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Table I. — Measurements of blood cells of the carabao. 



Kind of cell. 



Average 

 size. 



Maximum Minimum 

 size. size. 



Red cell _ 



Microns. 

 5.6 



7.3 

 10.8 



9.4 

 10.9 



7.8 



Microns. Microns. 

 5 8 '^ ^ 



Lymphocjrte 



7.6 

 11.2 



9.6 

 U.5 



7.9 



7.0 

 10.3 



9.1 

 10.3 



7.6 



Large mononuclear . 



Polynuclear leucocyte... 



Eosinophile. . . _.. 



Mast cell 





Table II contains the results of numerical determinations of 

 the various cellular constituents of the blood, together with 

 other data regarding properties of the blood. 



Table II. — The results of examinations of the blood of 25 supposedly normal 



carabaos. 



No. of carabao. 



Sex. 



Red cor- 

 puscles 

 per cubic 

 millimeters. 



Leuco- 

 cytes per 

 cubic 

 milli- 

 meters. 



Haemo- 

 globin. 



Specific 

 gravity. 



Relative volume 

 of corpuscles 

 and of plasma. 



Time of 

 coagula- 

 tion. 



Corpus- 

 cles. 



Plasma. 



1- 



M 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 F 

 F 

 F 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 F 

 M 

 M 

 F 

 M 

 M 

 M 

 F 

 M 

 M 



5,696,000 

 5.400,000 

 6.088,000 

 5, 336, 000 

 6, 272, 000 

 5,920,000 

 6, 480, 000 

 7,000,000 

 6, 072, 000 

 5,228,000 

 6, 192, 000 

 5, 296, 000 

 6, 760, 000 

 6,720,000 

 6, 190, 000 

 6, 210, 000 

 6.208,000 

 5, 888, 000 

 5,392,000 

 6, 368, 000 

 5, 864, 000 

 6, 512, 000 

 5, 972, 000 

 6,260,000 

 6, 108, 000 



8,000 



8,000 



6,000 



8,000 



12,000 



9,600 



16,000 



18, 500 



15,000 



6,000 



8,000 



8.000 



12,000 



8,000 



8,500 



9,250 



10, 225 



9,750 



10,000 



14, 000 



14,750 



12,000 



8,750 



9,500 



10,000 



Per cent. 

 90 



85 



85 



90 



85 



85 

 100 

 100 



95 



95 



95 



85 



95 



90 



85 



85 

 100 



90 

 100 



1.052 

 1.052 

 1.054 

 1.052 

 1.054 

 1.052 

 1.055 

 1.056 

 L054 

 1.052 

 1.054 

 1.052 



25 

 26 

 28 

 25 

 30 

 26 

 28 

 43 

 35 

 26 



75 

 75 

 72 

 76 

 70 

 74 

 72 

 57 

 65 



M. s. 



2... 





3 



3 10 

 3 10 

 3 20 

 3 25 

 3 25 

 3 5 

 3 20 



4... 



5 



6 



7. 



8 



9 



10 



11 



[ 



12- 







13.... 









14 









15 









16.. 



17 

















18... 











19 











20 



95 

 100 

 100 











21 











22 











23.. __ 



90 

 95 

 100 



1 







24 



1 





25 



1 





Average 



__ ,^ 1 





6, 057, 520 



10,389 



92.6 



1. 0532 



29. l| 70.9 



3 16.2 



Maximum 





7, 000, 000 

 5,228,000 



18,500 

 6,000 



100 

 85 



1.056 

 1.052 



43 

 25 



75 

 57 



3 25 

 3 5 



Minimum 





1 



