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Originally Posted by heylids  Our 10 yr old female’s bloodwork indicates 8.6 the norm is 13. Vet indicates it’s primary hypothyroid with an underlying secondary. He suggests 2nd bloodwork to determining the secondary cause. We’ve in Canada and will need to send it to USA for testing.
Anyone have information with what might be happening?
Does your dog have this primary condition?
How are you treating it?
Any Information and thoughts on the 8.6 result?
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I’m not a vet, and I’m not highly knowledgeable about things like this, but if I were you I would ask for clarification from my vet. What I mean is, there are dozens of different blood work readings. All of them have different meanings and uses, and all of them have different “normal ranges.” None, to my knowledge, has one exact reading of “normal” that should be exactly the same for every healthy animal.
Just as an example, here are two web sites you can access. One gives the “normal range” for various parts of the blood panel, and the other gives an explanation of the most common readings. I don’t see any test with an exact normal of 13 without any range variation, and I don’t see a thyroid test that even has 13 within it’s normal. So, for what it’s worth, as I said, my first step would be to ask the vet for clarification.
https://www.2ndchance.info/normaldog...loodvalues.htm https://www.thedrakecenter.com/servi...ry-blood-tests