Blood Chemistry

HEALTH-GREYHOUNDS ARE DIFFERENT: Blood Chemestry

Greyhound Blood Count and Profile

The veterinarian’s answer that their blood chemistry is different is correct but oversimplified. You would be amazed at how different their blood cell counts and blood biochemistry really is -- and not just the red and white blood cell count! If your vet sends the blood work out for testing at a national laboratory like IDEXX or Antech the report they get back will indicate some of the range differences for greyhounds, but not all. If they do in-house testing their scale probably won’t be adjusted for greyhounds. Instead of us listing the many differences in greyhound blood, we have linked to two very reliable articles that list all of the differences.

greyhound blood work differences an older article on from Dr. Suzanne Stack from her website titled Greythealth. The Greythealth website is actually a treasure trove of other articles on greyhound health topics.
www.greyhoundhealthinitiative.org/ri_cards/ This is a site that gives you a quick review of greyhound blood differences and a wallet sized card that shows blood values for greys and other dogs. The Greyhound health Initiative is the best source of information on many greyhound health topics.