Diagnostic Laboratory Section

NEUTROPHIL OF DIFFERENT SPECIES

• Multi-lobed /segmented nucleus, cytoplasm filled with neutrally-staining granules.
  

	Segmented neutrophils have an irregularly lobed nucleus without the true formation of filaments connecting the lobes
	Segmented neutrophils similar to those of canine, having an irregular nuclear membrane with only occasional cells having distinct filament formation
	Neutrophils of mature type having filaments connecting the lobes, although many segmented neutrophils are identified only by an indentation of neucleus
	Segmented neutrophils, nuclear chromatin arrangements characterized by the presence of dark staining plaques that make the nucleus appear almost granular