My dog's blood test shows abnormal platelets. Should I worry?

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Hi, I just had these bloods back for my dog and the vet said all was good then i noticed after that the column San-Plaquetas San-Agregados Plaquetares show an abnormal result and suspicious what are these values for and should i be concerned ? I am assuming not as the vet did not mention however i would like to becertain and since i have not been able to get hold of the vet to ask. I have attached one of the pages of his results which i think show all the details a Many thanks. Pet's info: Dog | Pointer | Male | neutered | 6 years and 3 months old | 52 lbs

David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

Hello, the low number of platelets is very common in automatic blood test done by a machine, machines tend to undercount the number of platelets and it is considered to be not accurate, for this reason the vet will usually do a blood smear and count the platelets manually. i would definitely not be worried about that.

My dog's blood test shows abnormal platelets. Should I worry?

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