Haemato-biochemical alterations in gastroenteritis affected dogs
Richa Arora, Arpit Tyagi, S Shekhar, VS Rajora and Niddhi Arora
The present study was conducted in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex and Instructional Dairy Farm, C.V.A. Sc., GBPUA & T, Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand, India). A total of 12 dogs were included in the study out of which 6 were suffering from gastro-enteritis whereas 6 healthy dogs were chosen to serve as healthy control. Hemogram of the dogs suffering from gastro-enteritis revealed significant (P≤0.05) reduction in Hb, PCV, TEC, TLC, neutrophils and MCHC when compared to healthy dogs. While MCV and lymphocyte count increased significantly (P≤0.05). Alterations in biochemical parameters included significant (P≤0.05) increase in serum ALP and AST concentrations and reduced serum albumin.