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, Emydidae) in Iran. The largest and the widest erythrocytes and nucleus were found in E. orbicularis
and the smallest in T. graeca. Thrombcytes and Five types of leukocytes were found in the turtle and tortoise blood namely
basophiles, eosinophils, lymphocytes,hetrophil and monocytes. The biggest thrombocytes, eosinophils, hetrophils and
lymphosytes were observed in T.graeca, the biggest basophiles was in E.orbicularis and the biggest monocytes were in
M.caspica.
کلید واژگان :
Tortoise And Turtle, Blood Smears, Erythrocytes Size
