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Comparison of values of blood images in animals - dog, cat
MAJOROVÁ, Petra
Blood count is one of the most important and most frequent haematological examinations. It is important for proper diagnosis and control of treatment effectiveness. Non-coagulated blood with the anticoagulant K3EDTA or K2EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid potassium salt) is used to examine the blood count.It is also important to maintain the correct ratio of anticoagulant and blood collected. Examination of blood counts is not related only to human patients, but also to many species of animals, most often dogs and cats. In order to evaluate the results correctly, it is necessary to know the reference limits of the respective species, possibly divided by sex, age or breed. The aim of this study is to evaluate differences in baseline blood counts (amount of erythrocyte, amount of hemoglobin, value of hematocrit, amount of leukocyte, amount of platelet) between samples obtained from dogs and from cats. A total of 500 samples (250 canine, 250 cat) was measured on a Sysmex XN 1000 analyzer in Synlab czech, s.r.o., Ceske Budejovice according to proper laboratory practice procedures. Animal patients are selected regardless of diagnosis, breed and sex. The measured results are evaluated by the parametric method, the correlation coefficient is always calculated. This correlation coefficient was close to 1 for all five monitored parameters. This means that the individual parameters of dogs and cats are comparable between species regardless of age. Results of dogs and cats in most cases exceed the values of reference limits given to a specific species of animal. It can be assumed that the reason for the high values is that samples of diseased animals were predominantly used.
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