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Anemia |
Low red blood cells |
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Hemorrhage anemia |
Trauma, platelet abnormality, abnormal clotting |
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Iron deficiency anemia |
Poor diet, Fleas, parasites, gastric ulcerations, bleeding neoplasms Needs iron supplements |
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Hemolysis anemia |
Immune process, body attempts to regain homeostasis by removing altered cells |
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Blood-borne parasites anemia |
Inside RBC, produces anemia through hemolysis Babesia canis and Babesia gibsoni |
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Toxin induced/ Heinz body anemia |
Drugs are common cause, hemoglobin is damaged, then causes damage to cell membrane |
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Immune mediated hemolytic anemia |
Accelerated RBC destruction due to presence of antibodies attached to RBC membrane, immune system removes the RBC |
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Regenerative anemia |
Increased polychromasia |
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Polychromasia |
Increased amount of RBC, due to being released from bone marrow too soon |
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Sperocytes |
RBC is round like a ball |
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Markedly regenerative anemia |
Frequent large amounts of polychromatophilic erythrocytes |
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Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia |
Platelets are coated in antibodies or complexes and are destroyed in spleen, bone marrow, or liver Can be caused by some drugs Female dogs |
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Ehrlichiosis |
Rickettsial disease, brown dog tick or blood tranfusion Ehrlichiosis canis Results in a plastic anemia |
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Von willebrand's disease |
Von willebrand's factor promotes platelet clumping Dobermans Bleeding disorder, easy to bruise, prolonged bleeding |
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Lymphoma- feline |
Lymphocytes form solid tissue masses in lymphoid tissue other than bone marrow 90% of feline hematopoietic tumors 33% of feline neoplasia |
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Mediastinal lymphoma |
2-3 year old cats 80% are FeLV positive |
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Alimentary lymphoma |
Old cats that are FeLV negative |
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Alimentary lymphoma |
Old cats 70% are FeLV negative Intestinal mass |
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Multicentric lymphoma |
FeLV positive, 2 or more tumors on organ |
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Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) |
Blood virus, acute |
