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Seasonal Variation of Immunohematological Parameters of the Peripheral Blood in the Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825) of the Urals

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Immunohematological parameters were for the first time studied in the pond bat Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825), the most common chiropteran species in the Urals, during seasonal periods of the annual life cycle. Multivariate nonparametric analysis of variance showed the absence of significant gender differences in red blood cell parameters (p = 0.35). Gender differences were observed in the counts of white blood cells, band neutrophils, segments neutrophils, and lymphocytes in the blood (p < 0.05). Males showed a higher development of innate immunity in summer compared with females (p < 0.05). A high lymphocyte level (50.6–53.5%) was observed in both males and females in the autumn–winter hibernation period, providing immune surveillance and specific reactive activation of the acquired adaptive immune response.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (state contract no. 122021000091-2 with the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences).

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  1. Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    L. A. Kovalchuk, V. A. Mishchenko, L. V. Chernaya &  V. N. Bolshakov

  2. Yekaterinburg Institute of Viral Infections, Vektor State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology, Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    V. A. Mishchenko

  3. South Ural Federal Research Center of Mineralogy and Environmental Geology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ilmen Nature Reserve, Miass, Russia

    V. P. Snit’ko

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Kovalchuk, L.A., Mishchenko, V.A., Chernaya, L.V. et al. Seasonal Variation of Immunohematological Parameters of the Peripheral Blood in the Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825) of the Urals. Dokl Biol Sci 510, 150–154 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496623700321

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