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by Pajarita » Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:15 am
In truth, avian blood has not been studied enough but we do know a few very interesting things:
Avian Circulatory system:
http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/birdcirculatory.htmlAvian Hematology:
https://veteriankey.com/avian-hematolog ... d%20smears.
Avian erythrocytes have functional mitochondria, opening novel perspectives for birds as animal models in the study of ageing:
https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentra ... 9994-10-33Birds' blood functions as heating system in winter (but does it happen to all species? Because the study was done with temperate climate birds)
https://phys.org/news/2021-04-birds-blo ... inter.html
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