Haemoprofile of yellow-bellied house gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppell, 1835

AbstractThe study is carried out to investigate the haemogram of yellow-bellied house gecko in Odisha, India. Fifteen adult lizards of each sex were collected from the coastal area of Rajnagar block of Kendrapara, 754 225, Odisha, located in 20 ° 20′ N to 20° 37′ N latitude and 86° 14′ E to 87° 01′ E longitude. One millilitre of blood was collected from the ventral tail vein and transferred into vials containing ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and then transported in icebox to laboratory. The morphology of blood cells al ong with haematological parameters like haemoglobin (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), total erythrocyte count (TEC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), total leucocyte count (TLC), total platelet count (TPC), and differ ential leucocyte count (DLC) was calculated using standard procedures. Statistical analyses like correlation andt test were done. The study revealed that the TLC shows significant difference (t0.01) while the percentage of eosinophils is found to be significant att0.05 between both sexes of lizard. The mean values of all other parameters are also showing difference between males and females ofHemidactylus flaviviridis Ruppell, 1835. The correlation withR2 values varies in males and females with respect to the parameters analysed. Some parameters are positively correlated with each other, and others are found to be negatively correlated. The data...
Source: Comparative Clinical Pathology - Category: Pathology Source Type: research