Haematologic and biochemical changes in bitchs with clinical and subclinical mastitis

Abstract

Mastitis in bitch is in general superficially researched and evaluated. Data regarding blood tests during bitch glandular tissue inflammation is scarcely documented, therefore this paper aims to assess blood response in such cases. A total of 74 blood samples were obtained from lactating dams.These included females with Lactatio sine graviditate, with or without overt signs of mammary gland illness and with or without other signs of disease. Routine complete blood count and serum total proteins were evaluated. Complete blood count and total serum protein levels showed great flexibility, thus making it very difficult to establish and describe a clear and common haematological and biochemical pathway during mastitis inflammatory response. Clincians shoulds not relay only on blood tests whenever dealing with such pathology. Complete blood count and total serum protein levels should only be used as complementary tests, alongside other assays such as milk microbiology or cytology.

Therapeutic management of mastitis in a mongrel bitch: A case report

“…The clinical picture of the affected glands presented warm, erythematic, oedematous and painful condition similar to the findings of Vasiu et al (2015) [9] . The alkaline pH and cytological finding of milk supported the clinical diagnosis and were in agreement with the findings of Hasegawa et al, (1993) [10] and Vasiu et al, (2016) [11] . The deviation of haematological and sero-biochemical parameters were found in accordance to the findings of Vasiu et al (2016) [11] .…”

“…The alkaline pH and cytological finding of milk supported the clinical diagnosis and were in agreement with the findings of Hasegawa et al, (1993) [10] and Vasiu et al, (2016) [11] . The deviation of haematological and sero-biochemical parameters were found in accordance to the findings of Vasiu et al (2016) [11] . The correct and early diagnosis of mammary gland infections in dams is the necessity to save the bitch and the pups.…”

Aerobic Isolates from Gestational and Non-Gestational Lactating Bitches (Canis lupus familiaris)

“…All dogs were brought to the Department and Clinic of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for a gynecology consultation between January 2013 and December 2014. Some of the dogs were included in previously published papers that investigated bitch hematological changes [25], milk and serum CRP levels [26] and milk cytology diagnostics [27] during mastitis episodes.…”

How Reliable Are Laboratory Test When Diagnosing Bitch Mastitis?

“…Bitch mastitis diagnostic is performed by laboratory assays such as chloride levels, milk pH [4], and milk cytology [5,6] alongside microbiology susceptibility testing [7]. Hematology and biochemistry assays such as total solids (TS), total proteins (TP) [8], CRP [3], or haptoglobin (Hp) measurements [4,9] are also taken into account.…”

“…Recent data [8] shows that hematology and other blood tests such as packed cell volume (PCV) and TP are not very reliable (p > 0.05) when trying to diagnose or evaluate the mammary gland health status in bitch [8]. However, there are isolated cases of mastitis acuta described in bitch that evolved with lymphocytosis with a degenerative left shift [41] or with normocytic normochromic anemia, lymphopenia, and reactive thrombocytosis [42].…”