Original scientific paper

Morphological characteristics of blood cells in clinically normal adult llamas (Lama glama)

Salah Mohamed Azwai orcid.org/0000-0001-5374-5178 ; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya
Omran Emhammed Abdouslam ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al Fateh University,Tripoli, Libya
Layla Subhy Al-Bassam ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al Fateh University,Tripoli, Libya
Ahmed Mahdi Al Dawek ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al Fateh University,Tripoli, Libya
Salah Abdul Latif Al-Izzi ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Al Fateh University,Tripoli, Libya

Abstract

Morphological characteristics, including numeration, differentiation and features of blood cells were determined in ten male and ten female clinically normal adult llamas. Haematological parameters included: erythrocyte count, haemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, erythrocyte indices, reticulocyte count, platelet count, total leukocyte count and differential leukocyte count. It appeared that llama haemogram was characterized by the presence of numerous but small erythrocytes, high total leukocyte count and a high number of mainly immature eosinophils. Unique cellular morphological characteristics commonly observed in May-Grunwald-Giemsa stained blood smears were: folded erythrocytes, Cabot’s rings, hypersegmented neutrophil nuclei, granular lymphocytes and immature eosinophils.

Keywords

haematological parameters; morphology of blood cells; Lama glama; Cabot’s rings; granular lymphocytes

Hrčak ID:

25181

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/25181

Publication date:

20.2.2007.

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