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Observations On The Structures Of Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells And Platelets In Some Felis Spp. And Panthera Spp., Wimon Pothiwong, Kamol Sakulwira, Pakorn Prachammuang, Siripen Vethchagarun

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Blood cells and platelets from twenty-seven animals belonging to two genera of the Family Felidae, were studied using both light and transmission electron microscopes (TEM). Generally, blood cells can be categorized into red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. The red blood cells or erythrocytes from these species were round and had neither a nucleus nor organelles. They showed a central pale area, Heinz bodies and rouleaux formation. The white blood cells could be divided into two groups; granulocytes and agranulocytes. The granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils and basophils) were spherical in shape with lobulated nuclei and containing specific granules in …