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Immune Mediated Thrombocytopaenia (view source)
Revision as of 11:34, 6 October 2010
, 11:34, 6 October 2010→Other Tests
Definitive diagnosis relies on the detection of serum anti-platelet antibodies but this test is not widely available.
Definitive diagnosis relies on the detection of serum anti-platelet antibodies but this test is not widely available.
Other tests may also be used to exclude potential infectious causes of thrombocytopaenia such as ''[[Ehrlichia platys]]'' and ''[[Tick-borne Fever|Anaplasma phagocytophilum]]''.
Other tests may also be used to exclude potential infectious causes of thrombocytopaenia such as ''[[Ehrlichia platys]]'' and ''Anaplasma phagocytophilum''.
Faecal occult blood tests represent an unreliable way of detecting gastro-intestinal haemorrhage in cases of mild melaena. The animal must be deprived of meat, bismuth subsalicylate and ferrous sulphate for 3 days before the faecal samples are taken for analysis.
Faecal occult blood tests represent an unreliable way of detecting gastro-intestinal haemorrhage in cases of mild melaena. The animal must be deprived of meat, bismuth subsalicylate and ferrous sulphate for 3 days before the faecal samples are taken for analysis.