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When you have a blood test run on
your horse, it is important to have your
veterinarian follow the accepted protocols
associated with any blood testing, that is,
blood should be drawn first thing in the
morning, before your horse has been fed his
breakfast. This assures more accurate test
results.
Red blood cells
have a gestation of 32 o 45 days within the bone
marrow before being "born" into the blood
stream. This means that any improvements you
make in your horse's nutrition will not even
begin to show up in his blood for six weeks.
Even then, if your horse were seriously anemic,
his marrow will have to release the new red
cells for some period of time for the cumulative
effect to show as an improved blood count.
Test results that fall within
a normal range, whether high or low, are still
normal. There are several factors such as age,
breed, fitness, work level, and nutrition (not
to mention, time of day) that influence what is
high or low for each individual horse.
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