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| | ===[[Modified Transudate]]=== | | ===[[Modified Transudate]]=== |
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| − | ===Exudate=== | + | ===[[Exudate]]=== |
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| − | *'''High cells''' and '''high protein'''
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| − | *Turbid - red, yellow, white
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| − | *Specific gravity > 1.018
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| − | *Total protein > 30g/L
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| − | *Nucleated cells >3 x 10e9/L
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| − | *[[Neutrophils - WikiBlood|Neutrophils]] non-degenerate or degenerate, [[Macrophages - WikiBlood|macrophages]], [[Lymphocytes - WikiBlood|lymphocytes]], [[Eosinophils - WikiBlood|eosinophils]] (with parasites)
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| − | *'''Due to:'''
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| − | **Inflammation of the pleural/abdominal cavities or their lining
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| − | ***Septic
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| − | ****Degenerate neutrophils
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| − | ****Intracellular bacteria
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| − | ****''In horses''
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| − | *****Yellow, brown turbid
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| − | *****Look for plant material - rupture or [[Enterocentesis|perforation]] of gut wall
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| − | *****Horses with gut rupture will quickly develop cardiovascular collapse
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| − | ***Non-septic
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| − | ****Non-derenerate neutrophils
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| − | ****No bacteria
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| − | ****''In horses''
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| − | *****Amber, slightly turbid fluid
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| − | *****[[Neutrophils - WikiBlood|Neutrophils]] > [[Macrophages - WikiBlood|macrophages]]
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| − | ****e.g.[[Feline Infectious Peritonitis|FIP]]
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| − | **Long standing modified transudate becomes exudate
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| − | **Neoplasia (cell numbers really high)
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| | ===Haemorrhage=== | | ===Haemorrhage=== |