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Evaluation of red blood cell fragility in Pygmy goats
N M Fairley1, G S Price, D J Meuten
1Department of Microbiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.
American Journal of Veterinary Research
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
Red blood cells from 6 Pygmy goats were determined to be significantly (P less than 0.01) more susceptible to osmotic lysis and mechanical stress than were RBC from 6 Toggenburg goats. Differences in RBC size and shape and adenosine 5'-triphosphate concentration between the 2 breeds were not significant. The differences observed in the in vitro tests may be attributable to differences in RBC membrane composition.