Scanning electron microscopic studies on blood cells of Kadaknath fowl

Under the scanning electron microscope, the erythrocytes were elongated in shape with rounded ends. The leucocytes were of four types, first types were small in size and showed mulberry type outgrowth on their surface, second types were also small in size but showed coarse wafer like process on the surface, third types were large in size and showed coarse wafer like process on the surface and the fourth types were also large in size but showed thin wafer like process on the surface and had a few long and numerous small cytoplasmic process on the surface. The thrombocytes were roughly round or oval in shape showing numerous cytoplasmic processes on their surface.