Factor VII Deficiency in the Beagle Dog

Abstract

Two cases are described of factor VII deficiency in the blood of healthy female beagles. The diagnosis was established on the basis of: (i) prolonged Quick's one-stage prothrombin and ‘Thrombotest’ times, both corrected by the addition of 10 per cent by volume of normal canine serum; (ii) normal Russell's viper venom time and thromboplastin generation test; and (iii) reduced factor VII activity compared with plasma from a normal dog. Attention is drawn to some implications of inherited blood-coagulation disorders not associated with physical evidence of bleeding.