Hematological Changes in Coho Salmon Fed a Folic Acid Deficient Diet
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 25 (1) , 151-156
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f68-009
Abstract
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) fed a diet deficient in folic acid for 24 weeks developed megaloblastic, normochromic macrocytic anemia. The anemia was further characterized by the presence of poikilocytic erythrocytes which were observed in stained preparations of peripheral blood. These abnormally shaped cells appear to be an important aid in the identification of folic acid deficiency. The anemia disappeared when the deficient fish were fed a recovery diet containing folic acid for 8 weeks.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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