At that show, 170 cats were exhibited, including tabbies, Siamese, and a Birman look-alike, but the Persians and Angoras really stole the show. Since then, the art of cat breeding, and creating new breeds, has become something of a national pastime to fanciers of Felis catus.
A low white blood cell count can sometimes be a sign of an underlying medical problem, but not always. First, it's important to determine what your health care provider means by low. Not all medical laboratories use the same range to decide what's normal and what's not.
Defense Cells in the Blood: The Leukocytes. Fundamental Statements for this Learning Object: 1. The complete blood count (CBC) is a laboratory test that, among other things, detemines the total number of both leukocytes and erythrocytes per ml of blood.2. In general, an elevated WBC count (leukocytosis) is seen in infection, inflammation, leukemia, and parasitic infestations.. Monocytes differentiate into macrophages (def) and dendritic cells (def) when they leave the blood and enter the tissue. Macrophages and dendritic cells are very important in phagocytosis and serve as antigen-presenting cells (def) in the adaptive immune responses (see below).