1. Prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time using a point-of-care analyser (Abaxis VSpro®) in Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus )
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Megan K. Watson, Benjamin N. Nevitt, Michael J. Adkesson, Jennifer N. Langan, and Sathya K. Chinnadurai
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Male ,Under anaesthesia ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coagulation time ,040301 veterinary sciences ,Point-of-Care Systems ,Reference range ,Macropus rufogriseus ,0403 veterinary science ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Animals ,Medicine ,Thromboplastin ,Point of care ,Macropodidae ,Prothrombin time ,General Veterinary ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,biology.organism_classification ,Surgery ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Anesthesia ,Prothrombin Time ,Female ,Partial Thromboplastin Time ,business ,circulatory and respiratory physiology ,Partial thromboplastin time - Abstract
There are few reports of coagulation times in marsupial species. Blood samples collected from 14 Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) under anaesthesia during routine health assessments were analysed for prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) using a point-of-care analyser (POC) (Abaxis VSPro®). The wallabies had an aPTT mean of 78.09 s and median of 78.1 s. The PT for all wallabies was greater than 35 s, exceeding the longest time measured on the POC. Although PT was significantly longer, aPTT was similar to the manufacturer's domestic canine reference range.
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- 2016
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