TY  - JOUR
T1  - Blood Platelet Indices and Parallel Red Cell Parameters in the Arabian Mountain Gazelle (<I>Gazella gazella</I>)
AU - Hussein, M.F. AU - Al-jumaah, R.S. AU - Alhaidary, A.A. AU - Alshaikh, M.A. AU - ElNabi, A. Gar AU - Mohammed, O.B. AU - Omer, A. Sawsan AU - Macasero, W.V. 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 7
SP  - 785
EP  - 788
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2009.785.788
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.785.788
KW  - Mountain gazelle
KW  -platelet indices
KW  -platelet count
KW  -Mean Platelet Volume (MPV)
KW  -Plateletcrit (PCT)
KW  -Platelet Dimension Width (PDW)
KW  -red cell variables
AB  - Total Platelet count (PLT), Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), Plateletcrit (PCT) and Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) were determined, along with hematological parameters, in blood samples from 8 captive mountain gazelles (<I>Gazella gazella</I>). The mean values of PLT, PCT, MPV and PDW were: 288.75±168.8 (x10<SUP>3</SUP> μL<SUP>-1</SUP>), 0.20±0.13%, 7.24±0.84 (fl) and 34.84±2.36%, respectively. The corresponding values for parallel red cell variables were 13.48±1.17 (10<SUP>12</SUP> L<SUP>-1</SUP>) for Red Blood Cell count (RBC), 52.70±5.45 (fl) for Hematocrit (HCT), 39.00±1.07 for Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) and 19.86+0.32% for Red cell Distribution Width (RDW). Correlation analysis revealed highly significant correlations for PCT with PLT (p<0.0001), PCT with HCT (p<0.001) and PDW with MCV (p<0.001). This study is the first record of platelet counts and platelet indices in mountain gazelles.
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