Osmotic fragility of erythrocytes of some Nigerian species of domestic ruminants

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dc.creatorOlusanya, S.K.
dc.creatorAdepoju, F.O.
dc.date1979
dc.date2015-06-05T12:19:02Z
dc.date2015-06-05T12:19:02Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T19:19:22Z
dc.descriptionOsmotic resistance of erythrocyte in hypotonic saline was spectrophotometrically determined in White Fulani cattle, West African Dwarf sheep and goats.Osmotic fragility was found to be highest in goat with maximum resistance occuring at 0.75% and 0.55% sodium chloride solutions. It was lowest in White Fulani cattle in which they occured at 0.55% and 0.35% of saline respectively. That of sheep was midway between those of cattle and goats, with minimum and maximum resistance occuring at 0.65% and 0.45% of saline. Erythrocyte osmotic fragility was influenced by red cell volume as measured by the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) of the species studied. Goat had the lowest MCV value of 21.40µ³, followed by sheep with 32.05µ³, and cattle with a value of 46.85µ³. This indicated that the smaller the size of a red cell, the lower its resistance to osmotic lysis in hypotonic solution.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/67007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/177503
dc.languageen
dc.languagefr
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceOlusanya, S.K. and Adepoju, F.O. 1979. Osmotic fragility of erythrocytes of some Nigerian species of domestic ruminants. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa 27(4): 237-243.
dc.subjectsheep
dc.subjectgoats
dc.subjectcattle
dc.subjecterythrocytes
dc.subjectruminants
dc.titleOsmotic fragility of erythrocytes of some Nigerian species of domestic ruminants
dc.typeJournal Article

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