Volume: 51 Issue: 1
Year: 2020, Page: 1-7,
Received: Oct. 25, 2018 Accepted: Dec. 20, 2018 Published: Jan. 1, 2020
Haematological evaluation of pyometra-affected dogs, treated under different medical protocols revealed, decreased TEC (4.34±0.31 to 4.92±0.19×106 /mm3 ), leucocytosis (26.68±1.38 to 39.30±4.49×103 /mm3 ),neutrophilia(82.50±0.63to 83.38±0.46%), lymphopenia(10.25±0.41 to 11.88±0.61%), reduced VPRC (26.38±1.21 to 29.85±1.17 %) and decreased Hb (8.11±0.14to 9.04±0.45g/dL) on the day of admission. Other differentials and thrombocyte counts were within normal limits. All parameters returned to normal after medical treatment within 15 days of initiation of treatment, except TEC and Hb, which also showed improvement on different days of observation during and after treatment. Haematological changes were parallel to clinical recovery
Keywords: Haematology, medical management, pyometra, dog
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Unnikrishnan, M.P., Kurien, M.O., Jayakumar, C., Harshan, H. M, John Martin K.D. and Unny M. N. 2020. Haematological evaluation of medically treated cases of pyometra in dogs. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 51(1): 1-7.