Hi Fellow FMLers! I am owned by a single fert ( Ming Jou, sprite, 3yrs 8mos.) I took her in for her physical/bloodwork and the test results were of concern to my vet. (His concerns were the liver enzyme ALT, the Gamma GT was elevated, the BUN elevated). That the proteins were elevated as well he thought was a strange reading but was okay. He phoned me after consulting w/other vets and I will be taking her in to repeat the screen, check bile acids and possibly protein electrophoresis. Before I do this, however, I would appreciate it if some of you knowledgeable folk(vet, techs, experienced shelter parents) would comment on the results as well. Just as a note, Ming Jou has always been healthy, very active, small eater and drinker. SPOILED ROTTEN Weight has always been ~0.8 kg. She has always eaten ferret food(mix of TF w/Sheppard& Greene or 8 in 1 ultimate or the ferret store brand). She is caged at night only. She goes for a long walk with me every day and thrives on long and short trips out of town. As she has a penchant for flowers and plants, she has given me numerous grey hairs <g> and has had two surgeries for blockages. Following are the bloodscreen results. [Moderator's note: I'm afraid the test results didn't survive the transition to email very well. I guess they sorta make sense if you're used to reading them, but the columns just didn't line up and I don't want to mess with it too much and perhaps make things worse in the process. (Normally I would have asked for clarification, but since we're dealing with a sick ferret here, time could be important.) BIG] ________________________________________________________________________ TEST NAME NORMAL OUT OF RANGE UNITS REFERENCE RANGE ________________________________________________________________________ Chemistry run on a 2X dilution. Urine sample is free catch. HISTORY: GENERAL HEALTH SCREE. NO V/D, NO PU/PD, NO CLINICAL SIGNS. EATING DRINKING FINE. ELECTROLYTES AND CO2 ANALYZED ON UNDILUTED SERA. General Panel cbc with differencial white cell count 14.8 10.9/l 4.0-18.2 CD-NEUTR 2.20 10e9/L CD-LYMPHS 11.800 10e9/L CD-MONOCYTES 0.549 10e9/L CD-EOSINOPHILS 0.254 10e9/L CD-BASOPHILS 0.079 10e9/L MORPHOLOGY T This is an automated differential, all absolute numbers are in SI units. Platelet numbers are adequate. Platelets clumped. Slight anisocytosis is present. Red Cell Count 8.75 10.21/l 6.5-9.8 Hemoglobin 148 g/l 126-180 Hematocrit 0.460 l/l 0.420-0.550 Mean Corp Vol. 53 f/l 42-56 Mean Corp Hemoglobin 17.0 H pg 13.0-16.0 Mean Hemoglobin Conc 322 g/l 300-370 RDW 17.7 Platetlet Count 508 10.9/l Mean Platelet Volume 8 fl Chemistry Screen Glucose 5.8 mmol/l 3.0-7.2 Blood Urea Nitro 15.8 H mmol/l 5.9-14.0 Creatinine 108 umol/l 88-177 Sodium 157 mmol/l 140-158 Potassium 5.0 mmol/l 4.0-5.7 Calcium 2.52 mmol/l 2.36-2.74 Phosphorus 1.78 mmol/l 0.97-2.25 Total Protein 92 H g/l 52-75 NSQ FOR REPEAT Albumin 53 H g/l 29-44 ANALYZED ON UNDILUTED SERA; VERIFIED Globulin 39 g/l 27-44 Albumin/Globulin Ratio 1.4 H 0.6-1.2 Bilirubin total 6 umol/l 0-8 Alkaline phosphatase 42 iu/l 10-72 Sgpt [alt] 310 H iu/l 64-250 Chloride 119 H mmol/l 110-115 Carbon Dioxide 17 L mmol/l 18-26 Calculated Osmolality 322.9 mmol/kg Anion Gap 26 14-27 Creatine Phosphokinase 118 iu/l 50-200 Gamma gt 48 H iu/l 0-12 Sgot [ast] 70 iu/l 64-250 Urinalysis PH....: 6.0 PROTEIN: .3g/l WBC......: 0 -3 BACTERIA: NEG SP.GRV: 1.049 GLUCOSE: NEG RBC......: 0 -3 MUCUS: FEW APPEAR: Clear KETONE: NEG EPITH....: NEG COLOR: Yellow BLOOD: NEG HYAL CAST: NEG CRYSTAL: BILIRUB: NEG GRAN CAST: NEG AMOUNT: UROBIL: NORM RBC CAST: NEG Small volume of urine received. Small amount of oil droplets COMMENT: HIGH UREA - INCREASED AMMONIA METABOLISM? HIGH PROTEIN AND ALBUMIN - DEHYDRATION? HIGH ALT AND GGT - OCCULT LIVER DISEASE? CHECK BILE ACIDS/HEPATIC FUNCTION? NSQ DIAGNOSTIC ABNORMALITIES. NOTE: OWNER CONSTANTLY AFTER MING JOU TO DRINK MORE. _______________________ END __________________________________________ Thanks in advance for your help, dooks Lynn and Ming Jou [Posted in FML issue 3128]