Comparación de eritrogramas en pacientes caninos sanos atendidos en centros veterinarios establecidos en dos pisos altitudinales, durante el periodo julio 2017 – julio 2018

In order to describe the health of an individual, the complementary use of several diagnostic tools is essential. The blood count is a routine and easy-touse diagnostic tool that compares the blood values of an individual with standardized reference values. Blood values can be altered by various factors, and can be influenced according to the peculiarities of each population. The present study aims to determine the existence of significant differences between the values of the erythrogram in clinically healthy canines of two different altitudinal floors. This longitudinal retrospective observational study took place in different veterinary centers. In the city of Guayaquil it was at the Dr. Pet Veterinary Hospital, and in the city of Quito it was performed in several veterinary centers, with clinically healthy canines. 409 patients living in the city of Guayaquil and 401 patients from the city of Quito were obtained. The hematocrit, hemoglobin and platelet values of 810 adult canines were determined by mechanical technique with the ABAXIS HM5 (Hematology Analyzer). The values obtained were subjected to a study of descriptive statistics to be able to find normality in the data, which resulted in obtaining the following values for the city of Quito: hematocrit (35.40 - 59.50 percent), hemoglobin (11.50 - 20.90 g / dL) and platelets (174.00 - 46.00 g / dL); and for the city of Guayaquil: hematocrit (32.00 - 56.00 percent), hemoglobin (10.60 - 18.90 g / dL) and platelets (173.00 - 527.00 g / dL). Then an (ANOVA) was carried out to delimit the existence of a difference attributable to the different altitudinal floors where the study was conducted, obtaining the following results; hematocrit (p equal to .000), hemoglobin (p equal to 0.025) and platelets (p equal to .464). It was determined that height of a different altitudinal floor can be a factor that affects the blood count, however, since the data is not homogeneous, it is necessary to carry out controlled trials to corroborate these results.