Leukograms

Question 1

What do you need for leukogram

Answer 1

-Properly collected and handled blood
-Purple for mammals, green for avian and reptiles
-Total WBC conc. from analyzer
-Blood smear
-Differential cell counts
-Cell morphology evaluation

Question 2

WBC conc on leukogram

Answer 2

Count of nuclei or total nucleated cell count (WBC should be the only nucleated cells in blood in health)

Question 3

Answer 3

Question 4

Ruminant acute inflammation

Answer 4

Small storage pool of neutrophils so often see neutropenia and degenerative left shift

Question 5

Ruminant chronic inflammation

Answer 5

Granulocytic hyperplasia takes about 5 days and see a neutrophilia with a left shift