Overview of Bone Marrow Aspiration from 120 Cats in Different Hematological Conditions
Table 8
Quantitative results of the cytological evaluation of bone marrow aspirates from 12 clinically healthy cats with monocytosis.
Lineage
Evaluated cells (%)
Mean
S.D.1
Median
25%
75%
pIR
eIR
Myeloid
56.3
7.92
54.3
52.9
56.5
Myeloblast
1.5
1
1.1
0.8
2.1
0∼0.4
0.8∼2.4
Promyelocyte
3.1
1.6
3.1
1.6
3.6
0∼3
1.9∼5.3
Neutrophilic myelocyte
5.7
2.8
5.5
4
6.5
4.4∼13.2
2.6∼6.4
Neutrophilic metamyelocyte
3.9
1.5
3.8
2.7
4.8
0.6∼8.0
2.5∼5.3
Rod neutrophil
12.6
7.9
9.7
7.8
13.7
12.8∼16.6
5.1∼10.5
Neutrophil
25.6
4.4
25.1
24.2
28.2
6.8∼22.0
22.2∼30.4
Eosinophilic myelocyte
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.5
0.8∼3.2 (sum of eosinophilic series)
0∼1
Eosinophilic metamyelocyte
0.6
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.8
0∼1.2
Rod eosinophil
0.8
0.4
0.8
0.5
1
0.4∼1.6
Eosinophil
1.7
0.9
1.7
1.1
2
0.8∼3.2
Basophilic series
0.3
0.3
0.4
0
0.4
0∼0.4
0∼0.8
Erythroid
34.2
5.95
34.8
31.7
37.5
Rubriblast
1.1
0.7
1
0.7
1.3
0∼0.8
0.6∼1.6
Prorubricyte
5.3
2.4
4.9
4
6.7
0∼1.6
2.9∼6.9
Rubricyte
19.7
3.9
19.6
18.9
22.7
10.2∼29.4
17.7∼25.1
Metarubricyte
8
2.3
8.4
5.9
9.6
1.0∼10.4
5.9∼10.9
Others
12.5
3.55
12.7
11.9
15.5
Lymphocyte
8.8
3
8.8
8.1
10.6
11.6∼21.6
6∼12
Plasma cell
1.4
0.9
1.2
0.9
1.7
0.2∼1.6
0.1∼2.7
Monocyte
1.6
1.1
1.5
0.9
1.9
0∼0.2
0.7∼2.1
Megakaryocytic series
0.4
0.4
0.3
0
0.7
Rare
0∼0.8
Myeloid/erythroid ratio
1.54
0.3
1.5
1.34
1.68
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.
