title: An ultrastructural study of the erythrocytes associated with haematochemical data of the camel Camelus dromedarius.
abstract: The aims of the present study were to characterize by electron microscopy the morphological features of the erythrocytes of normal adult and young camels Camelus dromedarius in a renal blood vessel and in a smear. These cells are thin and elliptical, with a slight central elevation. They are slightly larger, but thinner than those reported by other authors. It is found that the renal blood vessels in adults have a thicker basal lamina with the presence of electron dense membranous bodies. These two features were described in different parts of the uriniferous tubules of the camel in previous studies. The numerical data of the haematochemical parameters that are reported here are in general similar for both adult and young camels, while they differ from those of other studies, this may have resulted from their unknown provenance and their previous dietary regime. Moreover, these parameters probably relate to the arid environment of the animal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Safer
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Abou-Salem
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D002412:Cations / Q000097:blood; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood; D014556:Urine / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D014527:Uric Acid; D014508:Urea