Camels have elliptocytosis, which isn't very surprising when you think about their lifestyles. Someone once slipped a film into our Christmas Quiz. And one from a turkey: they normally have circulating nucleated erythrocytes.

Jonathan


Jonathan

On 23 Dec 2011, at 12:01, Myers Martin (LTHTR) wrote:

Just signed out a positive pregnancy test on a lady with clinical details:
 
"pregnancy of unknown origin"
 
What are those camels doing outside my window?
 
Happy Christmas
 
martin


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