Abaxis VetScan HM5 - Measured and Calculated Parameters

Operating Principles B-7
B.4 Measured and Calculated Parameters
Each sample is analyzed to produce a complete, 24-parameter, five-part differential blood count (CBC),
including the following measured or calculated parameters:
 WBC — total white blood cell count
 LYM — lymphocyte count
 MON — monocyte count*
 NEU — neutrophil count
 EOS — eosinophil count
 BAS — basophil count
 LYM% — lymphocyte percentage
 MON% — monocyte* percentage
 NEU% — neutrophil percentage
 EOS% — eosinophil percentage
 BAS% — basophil percentage
 RBC — red blood cell count
 HGB — hemoglobin
 HCT — hematocrit
 MCV — mean corpuscular volume
 MCH — mean corpuscular hemoglobin
 MCHC — mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
 RDWc, RDWs (std dev) — red cell distribution width, coefficient of variation
 PLT — platelet count
 PCT — platelet crit
 MPV — mean platelet volume
 PDWc, PDW (std dev) — platelet distribution width, coefficient of variation
* The monocyte category consists primarily of monocytes. Impedance counters categorize white blood cell types (differential) according
to size, and therefore a certain percentage of eosinophils may have a mass that falls in the normal range for monocytes (the exact percent-
age depends on the individual animal and is generally inconsequential due to the very low numbers of eosinophils in a healthy animal).
Eosinophilias, however, can sometimes be visualized as a distinct peak between the monocyte range and the granulocyte peak on a histo-
gram.