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Blood counts in clinical hematology can give a deeper insight in health status or disease progress. Changes of cellular morphology and composition of erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets point to hematopoietic disorders, anemia, immunological and other abnormalities. These altered blood counts may become manifest in several diseases, e.g. leukemia.
All necessary information about red blood cells, hematocrit, hemoglobin, MCH etc., as well as differential blood count of leukocytes are determined by using a dedicated laboratory analyzer, the IDEXX ProCyte DX.
See a list of all available parameters in hematology below:
White Blood Cell Count | ||
Abbr. | Parameter | Unit |
WBC | total number of white blood cells | x 103/µl |
LYM | amount of lymphocytes | x 103/µl |
MON | amount of monocytes | x 103/µl |
NEUT | amount of neutrophiles | x 103/µl |
BASO | amount of basophiles | x 103/µl |
EOS | amount of eosinophils | x 103/µl |
Red Blood Cell Count | ||
Abbr. | Parameter | Unit |
RBC | total number of red blood cells | x 106/µl |
HGB | hemoglobin | g/dl |
HCT | hematocrit | % |
MCV | mean corpuscular volume | fl (µm3) |
MCH | mean corpuscular hemoglobin | pg |
MCHC | MCH concentration | g/dl |
RDW | range of distribution | % |
RET% | relative amount of reticulocytes | % |
RET# | total amount of reticulocytes | x 103/µl |
Thromocyte Parameter | ||
Abbr. | Parameter | Unit |
PLT | total number of platelets | x 103/µl |
MPV | mean platelet volume | fl (µm3) |