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Since PCV is not a measure of the actual number of red blood cells, anaemic animals may appear to have a normal or even increased PCV if they also become dehydrated.  An example of this phenomenon occurs with [[Hypoadrenocorticism|Addison's disease]], where animals frequently have a non-regenerative anaemia which is masked by dehydration in an Addisonian crisis.

Since PCV is not a measure of the actual number of red blood cells, anaemic animals may appear to have a normal or even increased PCV if they also become dehydrated.  An example of this phenomenon occurs with [[Hypoadrenocorticism|Addison's disease]], where animals frequently have a non-regenerative anaemia which is masked by dehydration in an Addisonian crisis.

 

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