My dog's blood test shows low counts. What does it mean? Leukemia?

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My dog has just had a blood test, do the results indicate Leukemia? He has low Entrocitos, HCT, WBC NEU, LYM, MONO and PLQ and high MCH. Please advise. Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Male | neutered | 9 years and 11 months old | 66 lbs

Ann Dion, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hello. Those blood results indicate that there is a low red cell count, low white cell count and low platelets. This COULD indicate leukemia as all three cell lines are low, however it could also be due to a systemic infection and the platelets being low could be due to clumping. The first next step would be to send the blood away to an external lab to look for regeneration, as well as platelet clumps. If your dog is acting sick your vet may want to start on antibiotics in case of a systemtic infection. I suggest you go back to your vet and discuss these results, and discuss what the pathologist comments were if the blood was sent away externally. If bone marrow disease is suspected they can do a bone marrow biopsy.

My dog's blood test shows low counts. What does it mean? Leukemia?

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