Use of a lasercyte for the complete blood count in dogs with oncohematological disorders

الملخص EN

The reliability of complete blood counts (CBC) obtained by LaserCyte® were evaluated in 41 dogs affected by malignant lymphoma (29 cases), leukemia (8 cases) and miscellaneous blood disorders (4 cases).

A total of 89 CBCs were performed.

Different degrees of anemia, leukocytosis, leucopenia and thrombocytopenia or thrombocytosis were detected.

Results provided from LaserCyte® were compared with those from HeCo VET C® impedance cell counter, manual leukocyte differential counts and reticulocyte counts by the regression coefficient (r).

The LaserCyte® cell counter provides reliable results for diagnosing and monitoring onco-hematological disorders, in part due to the provision of alarm codes that indicate when a review of the stained blood smear is necessary.

The only unreliable CBC parameter was eosinophil count.