The cellular components are red blood cells rbc, white blood cells wbc and thrombocytes designated as formed elements. This chapter discusses the different aspects of fish blood cells. The hematocrit values of fish blood range from almost 0 to more than 50% in actively swimming, surfacefeeding species. The concentration of erythrocytes in the blood can be expressed as hematocrit, or as the number of red cells per volume blood. Blood is composed of the blood cells which accounts for 45% of the blood tissue by volume, with the remaining 55% of the volume composed of plasma, the liquid portion of the blood. Indeed, whereas o 2 and co 2 are able to cross the cell membranes by solubilitydiffusion processes according to their. The first page of the pdf of this article appears above. A common source of confusion in fish cell nomenclature is in the varied names given to the granulocytes, which can differ by species and do not have a clear mammalian or avianreptilian counterpart. Pdf fish red blood cells express immune genes and responses. Hematology and blood chemistry for fish species the fish. If you want to see pictures of fish white blood cells prior to reading the abstract, ive some on my facebook fin page the granulocytes of fish p. The erythrocytes or red blood cells rbcs and leucocytes or white blood cells wbcs are the most abundant cell types in the circulatory system of vertebrates.
Blood circulatory system in fish your article library. The blood of fishes is similar to that of any other vertebrate. The percentage distribution of individual types of leukocytes. In this article we will discuss about the blood circulatory system in fish. Haematology, morphology and blood cells characteristics of male and female siamese fighting fish betta splendens. Transport and exchange of respiratory gases in the blood red blood cell function 881 figure 1 control of erythrocytic ph in fish. Fluorescence in situ hybridization fish emd team fact sheetnovember 2011 4 developed, fish can be automated to some extent by using flow cytometry to count target cells more. It consists of plasma and cellular blood cells components. Blood cells are the cells which are produced during hematopoiesis and found mainly in the blood. The transport of oxygen o 2 and carbon dioxide co 2 within the blood are intricately related to the electrolytes and acidbase status of the red blood cells rbcs, which are themselves strongly dependent on the permeability properties of the membrane.
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