Table 2.
Selected haematological variables evaluated before and after blood donation in 31 healthy blood donor cats anaesthetised with tiletamine and zolazepam
| RBC (×106/μl) | HT (%) | HB (g/dl) | WBC (×103/μl) | Lymphocytes (%) | Neutrophils (%) | Eosinophils (%) | Monocytes (%) | Basophils (%) | Platelets (×103/μl) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |
| Mean | 7.4 | 7.0 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 34.6 | 31.4 | 56.9 | 59.3 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 319.0 | 318.0 |
| ± SD | 0.9 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 20.2 | 18.0 | 20.1 | 18 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 165.0 | 148.0 |
| Range | 5.6− | 5.1− | 24.3− | 21.9− | 8.5− | 7.2− | 3.7− | 3.4− | 7.0− | 6.0− | 10.0− | 30.0− | 0.0− | 1.0− | 0.0− | 0.0− | 0.0− | 0.0− | 50.0− | 35.0− |
| 9.5 | 9.0 | 38.2 | 42.8 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 15.2 | 62.0 | 60.0 | 90.0 | 92.0 | 22.0 | 17.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 705.0 | 675.0 | |
RBC = red blood cells; HT = haematocrit; HB = haemoglobin; WBC = white blood cells