Case 4- wellman CBC and urogential

A dog presents with a pyometra with pus leaking out of the vulva what type of pyometra is this classified as?

open

A dog presents with a pyometra with no pus leaking out of the vulva what type of pyometra is this classified as?

closed

What signalment of dogs are predisposed to developing a pyometra

non-spayed female dogs after heat cycles

Pyometra progresses in stages and can present similarly list them from earlies onset to most chronic

• hydrometra

• mucometra

• pyometra

Do hydrometra and mucometra have infections present within the fluid like pyometra

no fluid from the earlier stages is sterile

A dog presenting for signs urogenital problems has what top 3 diagnostics

• abdominal ultrasound/radiographs

• CBC/biochemistry

• Culture

What WBC changes are expected in a dog that is experiencing a pyometra

• leukocytosis

• neutrophillia

In pyometra would the neutrophillia have a left shift?

yes

what are causes of non-regenerative anemia

• chronic disease

• chronic kidney disease

• primary bone marrow failure

What RBC changes are we expecting to see in a dog afflicted with pyometra

nonregenrative anemia

What would point towards pyometra in a dogs radiographs

increased soft tissue opacity between colon and bladder