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Old 08-28-2010, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by paisjpq View Post
If you're looking at post race rbc levels wouldn't they be high anyway? Because they have dumped all their reserves from the spleen during the effort? I could be wrong on that....perhaps beth could help....my knowledge of blood chemistry is pretty limited
No, you're right - splenic contraction increases the RBC thus PCV.
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