ALPHA NAPHTHYL ACETATE ESTERASE (ANAE) AND ACID PHOSPHATASE (ACP) ACTIVITIES IN BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES OF BURSECTOMIZED AND THYMECTOMIZED CHICKENS

摘要

It has been found that the ACP~+ lymphocytes are more numerous than ANAE~+ ones in chicken blood, the reverse of the case in mammals. Also, bursectomy markedly reduced the ANAE~+ lymphocyte count, whereas thymectomy caused an analogous reduction in ACP~+ cells. The sum of percentages of ANAE~+ and ACP~+ lymphocytes was near 100%, in buisectomized, thymectomized and control chickens (as in mammals). The results seem to indicate a possible interrelation of ANAE~+ and ACP~+ cells with B and T lymphocytes, respectively, in chickens.