PROTEIN-A AND PEANUT AGGLUTININ BINDING LYMPHOCYTES IN THE PERIPHERAL-BLOOD AND LYMPHOID-TISSUES OF GOATS

Lymphocyte subpopulations of peripheral blood and various lymphoid tis sues of adult, kid and foetal goats were characterized on the basis of their binding on protein-A and peanut agglutinin. In adult goats and kids, protein-A binding cells were numerous in spleen than in the peri pheral blood and other lymphoid tissue. In foetal goats, the highest p ercentage of protein-A binding cells were found in the lymphnodes. PNA binding cells were found in highest number in the peripheral blood th an in the spleen and lymphnodes of adult goats. In kids and foetal goa ts, the lymphoid tissues other than the thymus had conspicuously less number of PNA binding cells than the adult counterparts.