Morphology of rhinoceros platelets
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L Du Plessis1, A J Botha, K Stevens
1Department of Haematology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. ldupless@medic.up.ac.za
Abstract:
Basic hematological information about rhinoceros species is limited. In this study, we have determined the platelet counts and described the platelet morphology of free-living white (Ceratotherium simum) and black (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceros using light and electron microscopy. The platelet counts of the two species were similar, but there were significant differences in platelet size as well as morphology between the species. The presence of large, nondiscoid platelet forms, resembling proplatelet or stress platelet forms, were observed in both, although not as often in the white rhinoceros as in the black rhinoceros.
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