https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/26463/blood-smear-interpretation Hi all, this is a blood smear made from a colleague&#39;s case who is on longterm treatment for presumed IMHA (finances were restricted at the time of investigation and this dog has been very stable on pred for some time now). He came in for routineen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/189019?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:40:44 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8a66024a-bba1-48b1-b838-c28c6c4e269dRichard Carter<p>wouldn&#39;t agree on the condition of the RBC - looks like polychromasia and anisocytosis with fairly poor density (low Hg) is still present so my suspicion is you still have blood loss / rbc destruction with possible iron depletion taking place.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/189003?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:39:09 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4e1d2c42-2b40-4166-8ff8-8ea1668a723aTomas Hansen<p>Its important to remember that you are looking at a 2-dimensional picture of an 3D object. What I believe you are looking at is a horseshoe-shaped nucleus &quot;end-on&quot; / similar to seeing intestines end-on on x-rays presenting themselves as circles.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188999?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 26 Nov 2017 17:52:03 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:70a531a6-5c21-4fd4-b704-a8a0fc917be4Beats<p>I would label that a skipocyte - I consider 1-2 skipocytes an inconsequential finding.</p> <p>(as in I &quot;skip&quot; it in doing a differential count as i&#39;m not sure what it is&nbsp;<img src="/emoticons/v2/Winking_smiley.gif" alt="Wink" /> )</p> <p>My best guess would be a mitotic stage?</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188998?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:54:53 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:55901184-072c-4697-b0f5-f50eb45110e2Tomas Hansen<p>Most likely a neutrophil, it is not binucleate but polymorphnucleate. They can take up loads of different shapes, the most common being a bit like a horseshoe. Btw I think the RBC&#39;s look quite healthy so no indication of IMHA in my opinion</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188994?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 26 Nov 2017 16:12:47 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:52c0f1c5-2421-4ea0-b494-21eb7d6b1d60serena holmes<p>Neutrophill?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>