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Table 2 Size characteristics of the erythrocytes and thrombocytes from Vipera ammodytes blood

From: Biochemical and hematological profiles of a wild population of the nose-horned viper Vipera ammodytes (Serpentes: Viperidae) during autumn, with a morphological assessment of blood cells

Erythrocyte type

Cell size (μm)

Nucleus size (μm)

Length

Width

Length

Width

Mature erythrocytes

18.36 ± 1.21

12.65 ± 0.67

8.04 ± 0.73

4.69 ± 0.44

(15.93-21.28)

(11.06-13.78)

(6.56-9.67)

(3.84-5.80)

Immature erythrocytes

15.47 ± 1.51

11.73 ± 1.19

7.91 ± 0.99

6.57 ± 1.1

(11.46-18.37)

(9.51-14.85)

(5.42-10.49)

(4.49-9.24)

Microcytes

13.37 ± 4.08

8.19 ± 1.52

5.38 ± 1.33

4.99 ± 0.77

(9.73-17.78)

(6.45-9.30)

(4.14-6.79)

(4.14-5.64)

Macrocytes

24.82 ± 1.75

14.72 ± 1.26

10.54 ± 1.46

6.53 ± 0.87

(22.44-27.19)

(12.44-15.95)

(7.55-12.15)

(5.32-7.42)

Erythroplastids

10.61 ± 5.4

7.7 ± 1.6

7.7 ± 1.7

7.16 ± 1.2

(6.54-18.94)

(5.67-10.12)

(5.68-11.06)

(5.68-9.76)

Pyknotic erythrocytes

18.40 ± 2.24

12.06 ± 1.84

4.76 ± 0.81

4.41 ± 0.46

(13.19-22.94)

(7.87-14.99)

(3.84-6.34)

(3.84-5.56)

Elongated thrombocytes

12.97 ± 2.32

7.91 ± 1.12

8.88 ± 0.93

5.91 ± 0.61

(3.74-18.77)

(5.43-12.66)

(6.25-11.03)

(4.95-7.79)

Rounded thrombocytes

10.41 ± 1.24

9.07 ± 0.95

7.63 ± 0.98

6.44 ± 0.73

(8.55-13.33)

(7.55-12.03)

(6.1-9.95)

(5.39-7.86)

  1. Values are given as the mean ± SD (range). SD standard deviation.