The Morphological Characterization of the Blood Cells in the Three Species of Turtle and Tortoise in Iran

Abstract

Hematologic investigations have been used diagnose disease. In this study morphological characterization of blood cells were investigated in three species of tortoise (T.graeca, Testudinidae) and turtle (Emys orbicularis andMauremyscaspica, Emyd idae) in Iran. The largest and the widest erythrocytes and nucleus were found in E. orbicularis and the smallest in T. graeca. Thro mbcytes and Five types of leukocytes were found in the turtle and tortoise blood namely basophiles, eosinophils, ly mphocytes,hetrophil and monocytes. The biggest thrombocytes, eosinophils, hetrophils and ly mphosytes were observed in T.graeca, the biggest basophiles was in E.orbicularis and the biggest monocytes were in M.caspica.