The evaluation of a blood smear will allow the practitioner to gain rapid, valuable information regarding the health of the patient when the evaluation is performed in a systematic fashion. The important clinical information needed for the hematologicevaluation of an animal can all be obtained by estimating cell numbers and evaluating the morphologic changes in erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets. The value of these findings, many of which are not recognized by automated cell counters, cannot beoveremphasized.
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