Comparative Zoo-Veterinary Hematology – Rotterdam Zoo

This website is created by the Veterinary Department of the Rotterdam Zoo, The Netherlands, to share the expertise on hematology.

For information or comment please contact Mark de Boer, Veterinary Technologist .

Tupinambis merianae

Erythroblastosis from a Argentine black and white tegu

Caiman jacare

Eosinophil from a Yacare caiman

This picture is provided by:
J.C. Troiano
Chair of medicine and wildlife production
Faculty of veterinary university of Buenos Aires

Caiman latirostris

Basophils from a  broad-snouted caiman

Crotalus durissus terrificus

Azurophil from  a South American rattlesnake

Procyon lotor

An atypical lymphocyte from an adult raccoon with a pancreas tumor with metastasis to the liver.

Geochelone nigra

Heterophil and thrombocytes from a Galapagos tortoise

Rissa tridactyla

Black-legged kittiwake with malaria (Plasmodium sp.)

Tapirus indicus #2

A neutrophill from a 4-yr-old male tapir suffering of an acute septicemia

Tapirus indicus #1

A lymphocyte and some platelets from a 4-yr-old healthy male Malayan tapir.

Hydrosaurus pustulatus

A heterophil form a 28-yr-old female suffering of chronic bacterial arthritis