1987 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 9-12
Subcutaneous hematoma occurred in 49 Japanese Black cattle mainly during fattening. In it, eosinophilic leukocytes contained granules larger than normal in 51.9% of the cattle. In these cattle hematoma was relatively large, the mucous membrane pale, and the nutritional status poor. Most of them were slaughtered with a poor prognosis. There were a significant decrease in erythrocyte count, hemoglobin concentration, PCV, serum cholesterol and phospholipid level, and the collagen aggregation function of platelets, a significant decrease in the α fraction and a significant increase in the pre-β fraction of serum lipoprotein electrophoresis in these cattle, as compared with those in the other cattle. Observation on the granule size of eosinophilic leukocytes was beneficial when prognosis was made on hematoma.
