Is it possible to use expired tubes for routine biochemical analysis in dogs?

Background: Expired collection tubes may be used inadvertently and resampling is not always possible. To date, studies have not been conducted in veterinary medicine to determine whether or not biochemical measurements obtained from specimens collected into expired tubes are accurate enough for clinical decision-making.

Objectives: The aims of this preliminary study were to assess the impact of measuring routine plasma biochemical analytes in canine specimens collected in expired tubes and to investigate the relationship between post-expiration time and the magnitude of errors.

Anaplasmosis in two dogs in France and molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophilum.

Two dogs in France were diagnosed with Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection by real-time PCR. The most remarkable hematologic and biochemical findings were severe thrombocytopenia, mild neutrophilia, morulae in neutrophils, and increased serum concentration of the α2-globulin fraction detected by agarose gel electrophoresis of serum proteins. Using sequencing of the partial 16S rRNA and ankA genes, molecular characterization of the A.