Overview of Bone Marrow Aspiration from 120 Cats in Different Hematological Conditions
Table 7
Quantitative results of the cytological evaluation of bone marrow aspirates from 8 clinically healthy cats with lymphocytosis.
Lineage
Evaluated cells (%)
Mean
S.D.1
Median
25%
75%
pIR
eIR
Myeloid
54.5
7.8
52.8
49
50.7
Myeloblast
1.5
0.7
1.2
0.9
1.2
0∼0.4
0.8∼2.4
Promyelocyte
3.1
1.6
3.2
2.6
3.2
0∼3
1.9∼5.3
Neutrophilic myelocyte
5.3
1.2
5.5
4.5
5.5
4.4∼13.2
2.6∼6.4
Neutrophilic metamyelocyte
3.8
1.3
3.5
2.9
3.5
0.6∼8.0
2.5∼5.3
Rod neutrophil
12.4
7.1
11
8.4
11
12.8∼16.6
5.1∼10.5
Neutrophil
25.9
2.4
25.2
24.6
25.2
6.8∼22.0
22.2∼30.4
Eosinophilic myelocyte
0
0
0
0
0
0.8∼3.2 (sum of eosinophilic series)
0∼1
Eosinophilic metamyelocyte
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
0∼1.2
Rod eosinophil
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4∼1.6
Eosinophil
1.4
0.6
1.4
0.9
1.4
0.8∼3.2
Basophilic series
0.1
0.2
0
0
0
0∼0.4
0∼0.8
Erythroid
36.4
2.25
36.4
34.7
36.4
Rubriblast
0.9
0.6
0.8
0.5
1.2
0∼0.8
0.6∼1.6
Prorubricyte
5.7
0.9
6
5.2
6.4
0∼1.6
2.9∼6.9
Rubricyte
20.6
2.1
20.4
19.4
21.4
10.2∼29.4
17.7∼25.1
Metarubricyte
7.9
1.9
8.8
7.4
9.2
1.0∼10.4
5.9∼10.9
Others
12
3.8
14.2
9.2
14.7
Lymphocyte
10.2
4
11.3
7.4
13
11.6∼21.6
6∼12
Plasma cell
1.4
0.7
1.4
0.8
1.9
0.2∼1.6
0.1∼2.7
Monocyte
1.3
0.7
1.2
0.8
1.8
0∼0.2
0.7∼2.1
Megakaryocytic series
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4
Rare
0∼0.8
Myeloid/erythroid ratio
1.42
0.14
1.41
1.34
1.52
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.
