Common lab abnormalities (Grades 1 - 4) in ≥ 25 % of patients included: decrease in hemoglobin (85 %), decrease in platelet count (72 %),
decrease in white blood cell count (66 %), decrease in absolute neutrophil count (53 %), increase in AST (36 %) and increase in ALT (28 %).
New models that
factor in white blood cell count and blood pH do better, but «they require a lot of invasive testing,» says Anna Penn, a neonatologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) in Palo Alto, California.
In this study, all 20 placebo recipients developed viremia, 16 (80 percent) developed mild rash and 4 (20 percent) had a temporary drop
in white blood cell count following challenge with the virus.
That's important, as a cooldown performed immediately after exercise can reduce the
decline in white blood cell count by a whopping 30 percent, effectively promoting a healthy immune system.
Blood work will often times show an increase in liver enzymes, an increase in total bilirubin, and an increase
in the white blood cell count.
There is a decrease
in white blood cell count and ulceration of the intestinal lining, leaving puppies vulnerable to secondary bacterial infection.
Changes
in white blood cell counts can indicate infection or other pathological diseases that affect the bone marrow, such as certain forms of cancer.
Also, some dogs with panosteitis will develop a fever and an increase
in their white blood cell count.
The blood sample will indicate a drop
in white blood cell count, suggesting panleukopenia, while the specimen can register traces of the FPV virus.