Hematology and erythrocyte osmotic fragility of the Franquet’s fruit bat (Epomops franqueti)
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Oyetunde Kazeem Ekeolu
Abstract
Background
Hematological parameters are vital diagnostic tools for understanding health dynamics of humans and animals. Franquet’s fruit bat (Epomops franqueti) is host to several parasites such as protozoa, bacteria, viruses and mites. Yet, studies exploring the values of its blood components with interest for research or food purposes are scarce. Thus, this study was carried out to investigate the hematological values of the adult E. franqueti.
Methods
Seventeen (nine female and eight male) apparently healthy adult E. franqueti were captured from their roosting colony. Blood samples were collected for determination of erythrocyte indices [red blood cell count (RBC), packed cell volume (PCV), hemoglobin (Hb) concentration, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)] and leukocyte indices [total white blood cell counts (WBC), lymphocytes, eosinophil, monocytes, neutrophil count and erythrocytes osmotic fragility].
Results
There were no significant (p≥0.05) sex-related differences in RBC, PCV, Hb concentration, MCV, MCH, MCHC and total and differential WBC of E. franqueti. Erythrocyte osmotic fragility was significantly higher in female than in male E. franqueti at 0.1% NaCl.
Conclusions
These considerations are critical in establishing reference ranges of blood parameters for E. franqueti and may provide insight to why they serve as reservoir hosts for several microorganisms.
Author contributions: Both authors contributed equally and have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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- Letter to the Editor
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- Metabolism
- Comparative hypoglycemic potentials and phytochemical profiles of 12 common leafy culinary vegetables consumed in Nsukka, Southeastern Nigeria
- Infection
- The effects of oral pregabalin on post-Lichtenstein herniorrhaphic pain: a randomized clinical trial
- Cardiovascular Function
- Influence of age and gender on blood pressure variability and baroreflex sensitivity in a healthy population in the Indian sub-continent
- Autonomic responses during acute myocardial infarction in the rat model: implications for arrhythmogenesis
- Phytotherapy
- Role of reactive oxygen species–total antioxidant capacity status in Telfairia occidentalis leaves–associated spermatoprotective effect: a pointer to fatty acids benefit
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- Oxidative Stress
- Aged coconut oil with a high peroxide value induces oxidative stress and tissue damage in mercury-treated rats
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- Hematological Profile
- Evaluation of hematological alterations after therapeutic use of dipyrone in healthy adults: a prospective study
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- Behavior and Neuroprotection
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- Effects of acetone extract of Cola nitida on brain sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase activity and spatial memory in healthy and streptozotocin-induced diabetic female Wistar rats
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- Short Communication
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Letter to the Editor
- Blister-packed levothyroxine sodium or bottle-packed levothyroxine sodium
- Metabolism
- Comparative hypoglycemic potentials and phytochemical profiles of 12 common leafy culinary vegetables consumed in Nsukka, Southeastern Nigeria
- Infection
- The effects of oral pregabalin on post-Lichtenstein herniorrhaphic pain: a randomized clinical trial
- Cardiovascular Function
- Influence of age and gender on blood pressure variability and baroreflex sensitivity in a healthy population in the Indian sub-continent
- Autonomic responses during acute myocardial infarction in the rat model: implications for arrhythmogenesis
- Phytotherapy
- Role of reactive oxygen species–total antioxidant capacity status in Telfairia occidentalis leaves–associated spermatoprotective effect: a pointer to fatty acids benefit
- Antidiabetic and renoprotective effect of Anogeissus acuminata leaf extract on experimentally induced diabetic nephropathy
- Oxidative Stress
- Aged coconut oil with a high peroxide value induces oxidative stress and tissue damage in mercury-treated rats
- Anti-ulcerogenic effect of the methanol extract of Chasmanthera dependens (Hochst) stem on male Wistar rats
- Hematological Profile
- Evaluation of hematological alterations after therapeutic use of dipyrone in healthy adults: a prospective study
- Hematology and erythrocyte osmotic fragility of the Franquet’s fruit bat (Epomops franqueti)
- Behavior and Neuroprotection
- Haloperidol-induced parkinsonism is attenuated by varenicline in mice
- Antioxidant-mediated neuroprotection by Allium schoenoprasum L. leaf extract against ischemia reperfusion-induced cerebral injury in mice
- Effects of acetone extract of Cola nitida on brain sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase activity and spatial memory in healthy and streptozotocin-induced diabetic female Wistar rats
- Case Report
- Conservative treatment of postoperative chylothorax: a case report
- Short Communication
- Improved serotonergic neurotransmission by genistein pretreatment regulates symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice
