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A great deal of variation is reported by different investigators 

 in the blood of normal swine. Some of the variation is probably 

 due to the different age and sex of the animals examined. The 

 normal count of red corpuscles seems to be about 8 millions. It 

 is less for young pigs. The average hemoglobin value is about 85. 

 The leucocytes seem to average about 19,000 with more than 

 half of them lymphocytes. Giitig found normoblasts numerous 

 in some of the four weeks old pigs examined by him. 



The following tables, X and XI, give the results of examinations 

 by different investigators: 



Table X. — Summary of Examinations of the Blood of Normal Swine 

 by Different Investigators 



1 Pigs, 6-35 days old, 2 pigs, 2-6 mo. old. 



