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  • Title: Effects of blood contamination on cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
    Author: Wilson JW, Stevens JB.
    Journal: J Am Vet Med Assoc; 1977 Aug 01; 171(3):256-8. PubMed ID: 893207.
    Abstract:
    Data were obtained from 190 cerebrospinal fluid samples collected from both clinically normal and diseased dogs, cats, cows, and horses. Red blood cells, indicating blood contamination, were identified in 115 samples. White blood cells were a rare finding in normal animals. Blood contamination appeared to have little effect on white blood cell numbers even though, in several samples, thousands of red blood cells were identified. An accepted formula to correct for blood contamination was found to be an unreliable method to determine "uncontaminated" values for white blood cells, total protein, or creatine phosphokinase.
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