utopia Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 My 8 yr old female had a 16 value on recent blood work. What does this number mean? Are there ways to improve this number w/o changing her raw diet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewGrey2017 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 The test for my dog came back 1.8 on an acceptable range of 0.5 - 1.6 ml/dL. That was considered high, but not high enough that I'm going to do anything about it. I'd call your vet and ask what the acceptable range is. They are obviously not using the same scale as my vet or your dog would be critical. From discussion with my vet, creatinine is an indicator for kidney issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleptogrey Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) 16 or 1.6??? do discuss what to feed and a schedule of blood test to monitor it. are there any underlying causes that might result in the elevation? all to be discussed with your vet. Edited June 15, 2018 by cleptogrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeylasMom Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 We need a reference range before we can give input. There are a few good sources out there already for normal GH values. Creatinine tends to run a bit high so slightly elevated numbers shouldn't be anything to worry about unless historically she ran much lower and suddenly she's having symptoms that prompted the visit. Quote Jen, CPDT-KA with Zuri, lab in a greyhound suit, Violet, formerly known as Faith, Skye, the permanent puppy, Cisco, resident cat, and my baby girl Neyla, forever in my heart "The great thing about science is that you're free to disagree with it, but you'll be wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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