Comparison of white blood cell differential percentages determined by the in-house LaserCyte hematology analyzer and a manual method

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-302

  Papasouliotis, Kostas ^a   Cue, Simon ^a   Crawford, Elsa ^a   Pinches, Mark ^a   Dumont, Michel ^b   Burley, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Forest Veterinary Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical method; Cat; Dog; Hematology instrumentation; LaserCyte; WBC differential

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANALYSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EOSINOPHILS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 33750727040     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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