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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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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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