From:
znt1@cdc.gov
Date: 2003-10-28 17:34:15 UTC
Subject: My own yellow ferret - blood test results
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5640975.1067362455561.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Last Saturday I took my ferret Meiko into the vet because I noticed that her skin all over is yellow. Her urine was a dark amber color as well. Meiko has insulinoma and is adrenal. She has had both her adrenal glands out but is still exhibiting symptoms and just finished the 3 month Lupron injections. She takes prednisone and diazoxide at the max levels for her body weight. Her glucose level has remained low despite these medications. The vet prescribed Clavamox for 7 days, but I thought I'd post her blood test results for any other comments / suggestions from the list. I'm not sure what all the results mean and the vet wasn't very informative. I know that given her medical problems and her age of 7 years, I probably don't have much more time with her, but I'd like to be as proactive as possible regarding treatment of this problem. Here are her results:
Complete Blood Count:
Hemoglobin 9.1 (LOW)
Hematocrit 26.2 (LOW)
WBC 2.6
RBC 4.15 (LOW)
MCV 63
MCH 21.9 (HIGH)
MCHC 34.7
Platelet Count 220 (LOW)
Platelet Estimate Adequate
Differential Absolute
Neutrophils 1690 65%
Bands 0 0
Lymphocytes 702 27%
Monocytes 182 7%
Eosinphils 26 1%
Basophils 0 0
Hypochromia Slight
Polychromasia Moderate
Mammalian Standard Chemistries
Glucose 44 (LOW)
Utra Nitrogen 28
Creatinine .6
Total Protein 6.5
Total Bilirubin 3.1 (HIGH)
Alkaline Phosphatase 57 (HIGH)
ALT (SGPT) 113
Calcium 6.0 (LOW)
Phospohorus 4.8
Thanks, any help with understanding the results above would be great!
Christy