Blood from a Holstein cow Case Information A 9 year old Holstein dairy cow that was in 7 months of gestation was presented to the Cornell University Equine and Farm Animal Hospital Large Animal Medicine Service for evaluation of an acute onset of anemia. The cow had a ten day history of mild diarrhea and […]
Venous blood smear from a dog Case Information An 11-year-old female spayed Doberman Pinscher was presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals with a 24-hour history of reduced appetite. The dog had also urinated in the bed the previous evening. Six weeks prior, the dog had been admitted to the clinic as an emergency
Venous blood from a cat Case Information A 1 year old neutered male domestic shorthair cat was presented to a veterinarian for the primary complaints of chronic upper respiratory symptoms, lethargy, and decreased appetite. The cat was documented to be negative for feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) via a rapid test
Venous blood from a goat Case Information An 18-month-old Nigerian Dwarf doe presented to the Cornell University Equine Nemo Farm Animal Hospital for evaluation of brown-red urine, lethargy, and fever. On physical examination, the goat was tachycardic (110 beats/minute) and had pale brown mucous membranes with a prolonged capillary refill time (estimated to be 8-10%
Venous blood smear from a Hedgehog Case Information A 3.5 year-old, intact male hedgehog presented to Cornell University Hospital for Animals Emergency Service for inappetence, lethargy, and ataxia. The owner had been away for 7 days and left the animal with enough food and water to last the week. Upon return, the owner noticed that
On this page, we have provided links to videos that clinical pathology faculty and trainees at Cornell University have created for educational purposes. PCV/total protein In this video, we demonstrate how to measure a packed cell volume and total protein in EDTA-anticoagulated blood. The total protein result is provided on our hemogram results and is
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Smear of venous blood from a cat Case Information An 8 year old male neutered domestic shorthair cat was presented to an emergency hospital with a 4 day history of vomiting and inappetence. The vomiting was partially responsive to Cerenia® (Maropitant). The owner had also noticed purple mucous membranes. The cat was an indoor cat
Lots of terms are thrown around hematologic testing (and clinical pathology in general) and some terms mean different things, depending on the context in which they are applied. A classic example is the term myeloid, which means all non-lymphoid cells (granulocytes, monocytes, erythroid cells, megakaryocytes) in the context of acute leukemia, whereas it means all
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MCH The mean cell hemoglobin or MCH is a calculated red blood cell (RBC) index that gives an indication of the average amount (in pg) of hemoglobin in the red blood cells (RBC). It is calculated from the spectrophotometrically measured hemoglobin concentration (after lysis of RBCs) and RBC count so it represents the amount of
Similar to the red blood cell (RBC) indices of MCV, MCH and MCHC or the equivalent optical measured results for the latter – CH and CHCM, flow-based hematology analyzers can provide indices for RBCs separated into mature cells and reticulocytes, with the latter being based on RNA detection with fluorescent dyes. The ADVIA hematology analyzer
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