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The Structure Of Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells And Thrombocytes In Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus Siamensis), Kamol Sakulwira, Wutichai Klomklew, Siripen Vethchagarun, Wimon Pothiwong
The Structure Of Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells And Thrombocytes In Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus Siamensis), Kamol Sakulwira, Wutichai Klomklew, Siripen Vethchagarun, Wimon Pothiwong
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Blood cells and thrombocytes from five crocodiles, three males and two females, were studied by both light and transmission electron microscopes (TEM). The blood cells could be categorized into red blood cells, white blood cells and thrombocytes. The nucleated red blood cells were oval in shape and the TEM study revealed vacuoles in the cytoplasm. The white blood cells fell into two groups; one with granules and the other without granules. The granulocytes were heterophils, eosinophils and basophils. The heterophils had an eccentrically oval nucleus and a large number of acidophilic rod-shaped granules in the cytoplasm. Eosinophils also posessed an …