Cindy Out of curiosity has your vet arranged to have a manual count done as suggested by quite a few of us who replied to your post It has been known for a good few years now that some Cavaliers have abnormally large white cells. In fact if my memory serves me right there is research into this going on at the moment at Cambridge in the UK and at one of the Vet schools in the US Whether their research will come up with anything time alone will tell but meanwhile if the dog is healthy and a manual count reveals that the count is not abnormally low I would leave well alone. JMO of course
Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia J. Savoia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Thrombocytopenia > Kim, > > My vet, like many, have pre-arrangements with their lab to do Diagnostic > Health Profiles, which includes a CBC, Thyroid, among others at a reduced > rate. It is 1/4 the cost of doing the CBC and Thyroid separately. The vet > and the lab are doing this in hopes to maybe catch some problems, whether > diabetes, kidney, liver, thyroid, before they get too bad and can't be > treated. I, myself, work in a normal job and don't spend money on a "whim". > I did feal that the cost of this test was small compared to waiting if > there was a problems. I mentioned it to the list, because the research I > found was that over 30% of Cavaliers have Thromocytopenia (most are > asymptomatic to it and owners don't realize they have it). This is something > to keep an eye on - I was not suggesting major testing, but if your vet has > an arrangement with the lab like mine, the test is cheaper than doing just > the Thyroid that people check regularly. > > Cynthia Savoia > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
