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Morphology and Composition of Peripheral Blood Cells during Hibernation in Bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) of Northwestern Russia

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The composition and morphology of peripheral blood cells during hibernation were studied in five species of bats of the order Chiroptera: Myotis daubentonii (Daubenton’s bat), M. brandtii (Brandt’s bat), M. mystacinus (whiskered bat), Plecotus auritus (brown long-eared bat), and Eptesicus nilssonii (Northern bat). It is noted that these species are characterized by a low level of leukocytes and the prevalence of neutrophils over lymphocytes in the leucogram. Interspecific differences in the morphology of neutrophils, the total number, the absolute and relative content of certain types of leukocytes, and the size of the erythrocyte surface area have been established. They were found to be especially pronounced between the rare species of P. auritus and M. mystacinus and the more common species of M. daubentonii and M. brandtii, as well as the dominant species of E. nilssonii.

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This work was supported by the federal budget (project nos. 0218-2019-0073 and 0218-2019-0080) and the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Science, program no. 41 (project no. 0221-2018-0002).

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Statement on the welfare of animals. All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. A collection of bats was carried out with permission of the Hunting Management Department of the Republic of Karelia (nos. 0002-2010, 0001-2011, 00008-2013, 00009-2015, 00011-2015, and 00013-2017) according to the international principles of the Helsinki Declaration on Humane Attitudes towards Animals (Eticheskaya…, 2005).

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Uzenbaeva, L.B., Kizhina, A.G., Ilyukha, V.A. et al. Morphology and Composition of Peripheral Blood Cells during Hibernation in Bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) of Northwestern Russia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 46, 398–406 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359019030130

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