Friday, August 31, 2012

Reading a CBC, nRBC's / Nucleated RBC's


Nucleated red blood cells are immature RBC's that haven't lost their nucleus yet.  These cells are called metarubricytes and look like this:
















These immature red blood cells are usually pushed out early in response to anemia, so they indicate regenerative anemia.  They are not usually found in normal animals.

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