Morphological study of blood cells of Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1817)  

Authors

  • Paulo Souto UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA
  • Claudia Antonia Campos Rodrigues de OLiveira Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
  • Flávia Cristina Matos Oliveira Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

DOI:

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v12n9a167.1-6

Keywords:

blood cells, morphological studies, Piaractus brachypomus

Abstract

The morphological study of blood cells is considered as the basis of several studies, since the shape of the cell, its nucleus arrangement and the level of chromatin condensation are easy to note, as well as detecting pathologies that cause blood abnormalities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphology of blood cells found in the qualitative count of the species Piaractus brachypomus. There were analysed cells from 43 fishes, with an average weigth of 1.34 Kg and a mean length of 39.23 cm, in a total of 43000 cells were observed, thus it was possible to verify the ocurrence of erythrocyte, thrombocytes and six types of leukocytes: lymphocytes, basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, heterophiles and monocytes. In addition, it was noticed toxic neutrophils and a small number of morphological nuclear changes such as micronuclei and invaginations In general the blood cells of P. brachypomus presented morphological similarities when compared to the morphology of the bone fish cells.

Published

2018-09-20

Issue

Section

Aquicultura

How to Cite

Morphological study of blood cells of Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1817)  . (2018). Pubvet, 12(09). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v12n9a167.1-6