Surface morphology of immunocompetent cells isolated from spleen of <i style="">Bufo himalayanus </i>(Gunther)

Abstract

Immunocompetent cells were isolated from spleen of <i style="">B. himalayanus</i> and studied surface morphology of the three different cell types - (i) plastic adherent; (ii) nylon wool adherent; and (iii) nylon wool non-adherent cells. As revealed by scanning electron microscopy, they resembled the macrophages, B and T cells, respectively. Presence of such cell types indicated that <i style="">Bufo himalayanus</i> possessed a well-organized immune system. Further work is needed to characterize the functional efficacy of these immunocompetent cells found in <i style="">B. himalayanus</i>.