The holistic guide to CBC; numbers, plots and morphology. Making sense of white cell profiles

This will be a case-based review of interpretation of numerical and graphic red blood cell (RBC) parameters, emphasizing the benefit of in-house analyzers. These will be correlated with the value of RBC morphology in arriving at a diagnosis. We will review how to best utilize HCT, RBC count, hemoglobin concentration, as well as the RBC indices and reticulocyte parameters in dogs and cats.

We will also discuss how to squeeze information out of the cytograms. At the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to classify anemias as regenerative and non-regenerative, developing and chronic iron deficiency, and utilize analyzer cytograms to identify RBC morphologic abnormalities and when a blood film MUST be evaluated microscopically.