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Table 1 Selected serum biochemistry, haematology and faecal analysis

From: Cholestyramine treatment in two dogs with presumptive bile acid diarrhoea: a case report

Parameter

Reference interval

Case 1

Case 2

Total leukocyte count

6.2–11.4 × 109/L

10.8a

8.03a

Haematocrit

37.3–61.9%

44.9

62.7

Total protein

60–75 g/L

62

55

Albumin

29–39 g/L

34

32

Cholesterol

4.1–7.3 mmol/L

7.1

4.9

Alanine aminotransferase

0.3–1.3 ukat/L

0.8

0.7

Alkaline phosphatase

0.1–1.7 ukat/L

54

1.8

Creatinine

65–105 μmol/l

69

101

Blood urea nitrogen

3.8–9.0 mmol/L

2.9

6.7

C-reactive protein

0–30 mg/L

45

< 10

Cobalamin

180–700 pmol/l

468

405

Folate

15–45 nmol/l

> 54

16

Specific canine pancreatic lipase

0–200 μg/L

67

51

Trypsin-like immunoreactivity

5.5–35 μg/L

22

18

Faecal tests

 Faecal sedimentation-flotation

Negative

Negative

Negative

 IDEXX SNAP Giardia test

Negative

Negative

Negative

 Dysbiosis index

<  2

−0.7

N/A

 Clostridium hiranonis

5.1–7.1 Log DNA/g

5.1

N/A

  1. Bold numbers – results outside reference interval. aNormal white blood cell differential count, N/A not applicable