Blood work help.....

[Kara]

Ok, just got Taurus' results from the blood work we had done...
was wondering if someone could help me out with a couple of them....

ALB...??

AMYL...???

HCT...???

MCV...???

The only one that seems to be really low is the AMYL. The normal reange says 500-1500. Taurus was at 299. The vet faxed them over to me and told me to call him in the morning. He wrote a note which is very hard to read b/c he has terrible hand writting, but from what I can get out of it, it says Taurus has low thyroid...

[Maryellen]

sounds like you are going thru what i am going thru, ihave no clue how to read the results either

[Boo439]

ALB...?? Albumin

AMYL...??? Amylase

HCT...??? Hematocrit

MCV...??? Mean Corpuscular Volume

Here's a link to help you. It pays to take a medical terminology class and start nursing school 90% of the material is interchangable between humans and animals.

http://www.ighawaii.com/naturally/newsletter/lab.html

[Kara]

ALB...?? Albumin

AMYL...??? Amylase

HCT...??? Hematocrit

MCV...??? Mean Corpuscular Volume

I can explain each one if you'd like...

please do....

The one that was real low was the AMYL...

[Boo439]

Look up, I added a link. It really only talks about high amylase, not low... Sorry.

[elegy]

amylase is a pancreatic value. if it's crazy high it can indicate pancreatitis (my little poodle is currently recovering from this. her amylase was >3 times normal). i don't know what it means if it's low though. i couldn't find anything in my vet tech books about low amylase.