Overview of Bone Marrow Aspiration from 120 Cats in Different Hematological Conditions

Table 1

Complete blood count values of 57 cats with no hematological alterations submitted to bone marrow aspiration.

Parameters	Unity	Mean	S.D.^1	Median	25%	75%	Reference
Erythrocytes	10^6/µl	7.7	1.1	7.6	6.9	8.5	5.5∼10
Hemoglobin	g/dL	11	1.5	10.9	9.8	12.1	8∼15
Hematocrit	%	33.7	4.7	32	30	37	24∼45
MCV^2	fL	44.2	4.5	43.5	41	46.3	39∼55
MCHC³	%	32.5	2.1	32.5	31.2	33	31∼35
Platelets	10^3/µl	425	104	414	363	486	300∼800
Leukocytes	/µl	10.738	3.265	11.277	7.568	12.890	5.000∼19.500
Rod neutrophils	/µl	0	0	0	0	0	0∼300
Neutrophils	/µl	6.502	2.671	6.732	4.069	8.154	2.500∼12.500
Lymphocytes	/µl	3.183	1.475	2.884	2.229	3.765	1.500∼7.000
Eosinophils	/µl	768	451	647	494	901	0∼1.500
Basophils	/µl	96.4	202	0	0	124	Rare
Monocytes	/µl	189	186	124	75	289	0∼850

¹Standard deviation. ²Mean cell volume. ³Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. Weiss and Wardrop [8].