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Dr. Guillermo Couto

Dr. Guillermo Couto is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialties of Small Animal Internal Medicine and Oncology. He has coauthored the best-selling Small Animal Internal Medicine textbook, now on its sixth Edition, and has published over 175 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and over 220 book chapters. He has almost 50 years of experience in clinical and comparative hematology, oncology, and clinical pathology, and is an expert in Greyhound and sighthound medicine. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed scientific articles on Greyhound, Galgo, and sighthound medicine.

Recent Articles

Retrospective evaluation of the effectiveness of epsilon aminocaproic acid for the prevention of postamputation bleeding in retired racing Greyhounds with appendicular bone tumors

Dr. Guillermo Couto
May 21, 2012

Objectives – To determine the frequency of delayed postoperative bleeding in retired racing Greyhounds with appendicular bone tumors undergoing limb...

Haptoglobin concentration in galgos and greyhounds

Dr. Guillermo Couto
April 2, 2012

Clinical pathology of Greyhounds and other sighthounds

Dr. Guillermo Couto
October 24, 2011

This article is an invited review on the clinical pathology of Greyhounds and other sighthounds. The authors discuss the...

Characterization of canine osteosarcoma by array comparative genomic hybridization and RT-qPCR: Signatures of genomic imbalance in canine osteosarcoma parallel the human counterpart

Dr. Guillermo Couto
August 11, 2011

Abstract Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most commonly diagnosed malignant bone tumor in humans and dogs, characterized in both species by...

Thromboelastographic changes after gonadectomy in retired racing greyhounds

Dr. Guillermo Couto
July 23, 2011

Twenty-one healthy greyhounds with no history or clinical signs of bleeding disorders, and no abnormalities on physical examination, complete blood...

White-Coat Effect on Systemic Blood Pressure in Retired Racing Greyhounds

Dr. Guillermo Couto
May 25, 2011

Greyhounds are known to have a higher systemic arterial blood pressure (BP) than non-Greyhound dogs. The purpose of this study...

Blood gas analysis in a Spanish sighthound breed (galgo Español)

Dr. Guillermo Couto
May 7, 2011

Structure of Greyhound hemoglobin: origin of high oxygen affinity

Dr. Guillermo Couto
May 4, 2011

This study presents the crystal structure of Greyhound hemoglobin (GrHb) determined to 1.9 Å resolution. GrHb was found to crystallize...

Hematología del Galgo Español utilizando el analizador hematológico LaserCyte (IDEXX)

Dr. Guillermo Couto
January 12, 2011

Los Greyhounds tienen valores hematológicos y bioquímicos diferentes a los de perros de otras razas, incluyendo alto hematocrito (HCT), recuento...

Blood gas analysis and cooximetry in retired racing Greyhounds

Dr. Guillermo Couto
December 4, 2010

Serum concentrations of IgG, IgA, and IgM in retired racing Greyhound dogs

Dr. Guillermo Couto
November 11, 2010

Greyhound dogs have significant physiologic, hematologic, and biochemical differences when compared with other breeds, including significantly lower serum globulin concentration...

Prevalence of dog erythrocyte antigens in retired racing Greyhounds

Dr. Guillermo Couto
October 29, 2010

Blood groups in dogs are designated as dog erythrocyte antigen (DEA) 1.1, 1.2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and Dal. There...