Right dorsal colitis in the horse: minireview and reports on three cases in Ireland

Table 3 Clinical pathology and further diagnostic tests on three horses with right dorsal colitis

Horse	Reference range	1	2	3
Packed cell volume L/L	0.3 - 0.5	0.27	0.27	0.27
White blood cell count × 10 ⁹ /L	4.9 - 12.4	8.0	15.5	3.8
Neutrophils × 10 ⁹ /L	2.1 - 7.4	5.6	10.5	1.41
Serum total protein g/L	55 - 75	17	36	40
Serum albumin g/L	27 - 37	9	14	18
Total serum calcium mmol/L	2.8 - 3.4	2.45	2.21	2.58
Urinalysis	n/a	Normal	Normal	Normal
Faecal *Salmonella* culture	n/a	Negative	n/a	Negative
Faecal occult blood	n/a	Positive	Positive	Positive
Worm egg count	n/a	Negative	Negative	Negative
Gastric ulceration present on gastroscopy	n/a	Negative	Positive	Negative
Abdominal fluid analyses
White blood cells x10⁹/L	<5.0	6.3	2.4	0.4
Total protein g/L	<25	30	32	15
Thickness of the wall of the right dorsal colon (ultrasound) cm	<0.6	1.3	0.5	1.2

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