Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
Department of Internal and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Abstract
Iron is the important element when deficient is associated with decrease blood values and animal which located under risk of many diseases. Complete Blood Counts (CBCs) was done by (VET haematology system). While the iron profile included serum iron, total iron binding capacity (TIBC) was measured by the colorimetric method. So, the canine ferritin was determined by the canine-FE ELISA kit. The unbound iron binding capacity (UIBC) and transferrin saturation (TS%) were calculated by equations. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to measure the relationship between these test values. The correlation analysis of iron profile and haematological values was conducted on 175 dogs. The results showed that serum iron concentrations were positively and significantly correlated with TIBC, TS%, RBC, HGB, HCT, and platelet counts, whereas ferritin concentrations were negatively correlated only with MCV. Also, the results showed a negative correlation between ferritin and lymphocyte counts. The study concluded that serum iron levels are highly correlated with erythrogram values. Ferritin is limited in the diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia because it acts as a biomarker and is not correlated with most erythrogram values. The negative correlation between ferritin and MCV reflected that MCV can be used in the estimation of iron deficiency
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