Jasmines Blood work

[rhodesian46]

Brought my Husky Jasmine ( Pebbles sister)to have a CBC,urinalysis , Free T4,T4 and Super Chem done It was sent to Antech Labs. Of course my scanner isn't working and the Dr isn't here today. So I ran down there and got a copy. THere was a couple of readings that came out low and High Her Amalyse was low at 246(reference range is 290-1125 IU/L) and her Lipase was high 734(reference range 77-695 IU/L) Don't know if I should be concerned Jasmine did fast for these tests. Also in the urinalysis section the Urine Specific Gravity was with in rage but on the low end 1.018 ( reference range 1.015-1.050) It says glucose- Strip -negative Urine cloudy and yellow. Then it says Squamous Epithelia-HPF-Rare ( reference none-few) Why does her say rare? Other then all of the above everything else is within range including liver,kidney etc. Any comment on this or explanation would be appreciated. I just added this link to answer one of my question!!!!

http://www.vin.com/proceedings/Proceedings.plx?CID=WSAVA2004&PID=8613&Print=1&O (http://www.vin.com/proceedings/Proceedings.plx?CID=WSAVA2004&PID=8613&Print=1&O)=... maybe part of the link is missing. It looks like something should come after the last equal sign.

[eyelostit]

I found a couple of links
When I looked at the Merck Vet Manual ref's to find more specific Lipase bloodwork levels, it seems to be under specific conditons (ex: you have to look thru all of the illness without any topic on lower levels) seems most topics I found were on high levels.

Here are the links, best I can find as far as bloodwork, you no doubt already know these sites, but maybe you can see something I cannot, as with your experience with Angel Pebbles.
Texas A&M was used as alot of ref's in the book, as certain tests seem to be done only there.

Blood Tests explained
http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/Laboratory.htm (http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/Laboratory.htm)
How to interpret blood tests-urine test
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/courses_vm546/content_links/Clinical_Pathol (http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/courses_vm546/content_links/Clinical_Pathol)
ogy/Lab_Tests/urinalysis.htm
http://vet.osu.edu/assets/courses/vcs753/case9/dogurin.html (http://vet.osu.edu/assets/courses/vcs753/case9/dogurin.html)
Blood tests Hematology explained
http://www.acreaturecomfort.com/caninebloodwork.htm (http://www.acreaturecomfort.com/caninebloodwork.htm)http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dbloodwork.html#Increased%20ALT%20lev (http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dbloodwork.html#Increased%20ALT%20lev)
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Hopes this helps at bit, maybe Nat or Kath our super research providers can help more.

[k9diabetes]

Any sign of a UTI? I wondered about the cloudy urine. The vet will have to clarify this as I have no idea about the cells.


Amylase is secreted by the pancreas and is important in normal digestion of starch. High levels indicate pancreatic inflammation or cancer, kidney disease, prostatic inflammation, diabetic ketoacidosis (http://www.petplace.com/dogs/diabetic-ketoacidosis-dka-in-dogs/page1.aspx) and liver cancer. Low levels can indicate malnutrition or starvation.


http://www.petplace.com/dogs/understanding-blood-work-the-biochemical-profile-for-dogs-2/page2.aspx

The blood test for lipase is ordered, often along with an amylase test (http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/amylase/glance.html), to help diagnose and monitor acute pancreatitis (http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/pancreatitis.html) (inflammation of the pancreas), chronic pancreatitis, and other disorders that involve the pancreas.

Moderately increased lipase values may occur in other conditions such as kidney disease (http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/kidney.html) (due to decreased clearance from the blood), salivary gland inflammation, a bowel obstruction, or peptic ulcer disease (http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/peptic_ulcer.html), although the lipase test is not usually used to monitor these conditions. Decreased lipase levels may indicate permanent damage to the lipase-producing cells in the pancreas.


http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/lipase/test.html

Her values are not far off of normal so I'd talk to Dr. B. about whether they are significant.

Natalie

[k9diabetes]

After correcting my link!...

Epithelial cells in urine are generally of little specific diagnostic utility. Cells lining the urinary tract at any level may slough into the urine. In the case of voided samples, even cells from the genital tract can appear in the sample.

Most commonly seen are squamous epithelial cells from the distal urethra and/or vulva (upper panel at right), and transitional epithelial cells from the bladder and urethra (lower panel).

More information on epithelial cells in urine is in the Urine Sediment Atlas (http://www.diaglab.vet.cornell.edu/clinpath/modules/ua-sed/cells.htm).

http://www.diaglab.vet.cornell.edu/clinpath/modules/ua-rout/ua-rout.htm

[rhodesian46]

I don't think Jasmine has a UTI She is feeling fine No straining Really doesn't urinate often, As far as the amylase low I will question the Dr. Jasmine is a really slow eater but does finish her 2 / 2 c of food daily. I feed all 5 dogs diamond food They love it! The big girl weighed in a 66 lbs. So she is not starving. I am hoping to proceed with her teeth cleaning in a month as she is one stinky girl. The vet has an additional $30 for IV Should I add that to the teeth cleaning They said if she crashes they would have the port in. Whatever all that means. Will ask the vet about the cloudy urine ANd once I get my stupid printer to scan I will scan her whole blood work to ya. God how we worry about our babies.

[k9diabetes]

I usually don't worry to much about results that are only slightly elevated or slightly low.

Gus just had a urinalysis - no bacteria but his urine was also cloudy and had "rare" epithelials.

He did have some blood in it though. Haven't had a chance to talk to the vet about that yet.

He's the IBD/lymphoma cat. His main problem seems to have been very seriously enlarged anal sacs and he seems to feel better now that they are not pushing everything else in his ass around! :)

His IBD/lymphoma seems to be under control, which was a big relief. So now just have to sort out the blood.

The reading on the blood in the urine was 2+ and it said 75-100 blood cells.

Anyone know if that is a lot?

Natalie

[rhodesian46]

Wasn'dt able to find out what the 2+ means. I know that cleo had a bunch of blood in his urine with the ideopathic cystitis
www.petplace.com/cats/hematuria-in-cats/page1.aspxhttps://

[peggy0]

When I had a cleaning for my older dog, they put the IV in so they could reverse the anisthesia and bring him out of it immediately.

[rhodesian46]

Thanks then I will spend the extra money to do an IV

[k9diabetes]

I believe that sometimes their blood pressure falls and having the IV in allows them to prop up the blood pressure as well. Gus did something like this on the previous ultrasound - he has to be fully anesthetized for any serious procedure.

[k9diabetes]

Amalyse was low at 246 (reference range is 290-1125 IU/L)

Lipase was high 734 (reference range 77-695 IU/L)

Urine Specific Gravity was within range but on the low end 1.018 (reference range 1.015-1.050)

Urine cloudy and yellow.
Squamous Epithelia-HPF-Rare (reference none-few)


I believe Rare is actually better than few so this was within range.

I got the copy in my email but it didn't copy directly out and didn't really say anything you haven't already put here. It all looks really good. I'll be interested to see if the vet sees any clinical significance to the slightly amylase and slightly high lipase.