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Bone Marrow Sampling in Dogs & Cats: When the Blood is the Problem

10-10-16 by CriticalCareDVM

Every veterinarian has a favorite disease process or a type of health problem. Some love the gastrointestinal tract, others the heart or lungs. For me, conditions affecting the immune system and blood truly get me excited. As part of an appropriate diagnostic process for such conditions, sampling the bone marrow of our fur babies is … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: anemia, biopsy, bone marrow, femur, hematopoietic, humerus, ilium, lymphoblast, lymphocyte, neutropenia, platelets, red blood cells, red marrow, rib, sampling, stem cells, sternum, white blood cells, yellow marrow

Parvovirus Infection in Dogs – Part I: Cause & Diagnosis

15-08-16 by CriticalCareDVM

Social media are truly curious phenomena. Opinions abound, including those unsupported by actual fact. We’ve all read them. Last week I read a dangerously inaccurate post regarding canine parvovirus that claimed humans made this potentially deadly disease. This post made my blood boil. Yet rather than perpetually fume, I’ve decided to be proactive. So over the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: bone marrow, CPV, crypts, ELISA, feces, incubation, intestinal, parvo, parvovirus, PCR, villi, white blood cells

White Blood Cells – Elevation Does Not Always Mean Infection!  

09-03-15 by CriticalCareDVM

In recent posts I wrote about two of the major cells types in blood – red blood cells and platelets. Specifically I reviewed causes of low red blood cells and low platelets. This week I introduce the last major cell type in blood – white blood cells – and discuss reasons why their population can increase. … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: basophil, cancer, CBC, complete blood count, eosinophil, granulocyte, infection, leukocytosis, lymphocyte, monocyte, neutrophil, white blood cells

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