Research Article, J Vet Sci Med Diagn Vol: 4 Issue: 5
Morphological and Cellular Changes Occurring in Anemia Associated with Chronic Renal Failure in Dogs
| Saraniya H, Chhabra S*, Sandhu BS and Bansal BK | |
| College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India | |
| Corresponding author : Sushma Chhabra College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Tel: +91-161-2412995 (R); 09463005061 (M); Fax: +91 161 2400822 E-mail: chhabrasushma@rediffmail.com |
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| Received: August 26, 2015 Accepted: October 09, 2015 Published: October 14, 2015 | |
| Citation: Saraniya H, Chhabra S, Sandhu BS, Bansal BK (2015) Morphological and Cellular Changes Occurring in Anemia Associated with Chronic Renal Failure in Dogs. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 4:5. doi:10.4172/2325-9590.1000174 |
Abstract
Morphological and Cellular Changes Occurring in Anemia Associated with Chronic Renal Failure in Dogs
The study was carried out in 43 dogs suffering from anemia associated with chronic renal failure to evaluate the incidence, type, severity and hematological changes of anemia and 12 apparently healthy dogs. The dogs exhibiting clinical manifestation of pale mucous membranes, anorexia, lethargy, chronic weight loss, polyuria and polydipsia were examined clinically and subjected to complete analysis. Non regenerative anemia was seen in 28 (65.12%) dogs and regenerative anemia was seen in 15 (34.88%) dogs. Majority of the dogs showed normocytic normochromic anemia as the major cellular changes, however, few dogs also showed microcytic and hypochromic changes along with anisocytosis and poikilocytosis. There were no strength of regeneration noticed in all 43 cases with reticulocytes <1 per cent with most of the cases falling under the category of moderate to severe anemia.
