Need help interpreting lab results

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Tamara Woodcock nis75p06@mindspring.com
A question for the vets...

I had blood drawn from Roo, a 10 yo gelding, for a CBC and chemistry panel.  He was not eating as well I want and was starting to lose weight as I started to condition him.  I've owned Roo about 6 weeks.

For reasons that would take a book to explain, I cannot get the vet who drew the samples to explain the results to me, and I haven't found a new vet here locally as of yet.  Small animal vets, and cattle vets are easy to find.  Horse vets seem to be more difficult...

The results I'm concerned about, if I'm reading the faxes correctly, show very low RBC count (6.62), low hemoglobin count (12.2), and low hematocrit count (31.8).  The chemistry panel shows very, very high CK (creatin kinase???) levels at 774 U/l, almost twice the normal high.

From looking up the definitions, I believe this means the horse is anemic.  Does this sound correct?

I realize I'm asking for a lot from a little information, and as soon as I can find a new "horse" vet, I'll have the results looked at again, but any help someone out in cyberspace can give Roo and I at this point is great!

The day I had the blood drawn I gave him a B12 shot, now his appetite has sporadically improved (somedays he eats well, somedays he plays with it).  Took the last week to change his feed to something more palatable to him (sat in front of the computer with the Nutrient Requirements of Horses book and built a "perfect" ration).  Started him on ABC's Plus and Detox on Wednesday.  The vet who drew the blood samples thinks Red Cell is a cure-all, so I went ahead and bought Finish Line's Iron Horse liquid supplement to start Roo on tonight.

Again, thanks in advance for any information!

-Tamara & Roo