Intensity of RNA synthesis in lymphocytes of different types of blood and lymph of cattle in the norm and during lymphoid leukosis.

Abstract

It was established that in healthy animals the intensity of synthesis of quick-labeling RNA and also the percentage of small and medium labeled lymphocytes are substantially higher in the lymphocytes of lymph than in the lymphocytes of blood. The percentage of small blood lymphocytes doubles (from 25 to 50%) during leukosis, but is almost unchanged in lymph. For the majority of animals with leukosis, an increase of 5 to 10 times in the percentage of strongly labeled cells, including all types of lymphocytes, is characteristic.