Overview of Bone Marrow Aspiration from 120 Cats in Different Hematological Conditions
Table 6
Quantitative results of the cytological evaluation of bone marrow aspirates from 23 clinically healthy cats with eosinophilia and basophilia.
Lineage
Evaluated cells (%)
Mean
S.D.1
Median
25%
75%
pIR
eIR
Myeloid
53.8
6.3
53.8
51.7
56.8
Myeloblast
1.6
0.8
1.4
1
2.2
0∼0.4
0.8∼2.4
Promyelocyte
3.1
1.4
3.2
1.7
3.8
0∼3
1.9∼5.3
Neutrophilic myelocyte
5.5
2.7
5.4
3.5
7.4
4.4∼13.2
2.6∼6.4
Neutrophilic metamyelocyte
4.2
1.2
4
3.3
4.9
0.6∼8.0
2.5∼5.3
Rod neutrophil
10
4.8
10
7.1
11.1
12.8∼16.6
5.1∼10.5
Neutrophil
25.3
4.7
25.8
24
27.2
6.8∼22.0
22.2∼30.4
Eosinophilic myelocyte
0.3
0.4
0.2
0
0.4
0.8∼3.2 (sum of eosinophilic series)
0∼1
Eosinophilic metamyelocyte
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.7
0∼1.2
Rod eosinophil
0.9
0.6
0.8
0.5
1.2
0.4∼1.6
Eosinophil
2.1
1.4
1.6
1.2
2.4
0.8∼3.2
Basophilic series
0.3
0.3
0.4
0
0.4
0∼0.4
0∼0.8
Erythroid
35.2
6.1
35
32.8
36.7
Rubriblast
1.07
0.7
1
0.7
1.5
0∼0.8
0.6∼1.6
Prorubricyte
6.8
2.9
5.6
4.3
7.8
0∼1.6
2.9∼6.9
Rubricyte
20
3.4
20.4
18.8
22.1
10.2∼29.4
17.7∼25.1
Metarubricyte
7.82
3.3
7.6
5.9
8.7
1.0∼10.4
5.9∼10.9
Others
11.3
3.3
11.8
9.5
13.6
Lymphocyte
8
2.6
8
6.7
9.3
11.6∼21.6
6∼12
Plasma cell
1.4
0.9
1.2
0.8
1.8
0.2∼1.6
0.1∼2.7
Monocyte
1.6
1
1.8
0.9
2.3
0∼0.2
0.7∼2.1
Megakaryocytic series
0.3
0.2
0.4
0
0.5
Rare
0∼0.8
Myeloid/erythroid ratio
1.55
0.31
1.38
1.46
1.7
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.
