title: Agreement among three different equine venipuncture sites with regard to measurement of packed cell volume and total solids.
abstract: The primary objective of this study was to determine the agreement between the packed cell volume (PCV) and total solids (TS) values in blood collected from the jugular vein (JV) in comparison with the cephalic vein (CV) and the transverse facial venous sinus (TFVS) in healthy adult horses. A total of 72 samples were taken from 24 horses. We found high agreement that reflects no clinically relevant differences between the PCV and TS values obtained from the CV or the TFVS in comparison with the JV in standing healthy adult horses.
authors.affiliation: Koret School of Veterinary Medicine-Veterinary Teaching Hospital, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, POB 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel. fatmadahan@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dahan
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Oreff
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kelmer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005552:Forelimb / Q000098:blood supply; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood*; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: cephalic vein; horses; transverse facial venous sinus; venipuncture