For bone marrow biopsy they knock them out for a few minutes and aspirate the bone with a needle. Then wake them up. Simon had it and had no pain from it, and the only mark was a very tiny scab like a bug bite. Michelle In a message dated 12/6/2006 12:04:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
____________________________________ From: Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:29 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: unknown cause of Anemia - help! Hi, my ayumi’s PCV started going down again and don’t know why ---it’s been mid 20’s for the past several weeks and now right below 20 – we (the vet and I ) don’t have any ideas why – she is negative for felk or fiv – and she is negative for hemebartnella (sp) – she is scheduled for dental this week and am very nervous – could stomatitis cause anemia??(I I don’t think so) – how invasive is bone marrow biopsy and what doe they do exactly? Any insight is appreciate – her kidney function and al others are normal but high end normal