Key result
Food intake in healthy dogs is linked to higher hemoglobin, WBC count, and plasma protein during lipemia.
Why the study?
To determine the hematological alterations in healthy dogs at the peak of postprandial hypertriglyceridemia.
Does food intake alter complete blood count parameters in healthy dogs?
Observational (n=24)
No
Does food intake alter complete blood count parameters in healthy dogs?
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Postprandial hypertriglyceridemia transiently alters hematological parameters in healthy dogs, which is important for interpreting laboratory tests.
The present determined the hematological alterations of healthy dogs at the peak of postprandial hypertriglyceridemia. Twenty-four clinically healthy dogs had blood samples collected to perform complete blood count on three consecutive days at the same time every day: first day after a 12-hour fast; second day three hours after feeding with commercial feed, during the peak of postprandial lipemia; and third day after a 12-hour fast. Feeding led to an increase in MCHC, hemoglobin and white blood cell count due to the increase in segmented neutrophil, monocyte and eosinophil concentrations. A significant increase in total plasma protein content was also observed. Postprandial condition at the peak of hypertriglyceridemia influences hematological parameters of healthy dogs, which is an important finding, however transient, when interpreting laboratory blood tests.
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Oliveira et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Healthy dogs (n=24). Commercial feed vs. 12-hour fasting was evaluated on Complete blood count alterations at peak postprandial hypertriglyceridemia. Food intake in healthy dogs significantly increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, hemoglobin, white blood cell count, and total plasma protein during peak postprandial lipemia.
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