THE RESERVOIR FUNCTION OF THE SPLEEN IN FOWLS

29 February 1932

journal article
research article
Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content

Vol. 100 (1) , 99-101
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1932.100.1.99

Abstract

Partial asphyxiation in 7 normal hens was accompanied by increase in the Hb content of the blood; after splenectomy no such rise in Hb resulted from asphyxiation. A control operation (exposure but not removal of the spleen) did not affect Hb content. As in mammalia the spleen in fowls presumably acts as a reservoir, expelling red cells into the general circulation in emergency.