High potassium and low potassium erythrocytes in cattle

摘要

1. The K and Na concentrations in red blood cells (R.B.C.) of 251 animals of the Simmenthal breed and thirty-two animals of other cattle breeds were measured. [Na]cells+[K]cells was 89·4 m-mole/l. cells. [K]cells varied between 7 and 70 and [Na]cells varied in the inverse sense between 15 and 87 m-mole/l. cells.