IMPALA, AEPYCEROS-MELAMPUS, PLATELETS - COUNT, MORPHOLOGY, AND MORPHOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS

There is little published information regarding the platelets of impal a (Aepyceros melampus). In this study we determined the platelet count s of 12 healthy adult male impalas and describe the morphology of the platelets. The platelet counts of the animals are high. Although the p latelets appear to be extremely small, they have the characteristic ul trastructure of the platelets of the family Bovidae. They have few but prominent alpha-granules. Other cytoplasmic inclusions are the dense bodies, microtubules, mitochondria, and glycogen, There is no surface- connecting canalicular system present.