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Figure 8

From: Chickens treated with a nitric oxide inhibitor became more resistant to Plasmodium gallinaceum infection due to reduced anemia, thrombocytopenia and inflammation

Figure 8

Absolute numbers of thrombocytes (A) of chickens infected with Plasmodium gallinaceum, treated (black bars) or not (gray bars), with aminoguanidine and grouped by parasitemia range (PR). Thrombocytes of infected chickens stained with Giemsa in blood smears (B - D) and after culture for 1 h (E - H). Thrombocytes became larger and with more vacuoles when parasitemia was higher (B - D). (E) Normal thrombocytes with typical vacuoles (arrow). (F) Pyknotic thrombocytes. Note condensed chromatin (arrows). Atypical thrombocytes with long mononucleus (G) and two nuclei (arrows) (H) are seen. Bar = 10 μm. For the number of chickens by PR, number of experiments and significance of symbols, see Figure 6.

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Veterinary Research

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