Anaemia: cat / dog
Regenerative
Non-regenerative
Haemolysis
Haemorrhage
Extra bone marrow disease
Primary bone marrow disease
Immune mediated haemolytic anaemia
Erythrocytic parasites
Haemotropic mycoplasmas (Mycoplasma haemofelis)
Babesia canis
FeLV
EIA
Oxidative damage – Heinz bodies, eccentrocytes Toxic causes - Allium spp., paracetamol, zinc, Brassicas (ruminants), red maple leaf (horses), systemic
Hypophosphatemia
Neonatal isoerythrolysis
Microangiopathic disease (shear injury)
Hereditary RBC enzymopathies – PFK / PK deficiency
Transfusion reactions
Other rare causes – envenomation, erythrophagocytic disease
External
Internal (body cavities)
Haemothorax
Haemoabdomen
Body surface (clearly visible)
external (hidden) surfaces
Gastrointestinal tract
Genitourinary tract
Respiratory tract
infectious
non-regenerative immune mediated haemolytic anaemia
infiltrative disease
myelofibrosis
leukaemia, stage V lymphoma
multiple myeloma
Primary (autoimmune)
Secondary
any chronic disease
oestrogen producing tumour
chronic GI blood loss
chemotherapeutic drugs
microcytic +/- hypochromic
chronic kidney disease
endocrinopathies (hypothyroidism, hypoadrenocorticism)
chronic inflammatory disease
neoplasia