- One Health
- Pain Management
- Oncology
- Geriatric & Palliative Medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Anatomic Pathology
- Poultry Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Dermatology
- Theriogenology
- Nutrition
- Animal Welfare
- Radiology
- Internal Medicine
- Small Ruminant
- Cardiology
- Dentistry
- Feline Medicine
- Soft Tissue Surgery
- Urology/Nephrology
- Avian & Exotic
- Preventive Medicine
- Anesthesiology & Pain Management
- Integrative & Holistic Medicine
- Food Animals
- Behavior
- Zoo Medicine
- Toxicology
- Orthopedics
- Emergency & Critical Care
- Equine Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Pediatrics
- Respiratory Medicine
- Shelter Medicine
- Parasitology
- Clinical Pathology
- Virtual Care
- Rehabilitation
- Epidemiology
- Fish Medicine
- Diabetes
- Livestock
- Endocrinology
Case 6
You recommend a CBC, serum chemistry profile, and urinalysis to start to look for the cause of Roxy's weight loss. Since her stools are normal at this time, you decide not to pursue any fecal testing.
Here are her test results:
CBC
Patient values
Reference range
WBC (/µl)
23,200
4,000-15,500
-Bands (/µl)
450
0-300
-Neutrophils (/µl)
19,800
2,060-10,600
-Monocytes (/µl)
1,530
0-840
-Lymphocytes (/µl)
300
690-4,500
-Eosinophils (/µl)
1,120
0-1,200
Hct (%)
32
36-60
RBC morphology
Normal
Serum chemistry profile
Patient values
Reference range
BUN (mg/dl)
36
6-31
Creatinine (mg/dl)
1.0
0.5-1.6
ALP (IU/L)
126
5-131
ALT (IU/L)
95
12-118
Glucose (mg/dl)
89
70-138
Albumin (g/dl)
1.2
2.7-4.4
Globulin (g/dl)
1.8
1.6-3.6
Sodium (mEq/L)
143
139-154
Potassium (mEq/L)
5.7
3.6-5.5
Comment
1+ hemolysis
Urinalysis
Patient values
Reference range
Urine specific gravity
1.020
1.015-1.050
pH
7.2
5.5-7
Protein
2+
Negative
WBC
None seen
0-3/hpf
Bacteria
None seen
Negative
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