Last Updated on January 10, 2021
4. How can your dog be diagnosed?
Take your dog to an emergency vet clinic and start by giving the vet all the details leading to the symptoms they are experiencing at the moment. Can you remember if they had any contact with materials or objects containing lead? What has been your dog’s medical history so far? These questions are very important to help the veterinarian achieve a proper diagnosis. To ensure a correct diagnosis and suggest appropriate treatment, your dog might have to be subjected to some laboratory tests, such as a urinalysis, a blood count, and a biochemistry profile. If they suffer from lead toxicity, the blood tests might show different sized red blood cells, red blood cells with abnormal shapes, or even variation in coloring. Plus, the count of neutrophils, a type of white blood cells, might be higher than usual.
