Elliptical erythrocytes, blood smear, llama
Elliptical erythrocytes, blood smear, llama
Photomicrograph of a peripheral blood smear from a llama. Normal llama blood contains elliptical erythrocytes lacking central pallor. Several platelets are visible. Commercial Romanowsky stain variant; camelid RBCs diameter = 7–8 mcm along the major axis.
Courtesy of Dr. John W. Harvey.
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