Avian/Exotic CBC

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Test Code: AE270
Results:: 24 hours.
Specimen: 0.5 mL of heparinized whole blood in green top tube with 2 freshly prepared blood smears.
Test Description: Includes WBC Estimate, Thrombocyte Estimate, Hematocrit, Blood Parasites, and Differential: Percent and Absolute Heterophils, Bands, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, Basophils and Azurophilic Monocytes.

Interferences: Marked hemolysis.

EDTA whole blood is not preferred because it tends to cause hemolysis in reptiles and in some avian species.

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