Type of leukocyte increased by parasites
What is eosinophils
Produced in the mouth, stomach, and pancreas
What is amylase (or lipase)
Analyte responsible for yellow coloration in jaundice
What is bilirubin
Frequently increased with stress/anxiety
What is glucose
Often increased in Cushing's disease
What is ALKP
Most numerous leukocyte
What is neutrophils
Analyte influenced by the patient's degree of muscling
What is creatinine
Synthesized by the liver important for maintaining blood pressure
What is albumin
An analyte that increases in certain types of cancer
What is Ca++
Decreases in this analyte can cause seizures
What is Ca++
Cells that respond during fungal infection
What are eosinophils and neutrophils
Proteins that often increase with chronic infections like ehrlichiosis
What are globulins
Produced in the liver and excreted by the kidneys, analyte increases with dehydration
What is blood urea nitrogen
Critically important for maintaining erythrocyte cell volume
What is phosphorus
Three analytes increased during active growth
What are Ca++, phosphorus, and ALKP
Cells most often causing leukemia
What are lymphocytes
Increased in dogs but not in cats who are receiving dexamethasone
What is alkaline phosphate
What are ALKP & GGT
An organ/tissue that malfunctions when there are no reticulocytes in an anemic cat
What is bone marrow (kidneys also)
Indication of appropriate response to anemia
What are reticulocytes
Cells associated with mast cell tumors
What are eosinophils
Marked increases can occur in hypothyroidism
What is cholesterol
Two analytes expected to decrease with insufficient liver function
What are BUN & albumin
Two types of cells that often decrease with feline retrovirus infection
What are lymphocytes & erythrocytes
Term used to indicate an enzyme increases when triggered by a regulatory molecule
What is inducible