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Vet Clin Pathol
; 27(1): 2-9, 1998.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12075552
RESUMO
A new whole-blood flow cytometric method has been developed for counting and sizing platelets in samples from cats, a species in which platelet and red blood cell sizes overlap significantly. The method is a modified version of the two-angle laser light scattering technology used by Bayer H*System hematology analyzers. The new method provided accurate platelet counts and mean platelet volumes (MPV, fl) for cats. The method also measured mean platelet component concentration (MPC, g/dl), a parameter which was shown to be sensitive to platelet activation state, and which decreased in value as activation progressed.