Mizuki Fujimoto, Masashi Takahashi, Tatsuro Hifumi, Akira Yabuki, Yu Furusawa, Hitoshi Hatai, Yasuyuki Endo
A 6-year-old spayed female Scottish Fold cat presented with lethargy and anorexia. A complete blood cell count indicated severe anemia and mild thrombocytopenia. Examination of peripheral blood smears revealed marked changes in the erythroid lineage, including the presence of basophilic stippling and Howell-Jolly bodies as well as an increase in nucleated erythrocytes, polychromatophils, ovalocytes, and schistocytes. Additionally, some erythrocytes contained a ring or figure-eight shaped structure known as a Cabot ring, which were especially observed in polychromatophilic erythrocytes...
April 19, 2024: Veterinary Clinical Pathology