Overview of Bone Marrow Aspiration from 120 Cats in Different Hematological Conditions
Table 5
Quantitative results of the cytological evaluation of bone marrow aspirates from 22 clinically healthy cats with neutrophilia.
Lineage
Evaluated cells (%)
Mean
S.D.1
Median
25%
75%
pIR
eIR
Myeloid
54
7.1
53.3
48.9
58
Myeloblast
1.5
0.8
1.2
0.8
1.9
0∼0.4
0.8∼2.4
Promyelocyte
2.9
1.3
3
1.9
3.3
0∼3
1.9∼5.3
Neutrophilic myelocyte
5.1
2.2
5
3.6
6
4.4∼13.2
2.6∼6.4
Neutrophilic metamyelocyte
3.9
1.2
3.6
3.2
4.8
0.6∼8.0
2.5∼5.3
Rod neutrophil
11.1
5.6
9.8
8.1
11.6
12.8∼16.6
5.1∼10.5
Neutrophil
26.1
4.7
27
24.3
28.9
6.8∼22.0
22.2∼30.4
Eosinophilic myelocyte
0.2
0.3
0
0
0.4
0.8∼3.2 (sum of eosinophilic series)
0∼1
Eosinophilic metamyelocyte
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.7
0∼1.2
Rod eosinophil
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.4
1
0.4∼1.6
Eosinophil
1.8
1.1
1.6
0.9
2.3
0.8∼3.2
Basophilic series
0.2
0.2
0
0
0.4
0∼0.4
0∼0.8
Erythroid
35.1
5.7
35.4
32.8
37.3
Rubriblast
0.8
0.5
0.8
0.5
1.2
0∼0.8
0.6∼1.6
Prorubricyte
5.8
2.7
5.6
3.5
7.3
0∼1.6
2.9∼6.9
Rubricyte
19.8
3
19.6
18.6
21.2
10.2∼29.4
17.7∼25.1
Metarubricyte
8.7
3.2
9
6.5
10.3
1.0∼10.4
5.9∼10.9
Others
12
3.55
13.2
9.5
14.7
Lymphocyte
8.7
2.9
9.1
6.9
10.8
11.6∼21.6
6∼12
Plasma cell
1.4
0.9
1.2
0.8
1.9
0.2∼1.6
0.1∼2.7
Monocyte
1.6
0.9
1.6
1.1
2
0∼0.2
0.7∼2.1
Megakaryocytic series
0.3
0.3
0.4
0
0.4
Rare
0∼0.8
Myeloid/erythroid ratio
1.55
0.31
1.46
1.3
1.74
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.
