What's a normal platelet count range for my dog's blood test?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 2 years and 7 months old
What’s the normal range value of dogs platelets count?
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Published on June 29th, 2018
In most labs its 200,00-500,000. Some lab ranges are a bit lowe around 180,00-460,000. You have to verify with the lab that was used to check your pets platelet count to be sure. I hope this helps! If you have further questions please let us know! Take care.
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Published on June 9th, 2018
While “normal” values on the reference range is over 200,000, low platelets don’t tend to cause an issue until they are less than 100,000 (and then it would increase risk for excessive bleeding from surgery, or prolonged bleeding from a wound, etc). A platelet count of less than 50,000 puts a dog at risk for “spontaneous” bleeding, meaning everyday happenings could result in bleeding into the urinary tract, vowel, from the nose, eyes, gums, etc. Platelet counts of less than 10,000-20,000 are critical. I hope that is helpful!
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