Congenital Pelger-Huet anomaly in a Danish/Swedish Farmdog: Case report
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2011-03-01Author
Lukaszewska, Janina
Allison, Robin W.
Stepkowska, Julita
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A 13 year old Danish/Swedish Farmdog from Denmark was evaluated in a veterinary clinic in Warsaw, Poland for evaluation of an orthopedic problem. Radiographs revealed spondylosis and degenerative vertebral disease, which responded to treatment with anti-inflammatory medications. A predominance of hyposegmented neutrophils and eosinophils containing condensed chromatin and normal cytoplasm were identified on a routine CBC. Follow-up blood film evaluations over the course of 12 months confirmed that the hyposegmented granulocytes persisted. The majority of neutrophils contained Grade 2 nuclei (slightly indented), and the mean nuclear score varied from 1.9 to 2.3. Pelger-Huet anomaly (PHA), presumably congenital, was diagnosed based on persistent hyposegmented granulocytes in the absence of an underlying cause for acquired PHA; genetically related dogs were unavailable for testing to confirm vertical transmission. To the authors' knowledge this is the first report of PHA in a Danish/Swedish Farmdog.
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Lukaszewska, J., Allison, R. W., & Stepkowska, J. (2011). Congenital Pelger-Huet anomaly in a Danish/Swedish Farmdog: Case report. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 53, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-53-14