if you know what I
mean.
At the exam, my vet said her spleen was enlarged. So we did the blood work.
Hope that helps.
Tracy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Williams, DVM" <williams@e...>
To: <Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 7:10 AM
anyone make sense of these....
> Tracy -
>
> Before trying to interpret results - can you refresh our collective
> memory as to why the blood was drawn. Bllod values are best
> interpreted in light of the clinical history and symptoms of the
> patient.
>
>
>
> With kindest regards,
>
> Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP
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> --- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Ryan and Tracy Lant" <lant@a...>
> wrote:
> > Test Procedures Results
> High/Low Reference Range Unit
> > Alk Phosphatase
> 24 14-
> 144 IU/L
> > ALT (SGPT)
> 105 119
> (mean) IU/L
> > AST (SGOT)
> 96 46-
> 118 IU/L
> > CK
> 1542 (H) 98-
> 564 IU/L
> > GGT
> 3 5
> (mean) IU/L
> > ALBUMIN 3.0
> (L) 3.4-4.8 g/dL
> > TOTAL PROTEIN
> 5.1 4.3-
> 6.0 g/dL
> > GLOBULIN
> 2.1 0.2-
> 2.4 g/dL
> > TOTAL BILIRUBIN
> 0.0 0.0-
> 0.9 mg/dL
> > BUN
> 27 10-
> 45 mg/dL
> > CREATININE
> 0.6 0.4-
> 0.9 mg/dL
> > CHOLESTEROL
> 126 96-
> 249 mg/dL
> > GLUCOSE 81
> (L) 120-144 mg/dL
> > CALCIUM 7.5
> (L) 7.6-9.6 mg/dL
> > PHOSPHORUS
> 5.7 3.2-
> 9.5 mg/dL
> > POTASSIUM
> 5.1 3.9-
> 5.5 mEq/L
> > SODIUM
> 147 128-
> 158 mEq/L
> > A/G RATIO 1.4
> >
> > CBC COMPREHENSIVE
> >
> > WBC
> 4.1 3.5-
> 7.0 THOUS./uL
> > RBC
> 11.10 6.7-
> 12.1 MILLION/uL
> > HGB
> 17.9 12-
> 18 g/dL
> > HCT
> 52.7 43-
> 55 %
> > MCV
> 47
> fL
> > MCH
> 16.1
> pg
> > MCHC
> 34.0
> g/dL
> > NEUTROPHIL SEG
> 37 31-
> 57 %
> > LYMPHOCYTES 51
> (H) 22-48 %
> > MONOCYTES 3
> (H) 0-1 %
> > EOSINOPHIL 7
> (H) 0-1 %
> > BASOPHIL 2
> (H) 0-1 %
> > PLATELETS aDEQUATE
> >
> > REMARKS:PLATELET CLUMPS ARE PRESENT. PLATELET ESTIMATE MAY BE
> AFFECTED
> >
> > TEST PROCEDURES
> >
> > ABSOLUTE NEUTROPHIL SEG 1517
> > ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTE 2091
> > ABSOLUTE MONOCYTE 123
> > ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL 287
> > ABSOLUTE BASOPHIL 82
> >
> >
> >
> > Sundance had fasted for about 5-6 hours on this test....and was
> extremely stressed out over giving blood. It took them 5 pulls to
> get enough to test as she kept knocking the needle out of the vein.
> >
> > Today she went for another glucose test....fasted for about 3
> hours. It was 96.2.
> >
> > The vet would like her to come back for another test in a month to
> recheck it again as it is in the low normal range.
> >
> > What else does anyone see in this test....I can't make anything of
> it. She was worried about the CK level but said that could have been
> due to the stress she was under when she gave the blood.
> >
> > I would love to hear what others think.
> >
> > Tracy
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