CYTOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON BLOOD CELLS OF SHEEP

The present study was conducted on ten normal healthy sheep for cytomorphological studies on blood cells. The erythrocytes were non nucleated round in shape and measured 4.1±0.27 µ in size. The neutrophils were roughly round in outline and were 11.2± 0.24 µ in size. The eosinophils were round in shape and were 14.5±0.26 µ in size.The cytoplasm contained numerous large size pink gr anules which were distributed throughout the cytoplasm. The basophils were roughly round in shape and were 13.6±0.14 µ in size. The nu cleus was indented and placed eccentrically. The cytoplasm was having numerous large violet to purple granules. The small sized lymph ocytes were 8.6±0.27 µ in size while the medium sized lymphocytes were 11.8±0.10 µ in size. The large sized lymphocytes were 14.9±0.27 µ in size. The monocytes were the largest in size and measured 16.2±0.29 µ in size.