Anaemia has also been reported in other studies of dogs with HSA, HS, SSS, splenic nodular lymphoid lesions and splenic nodules with mixed components (Ferrari et al., 2024; Latifi et al., 2020; Lee et al., 2018; O'Brien et al., 2013; Sabattini et al., 2018; Sabattini et al., 2022). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and anemia (phenotype).