Table 3.
Results of the packed cell volume, mean corpuscular volume, cholesterol and triglyceride concentration, number of spherocytes, in-saline auto-agglutination and Coombs’ test for group 1a (IMHA), group 1b (anaemia, no IMHA), group 2 (microcytosis), group 3 (hyperlipidemia), group 4 (lymphoma), group 5 (infections) and group 6 (healthy)
| Group 1a (n = 19) | Group 1b (n = 21) | Group 2 (n = 8) | Group 3 (n = 13) | Group 4 (n = 10) | Group 5 (n = 8) | Group 6 (n = 13) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Packed Cell Volume (%) |
13.6 ± 4.8 |
17.9 ± 4.3 |
25.0 ± 14.7 |
46.8 ± 9.9 |
44.1 ± 11.8 |
30.3 ± 15.1 |
46.9 ± 3.6 |
|
| (7.6-23) |
(7.0-25.5) |
(11.0-55.2) |
(18.2-57.7) |
(20.5-59.4) |
(14.9-61.4) |
(41.7-53.2) |
||
|
Mean Corpuscular Volume (fl) |
76.7 ± 5.1 |
77.7 ± 9.3 |
57.1 ± 3.3 |
68.9 ± 8.1 |
70.4 ± 4.5 |
66.5 ± 5.4 |
68.7 ± 2.4 |
|
| (70.7-88.4) |
(67.1-96.3) |
(50.4-60.0) |
(62.7-77.2) |
(62.9-77.3) |
(60.0-76.7) |
(63.0-71.2) |
||
|
Cholesterol concentration (mmol/l) |
6.73 ± 1.37 |
4.68 ± 3.18 |
3.58 ± 1.83 |
16.6 ± 11.0 |
4.95 ± 1.44 |
6.33 ± 1.48 |
6.81 ± 1.45 |
|
| (5.3-8.53)* |
(0.83-12.7)** |
(2.48-8.35) |
(6.26-48.38) |
(2.77-7.11) |
(4.0-9.0) |
(4.42-9.15) |
||
|
Triglyceride Concentration (mmol/l) |
0.87 ± 0.30 |
0.76 ± 0.28 |
0.71 ± 0.44 |
11.73 ± 9.36 |
0.75 ± 0.31 |
0.90 ± 0.34 |
0.89 ± 0.56 |
|
| (0.57-1.25)* |
(0.41-1.19)** |
(0.24-1.72) |
(0.86-29.26) |
(0.44-1.34) |
(0.52-1.56) |
(0.31-1.99) |
||
|
Number of spherocytes per high power field |
<1 |
3 |
13 |
7 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
13 |
| 1-3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 3-5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| ≥5 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
In-saline auto-agglutination |
Positive |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Negative |
3 |
21 |
8 |
13 |
10 |
8 |
13 |
|
| Coombs’ test | Positive |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Negative | 4*** | 20 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 13 | |
The data of the packed cell volume, the mean corpuscular volume, the cholesterol and triglyceride concentration are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (range).
*Total serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were measured in 4/19 group 1a dogs.
**Total serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were measured in 13/21 group 1b dogs.
***Coombs’ test was performed in 17/19 group 1a dogs.