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williamsb.comcast.net
Date: 2002-07-01 23:40:20 UTC
Subject: Re: Booger's blood values
Russ:
Essentially the ones that are concerning is the level of lymphocytes. While leukemia is rare in ferrets, the lymphocytes are pretty well elevated, so much that there is a total elevation of the white count. Anything over 10,000 is abnormal.
I don't mind if there are more lymphocytes than neutrophils, which is common in older ferrets, especially those with chronic GI disease, but when they result in an increased white count, it is something to at least monitor regularly.
Let's go ahead with the surgery, but I would want to recheck the values again in 3-4 weeks.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM
Author wrote:
> Test requested Results Values from Units
> Dr. Purcell
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> CBC
> Hemoglobin 13.1 12-18.5 g/dl
> Hematocrit 42.5 43-55% %
> WBC 15.5 2.5-8 103/mcl
> RBC 7.92 6.5-11 103/mcl
> MCV 54
> MCH 16.5
> MCHC 30.8
> Platelet Count 1137 300-750 103/mcl
> Platelet Estimate Increased
> Differential Absolute % Value from
> Dr. Purcell
> Neutrophils 6665 43 30-80%
> Bands 0 0
> Lymphocytes 8060 52 20-50%
> Monocytes 0 0 0-3%
> Eosinophils 620 4 0-1%
> Basophils 155 1 0-1%
> My vet took some of those values to indicate a possible lymphoma and
> tried to remove a lymph node from behind the thigh, but was unable to
> find one on either side.
> Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
> <a href="mailto:russellprater@worldnet.att.net">russellprater@worldnet.att.net</a>