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Morphological characterization of the blood cells in the endangered Sicilian endemic pond turtle,Emys trinacris(Testudines: Emydidae)
Federico MarroneVincenzo ArizzaFrancesco SaccoMarco ArculeoDebora Russosubject
EmysbiologyEmys orbicularisLymphocyteEndangered speciesTurtle (syntax)Settore BIO/05 - ZoologiaZoologyEmydidaeAnatomyEosinophilbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.anatomical_structureblood smearEmys trinacrisEmys trinacris; blood smear; blood cell morphology; Trachemys scripta elegansmedicineblood cell morphologyAnimal Science and ZoologyEmys trinacriTrachemys scripta elegansdescription
AbstractIn this study, measurements of morphological parameters, sizes and frequencies of peripheral blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes) on blood smear preparation devices stained with May-Grunwald stain were evaluated for both sexes in 20 Emys trinacris (Testudines: Emydidae) specimens. Erythrocytes were higher in male than in female specimens. The leukocyte of E. trinacris contains eosinophil, basophil, monocyte, heterophil and lymphocyte. The eosinophil was higher in males than in females whereas lymphocytes were higher in females than in males. The erythrocyte morphological parameters (EL [erythrocyte length], EW [erythrocyte width], L/W [length/width], ES [erythrocyte size]) were compared with the same data from Emys orbicularis s.l, and from species belonging to other chelonian genera. The erythrocyte size did not vary within the studied Palearctic Emys taxa, whereas it proved to differ from that observed in other chelonians.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-03 |