The influence of pistia powder (Pistia stratiotes L.) in ration on the performance index and red blood cell profile of male Magelang duck

The research aims at studying the influence of pistia powder (Pistia stratiotes L.) as feed material on the performance index and red blood cell profile of male Magelang duck. The materials used were 100 heads of 4-week old male Magelang duck. The treatments were: T0 (basal), pistia powder in T1, T2 and T3 of ration for male Magelang duck at 6%, 12% and 18%. The parameters observed were Performance Index (PI), number of erythrocytes, amount of hemoglobin, hematocrit level, MCV (Mean Corpuscular Volume), MCH (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin) and MCHC (Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration). The research results showed that using pistia powder up to 18% significantly (P≤0.05) increased performance index (PI) and generally insignificantly (P>0.05) influenced the number of erythrocytes, amount of hemoglobin, hematocrit level, MCV and MCHC, but significantly decreased (P<0.05) MCH. The research concludes that pistia powder may be used up to 18% in ration to increase the performance index without influencing the red blood cell profile of male Magelang duck.

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Characteristics of red blood cell populations fractionated with a combination of counterflow centrifugation and Percoll separation

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v79.1.254.254 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

pp. 254-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

FH Bosch ◽

JM Werre ◽

B Roerdinkholder-Stoelwinder ◽

TH Huls ◽

FL Willekens ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Cell ◽

Red Blood Cell ◽

Hemoglobin A1c ◽

Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Cell Age ◽

Cellular Water ◽

Hba1c Concentration

Abstract Red blood cell (RBC) fractions were studied after separation of whole blood by means of counterflow centrifugation, Percoll column (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden), and a combination of both separation techniques. Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) were measured in each fraction. From the results it was obvious that the combination of both techniques was the best separation technique of these three. MCV had a good correlation with cell age as measured with HbA1c concentration gradient; MCH and MCHC less so. MCV and MCH decreased in parallel to an increase in HbA1c. MCHC increased with increasing HbA1c. From these data it is concluded that there is a steadily ongoing loss of cellular hemoglobin and proportionally more cellular water during the life of the RBC.

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Complete Blood Count Peculiarities in Pregnant SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients at Term: A Cohort Study

Diagnostics ◽

10.3390/diagnostics12010080 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 80

Author(s):

Roxana Covali ◽

Demetra Socolov ◽

Razvan Socolov ◽

Ioana Pavaleanu ◽

Alexandru Carauleanu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Cell ◽

Red Blood Cell ◽

Blood Count ◽

Complete Blood Count ◽

Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Blood Cell Count ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Distribution Width

Background: During viral outbreaks, pregnancy poses an increased risk of infection for women. Methods: In a prospective study, all patients admitted for delivery at term to Elena Doamna Obstetrics and Gynecology University Hospital in Iasi, Romania, between 1 April 2020 and 31 December 2020 were included. There were 457 patients, divided into two groups: group 1, SARS-CoV-2-positive patients (n = 46) and group 2, SARS-CoV-2-negative patients (n = 411). Among other tests, complete blood count was determined upon admittance, and the following values were studied: white blood cell count, lymphocytes, neutrophils, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume, red blood cell distribution width, hematocrit, platelet count, mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, plateletcrit, and platelet large cell ratio. Results: in pregnant SARS-CoV-2-infected patients at term, there was a significant decrease in white blood cell, neutrophil, and lymphocyte count, and an increase in mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, compared to healthy pregnant women at term, although all still within normal limits. None of the other components of the complete blood count or fetal outcomes studied was significantly influenced by SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant patients at term.

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Impact of weight loss on inflammation and red blood cell biomarkers after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery

Journal of Investigative Medicine ◽

10.1136/jim-2017-000528 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 304-308 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Susana Coimbra ◽

Cátia Ferreira ◽

Luís Belo ◽

Petronila Rocha-Pereira ◽

Alice Catarino ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Weight Loss ◽

Blood Cell ◽

Gastric Banding ◽

Iron Metabolism ◽

Red Blood Cell ◽

Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Obese Patients ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Distribution Width

Adipose tissue produces several adipokines that are enrolled in different metabolic and inflammatory pathways that may disturb iron metabolism and erythropoiesis. Considering that laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has not been associated with a long-term risk of malabsorption, we performed a 13-month follow-up study in severe obese patients submitted to LAGB in order to clarify its impact on inflammation, iron metabolism and on red blood cell (RBC) biomarkers. Twenty obese patients were enrolled in the study, being clinical and analytically assessed before (T0) and 13 months after LAGB intervention (T1). Inflammation, iron bioavailability and RBC biomarkers were evaluated at T0 and T1. At T1, weight and anthropometric indices decreased significantly; patients showed a significant increase in mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and a reduction in red cell distribution width, ferritin, hepcidin, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein. Before LAGB, IL-6 correlated negatively with iron, hemoglobin concentration and MCHC; hepcidin correlated inversely with transferrin. Our data show that 13 months after LAGB, the weight loss is associated with an improvement in inflammation, namely a reduction in IL-6 that may reduce hepcidin production, improving iron availability for erythropoiesis, as shown by more adequate erythrocyte hemoglobinization.

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Characteristics of red blood cell populations fractionated with a combination of counterflow centrifugation and Percoll separation

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v79.1.254.bloodjournal791254 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

pp. 254-260

Author(s):

FH Bosch ◽

JM Werre ◽

B Roerdinkholder-Stoelwinder ◽

TH Huls ◽

FL Willekens ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Cell ◽

Red Blood Cell ◽

Hemoglobin A1c ◽

Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Cell Age ◽

Cellular Water ◽

Hba1c Concentration

Red blood cell (RBC) fractions were studied after separation of whole blood by means of counterflow centrifugation, Percoll column (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden), and a combination of both separation techniques. Mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) were measured in each fraction. From the results it was obvious that the combination of both techniques was the best separation technique of these three. MCV had a good correlation with cell age as measured with HbA1c concentration gradient; MCH and MCHC less so. MCV and MCH decreased in parallel to an increase in HbA1c. MCHC increased with increasing HbA1c. From these data it is concluded that there is a steadily ongoing loss of cellular hemoglobin and proportionally more cellular water during the life of the RBC.

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Impacts of Mycoplasma loads and lung lesions on immune and hematological statuses of pigs in an eight-breed cross heterogeneous population

Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.1093/jas/skaa235 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 98 (8) ◽

Author(s):

Qing Zhang ◽

Jing Li ◽

Tao Huang ◽

Yifeng Zhang ◽

Wenwu Xu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Cell ◽

Neutrophil Count ◽

Lymphocyte Count ◽

Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Volume Distribution ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Distribution Width ◽

Lung Lesions

Abstract Developments of pulmonary diseases, often accompanied by infections of bacteria, severely affect the meat production and welfare of pigs. This study investigated 307 pigs at age of 240 d from an eight-breed cross reared under standardized housing conditions for associations among the extent of lung lesions, bacteria load inferred from 16S rRNA sequencing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, as well as 57 immune cells and 25 hematological traits. We showed that the pigs under study suffered substantial and varied lung lesions, and the Mycoplasma is the most associated bacteria genera. At a false discovery rate of 0.05 (FDR < 0.05), the severity of lung lesions were significantly associated with greater CD8+ to CD3+ cell ratio, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and standard deviation of red blood cell volume distribution width (RDW-SD), and lower CD4−CD8−/CD3+, CD3+CD4−CD8−/PBMCs (peripheral blood mononuclear cells) and CD14−CD16−/PBMCs cell ratios, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, lymphocyte count, and lymphocyte count percentage, reflecting an status of inflammation, immune suppression, and hypoxia of the pigs accompanying the progression of the lung lesions. The Mycoplasma abundance showed positive correlations with neutrophil count, neutrophil count percentage, NLR, monocyte count, coefficient of variation in red blood cell volume distribution width , and RDW-SD, and negative correlations with mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, lymphocyte count, and lymphocyte count percentage; these correlations are largely consistent with those of lung lesions, supporting the comorbidity of lung lesions and Mycoplasma infection. We also observed nonlinear associations that sharp increases in neutrophil count and neutrophil count percentage occurred only when Mycoplasma abundance raised above the population-average level. The results provide helpful insights into the changes of host immune status in response to Mycoplasma relevant lung diseases in pigs.

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Comparative effect of probiotic (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), prebiotic (Fructooligosaccharide) and their combination on some blood indices in young common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine ◽

10.30539/iraqijvm.v40i1.131 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 9-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nasreen M. Abdulrahman

Keyword(s):

Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽

Blood Cell ◽

Common Carp ◽

Red Blood Cell ◽

Blood Parameters ◽

Average Weight ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽

Blood Indices

This study was carried out to examine the effect of Fructooligosaccharide as a source of prebiotic, and commercial dry yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a source of probiotic and their combination in different level as a source of synbiotic. The experiment was conducted in the fish laboratory of Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of Sulaimani University. The trials lasted for three months after 21 days of adapting period 120 common carp fingerlings with an average weight of 20 ±2 gm, were used to test the effect of different levels of the Fructooligosaccharide, yeast and their combination. In T1 fish were fed a diet with 2.5 gm/kg Fructooligosaccharide, in T2, fish were fed a diet 2.5 gm/kg yeast, T3 represents the third treatment, in which fish were fed on a diet 5 gm/kg Fructooligosaccharide. While, in T4 fish were fed a diet 5 gm/kg yeast, and T5 2.5 Fructooligosaccharide: 2.5 Yeast (gm/kg), T6 was 5 Fructooligosaccharide: 5 yeast (gm/kg), T7 2.5 Fructooligosaccharide: 5 Yeast gm/kg), while T8 5 Fructooligosaccharide, 2.5 (gm/kg) Yeast. Each treatment in three replicates in which five fingerlings common carp were stocked in plastic tanks, which fed the experimental diets twice daily. Blood parameters of tested fish showed significant differences in Red blood cell count (1012 cells/l) in T5 and T7 by 1.235 and 1.260, respectively. Hemoglobin (g/dl) data were 117.000 in the fifth treatment. The mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg/cell) was 121.400 in T2, 137.850 in T3, 121.050 in T4, and 135.300 in T6; mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/l) was 924.000, in the seventh treatment, mean corpuscular volume were (fL) 232.500 and 233.050 in T4 and T8 respectively. There were different effects of the treatment in the studied blood parameters in which the level of 2.5 g/kg in both Fructooligosaccharide and dry yeast affect significantly the Red blood cell, White blood cell and Hemoglobin.

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Hematology of Wild Caught Dubois’s Tree FrogPolypedates teraiensis, Dubois, 1986 (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1155/2014/491415 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Madhusmita Das ◽

Pravati Kumari Mahapatra

Keyword(s):

Blood Cell ◽

Blood Serum ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Hematological Parameters ◽

Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Reference Ranges ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Differential Leukocyte Count ◽

Rbc Count

Blood was analyzed from eighty (forty males and forty females) adult individuals ofPolypedates teraiensisto establish reference ranges for its hematological and serum biochemical parameters. The peripheral blood cells were differentiated as erythrocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils, monocytes, basophils, and thrombocytes, with similar morphology to other anurans. Morphology of blood cells did not vary according to sex. The hematological investigations included morphology and morphometry of erythrocytes, morphometry of leucocytes, packed cell volume (PCV), hemoglobin content (Hb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), erythrocyte or red blood cell (RBC) count, leukocyte or white blood cell (WBC) count, differential leukocyte count, and neutrophil to lymphocyte (N/L) ratio. Besides, protein, cholesterol, glucose, urea, uric acid, and creatinine content of blood serum were assayed. Hematological parameters that differed significantly between sexes were RBC count, length and breadth of RBC, neutrophil %, N/L ratio, area occupied by basophils, and diameter of large lymphocyte and eosinophils. The level of glucose, urea, and creatinine in blood serum also significantly differed between sexes.

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Hematological parameters in Nile Tilápia, Oreochromis niloticus exposed to sub-letal concentrations of mercury

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology ◽

10.1590/s1516-89132007000400007 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 50 (4) ◽

pp. 619-626 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Nilton Massuo Ishikawa ◽

Maria José Tavares Ranzani-Paiva ◽

Julio Vicente Lombardi ◽

Cláudia Maris Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Blood Cell ◽

Cell Count ◽

Oreochromis Niloticus ◽

Hematological Parameters ◽

Hemoglobin Concentration ◽

Control Group ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Blood Cell Count ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Set Up

Mercury toxicity in tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, (Linnaeus, 1758) was investigated by the hematological parameters after long-term (14 days) exposure to various Hg concentrations (0.02, 0.002, 0.0002mg/L Hg). Test groups were set up with three replicates for each concentration, plus the control group. Blood samples were collected from six individuals for each concentration at 0, 3, 7, 10 and 14 days of exposure. The hematological parameters analyzed were: total red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin concentration (Hb), hematocrit (Ht), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), total white blood cell count (WBC) and differential leukocyte counts and total thrombocyte count (Tr). There were no significant differences among the mean hematological values at the different Hg concentrations indicating that Hg at the concentrations studied was not toxic to tilapia.

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Association of haplotypes for SNPs in the LTR regions of bovine leukemia virus with hematological indices of cattle

Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding ◽

10.18699/vj19.491 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 262-269 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

N. V. Blazhko ◽

S. Kh. Vyshegurov ◽

A. S. Donchenko ◽

K. S. Shatokhin ◽

T. I. Krytsyna ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Blood Cell ◽

Red Blood Cell ◽

Leukemia Virus ◽

White Blood Cells ◽

Biological Species ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Distribution Width ◽

Hematological Indices ◽

Blood Indices

Molecular typing of BLV samples isolated from Holsteinized Russian Black Pied cattle was carried out, and various cytofluorometric and morphological blood indices were examined. We performed the total count of white blood cells (WBC), lymphocyte (lymf), granulocyte (gran), monocyte (mon), red blood cell (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HTC), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red blood cell distribution width (RDW), platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and platelet crit count (PCT). The LTR-region of BLV was haplotyped. Only viruses of haplotypes I (0.33±0.03) and III (0.67±0.03) of the eight possible were detected. The ratio of hematologically sick, healthy, and suspected carriers of BLV of haplotypes I and II was comparable with the results of other researchers. The numbers of leukocytes, erythrocytes and platelets in the blood of carriers of haplotype III exceeded the corresponding parameters of cattle affected by the virus of haplotype I. It is interesting to note that the difference in the hemolytic status of animals was manifested not only by the concentration of leukocytes as direct immune agents but also by the count of erythrocytes and platelets, which are not directly involved in the immune response. The number of particles of haplotype III of the BLV circulating in the blood of infected individuals exceeded that of the carriers of haplotype I. In this connection, an assumption was made about the evolutionary advantage of the more virulent haplotype III. However, the results of our own research in conjunction with the data of other scientists indicate that the high virulence of individual virus strains is a consequence of the tendency to implement the maximum possible intensity of the synthesis of virus particles but not of the high damaging effect alone. It is shown that high lethality is evolutionarily disadvantageous for viruses, since the extinction of the carrier as a biological species is fraught with the disappearance of the virus itself.

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Abstract 25: Epigenome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis Reveals Novel Hematologic Trait Associations for African Americans in The Jackson Heart Study

Circulation ◽

10.1161/circ.141.suppl_1.25 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 141 (Suppl_1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mindy D Szeto ◽

Laura M Raffield ◽

Deborah A Nickerson ◽

Neil A Zakai ◽

Dwight J Klemm ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dna Methylation ◽

African Americans ◽

Blood Cell ◽

Red Blood Cell ◽

Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Red Cell ◽

Corpuscular Hemoglobin ◽

Cpg Sites ◽

Heart Study ◽

Trait Associations

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and disproportionately affects African Americans (AAs). Routinely measured circulating red blood cell traits, which are highly heritable and differ by ethnicity, are independent predictors for CVD-related traits including hypertension, stroke, coronary heart disease, and CVD mortality. Many genetic loci associated with red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and red cell distribution width (RDW) have been identified. However, identified genetic variants do not fully explain the heritability of these traits. Epigenetic alterations in DNA methylation likely also explain a portion of red cell trait variance, and detecting methylation quantitative trait loci (meQTLs) can provide critical insight into the development of CVD and CVD health disparities. We performed an epigenome-wide association analysis to identify CpG sites at which DNA methylation levels are associated with red blood cell traits in 1753 participants from the Jackson Heart Study, a population-based cohort of AAs. DNA methylation was measured by the Illumina MethylationEPIC array, interrogating approximately 850,000 CpG sites in peripheral blood mononuclear cells at the baseline exam. Associations were assessed using linear mixed models adjusted for age, sex, cell proportions, genetic ancestry, and experimental batch effects. A Bonferroni-corrected p-value of 9x10 -8 was used to assess statistical significance. We identified many significant differentially methylated CpG sites associated with red blood cell traits. Analysis of RBC, HGB, MCV, MCH, and MCHC revealed a novel highly significant association with a CpG annotated to a non-coding RNA (cg11703701; RBC P = 5.19x10 -22 , HGB P = 1.19x10 -11 , MCV P = 4.69x10 -59 , MCH P = 2.68x10 -67 , MCHC P = 2.32x10 -31 ), as well as a strong signal for a reprogramming-specific differentially methylated region (cg04321267; RBC P = 1.67x10 -16 , HGB P = 3.58x10 -12 , MCV P = 2.12x10 -49 , MCH P = 1.74x10 -57 , MCHC P = 5.91x10 -30 ). Multiple CpGs annotated to genes HBA1 and HBA2 were associated with RBC, MCV, MCH, and MCHC, while ITPKB (cg23740281; HGB P = 4.88x10 -10 , HCT P = 6.20x10 -11 ) and ALDH2 (cg17969951; HGB P = 3.03x10 -11 , HCT P = 8.31x10 -9 ) were significantly associated with both HGB and HCT. Additional CpG sites were significantly associated with HCT ( PLXND1 cg22902177; P = 7.54x10 -11 and ARL1 cg23903357; P = 9.86x10 -11 ) and RDW ( CPNE2 cg09018739; P = 3.03x10 -22 ). These findings shed light on potential hematologic and CVD mechanisms in understudied populations. Future work will explore the role of neighboring SNPs in mediating observed methylation-trait associations, and replicate results in an additional multi-ethnic cohort.

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