The cellular composition of the blood and haematopoietic organs of turbot Scophthalmus maximus L.

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Quentel, C., Obach, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1992
• Subjects: Centre Point; Scophthalmus maximus; Turbot
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1992.tb02700.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1992.tb02700.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1992.tb02700.x

The cellular composition of the blood, anterior kidney, spleen and thymus of turbot Scophrhalmus maximus L., aged 1 + was determined. Ninety‐four per cent of blood cells belonged to the erythrocyte lineage of which 82% were mature erythrocytes. The leucocytes, which represented 4.5% of the blood cel...