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Discussion on Blood counts vs endurance
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New Member: lloyd
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 - 1:16 pm:
I have a 5 year standardbred pacing mare that is not finishing her miles and below are the results from my most recent test 16 hours after her race. WCB:7.74 LYM:3.49 NEU:3.78 EOS:0.13 BASO:0.01 %LYM:45.1 %MONO:4.2 %NEU:48.9 %EOS:1.7 %BASO:0.1 HCT:28.9 RCB:7.0 HGB:14.6 MCV:41.2 RDW:20.9 MCHC:---- PLT:103 MPV:14.92 PCT:0.2 PDW:25.8 Please comment, Thanks Roger
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Moderator: DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 - 6:48 pm:
The Hct is very slightly anemic and the ratio of hameglobin to hematocrit suggests hemolysis: broken red blood cells. This may be incidental from a poorly handled sample but if it is real, certainly will account for poor performance. For more on this see Diseases of Horses » Cardiovascular, Blood, and Immune System » The Diagnosis of Anemia. DrO
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