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We hypothesized that an increased proportion of large, activated platelets would be present.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ninety\u2010six infected and 15 control dogs were included. <jats:italic>Babesia<\/jats:italic>\u2010infected dogs were further divided into survivors and nonsurvivors. Platelet count, mean platelet volume (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MPV<\/jats:styled-content>), platelet volume distribution width (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PDW<\/jats:styled-content>), plateletcrit (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCT<\/jats:styled-content>), mean platelet mass (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MPM<\/jats:styled-content>), mean platelet component concentration (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MPC<\/jats:styled-content>), and platelet component distribution width (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCDW<\/jats:styled-content>) were measured at presentation, and at 24 and 48\u00a0hours in admitted survivors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mortality rate was 13% (12\/96). At presentation, compared to controls, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PLT<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCT<\/jats:styled-content> were significantly decreased in survivors and nonsurvivors (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>.001 for both). Mean platelet volume was significantly increased in survivors and nonsurvivors compared to the controls (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>.001 for both); however, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MPM<\/jats:styled-content> was only significantly increased in the survivors (<jats:italic>P\u00a0<\/jats:italic>&lt;<jats:italic>\u00a0<\/jats:italic>.001). There were no differences between the survivors and nonsurvivors for any of the indices at presentation. Platelet count and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCT<\/jats:styled-content> were significantly increased at 24 and 48\u00a0hours, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MPC<\/jats:styled-content> significantly increased at 24\u00a0hours for admitted survivors compared to the values at presentation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Large, activated platelets were significantly increased and may play a role in the lack of a bleeding phenotype, despite severe thrombocytopenia, in canine babesiosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/vcp.12306","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,27]],"date-time":"2015-11-27T15:42:39Z","timestamp":1448638959000},"page":"493-497","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Platelet indices in dogs with <i>Babesia rossi<\/i> 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