Animal blood cell measuring apparatus

An animal blood cell measuring apparatus comprising:

• a specimen preparation section for preparing a measurement specimen from blood of an animal;
• a characteristic information obtaining section for obtaining characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the measurement specimen, from the measurement specimen prepared by the specimen preparation section;
• an aggregate-type classifying section for classifying aggregate reticulocytes contained in the blood from other blood cells, based on the characteristic information obtained by the characteristic information obtaining section;
• and
• an output section for outputting information regarding a number of the aggregate reticulocytes classified by the aggregate-type classifying section.

An animal blood cell measuring apparatus, comprising:

• a specimen preparation section for preparing a measurement specimen from blood of an animal;
• a characteristic information obtaining section for obtaining characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the measurement specimen from the measurement specimen prepared by the specimen preparation section;
• a selector for selecting an animal species to be measured, from at least a first animal species and a second animal species;
• and
• a controller configured for performing operations, comprising:
• (a) receiving a selection of the animal species selected by the selector;
• (b) classifying reticulocytes contained in the blood from other blood cells based on the characteristic information obtained by the characteristic information obtaining section, in response to the received selection of the animal species;
• and
• (c) outputting information regarding a number of the classified reticulocytes.