The Hematology of Goldfish, Carassius auratus
1963 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 118-130
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1963 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 118-130
1. The peripheral blood of the normal goldfish, Carassius auratus, contains erythrocytes, thrombocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils. Immature stages of these elements are frequently encountered in the blood. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of these cells have been presented.
2. The mean erythrocyte count of 100 goldfish was 2, 025, 000±118, 671/mm3, and the mean thrombocyte count was 51, 550±3, 323/mm3.
3. Erythrocytes in an apparent state of amitotic division were observed to be numerous in the blood of certain animals which also had large numbers of erythroblasts.
4. The total leukocyte count was 21, 987±1, 519/mm3. A differential analysis of the leukocytes revealed that lymphocytes totaled 20, 323±1, 073/mm3 (92.5/); neutrophils, 1, 132±143/mm3 (5.1%); eosinophils 488±61/mm3 (2.2%); and basophils, 44±25/mm3 (0.2%).
5. No blood cells corresponding to the monocyte of higher vertebrates were observed in C. auratus.
