Trichechus manatus

Diagnosis

Trichechus manatus

Key points

@1.1 Neutrophils have the peculiarity of having large azurophilic grains covering the grey cytoplasm, they look like the eosinophils.

@2.1 Eosinophils have a nucleus with also between 3 to 8 lobes. Their granulations are larger and more numerous than in the neutrophils.

Presence of giant platelets. This anomaly can lead to an error in red blood cells and platelets counting with certain automated analysis techniques.

References

We have made the choice to make a general description of mammalian white blood cells with images of the most typical cells in a part called Mammalia : typical blood smear. In the key points section, only the variations that can exist for this species compared to typical cells appear.