Overview of Bone Marrow Aspiration from 120 Cats in Different Hematological Conditions
Table 4
Quantitative results of cytology evaluation of bone marrow aspirates from two clinical health cats with anemia.
Lineage
Evaluated cells (%)
Cat 1
Cat 2
pIR
eIR
Myeloid
44
39.8
Myeloblast
2
0.6
0∼0.4
0.8∼2.4
Promyelocyte
2.4
3
0∼3
1.9∼5.3
Neutrophilic myelocyte
9.6
2.4
4.4∼13.2
2.6∼6.4
Neutrophilic metamyelocyte
3
3
0.6∼8.0
2.5∼5.3
Rod neutrophil
5
7.8
12.8∼16.6
5.1∼10.5
Neutrophil
19.4
21.4
6.8∼22.0
22.2∼30.4
Eosinophilic myelocyte
0
0.4
0.8∼3.2 (sum of eosinophilic series)
0∼1
Eosinophilic metamyelocyte
0
0
0∼1.2
Rod eosinophil
0.4
0.2
0.4∼1.6
Eosinophil
1.2
0.8
0.8∼3.2
Basophilic series
0
0.2
0∼0.4
0∼0.8
Erythroid
46.2
45.2
Rubriblast
1.4
1.4
0∼0.8
0.6∼1.6
Prorubricyte
11.6
9.8
0∼1.6
2.9∼6.9
Rubricyte
26
25.2
10.2∼29.4
17.7∼25.1
Metarubricyte
7.2
8.8
1.0∼10.4
5.9∼10.9
Others
9.8
15
Lymphocyte
4.4
11.8
11.6∼21.6
6∼12
Plasma cell
3
1.2
0.2∼1.6
0.1∼2.7
Monocyte
2
2
0∼0.2
0.7∼2.1
Megakaryocytic series
0.4
0
Rare
0∼0.8
Myeloid/erythroid ratio
0.95
0.88
1.21∼2.16
1.24∼1.74
1Standard deviation. Reference previously published by Jain [5]. Reference interval established from the values found in the 57 cats without hematological alterations evaluated in this work.
