Hematology

Ring-shaped Neutrophil Nuclei in Feline Blood Smear

Morphology of neutrophils with ring-shaped nuclei during a left shift in the leukocyte differential count. Microscopy of a feline peripheral blood smear at 1000x magnification.

🔬Cat’s blood, 15 years old. Left nuclear shift. Characteristic “donut-shaped” neutrophil nucleus, 1000x magnification

🙏Images kindly provided by Amira Kuznetsova, hematologist at the VETLAB veterinary laboratory network, Moscow: Amira Kuznetsova