Studies of Abnormal Leukocyte Bodies in the Mink.

By ROBERT W. LEADER, GEORGE A. PADGETT AND JOHN R. GORHAM I N 1961, NEUTROPHILS with unusual cvtopbasiiiic structures were ( l)scr\cCl in peril)heral blood smears of mink homozvgous recessive for the Aleutian gene aa. Subsequent observations also revealed abnormal eosinophibs, monocytes and lymphocytes. These abnormal cells have a striking resemblance to those observed in the Chedi#{225}k-HigashP1 syndrome ( C-H S ) of man. These intracellular bodies are hereafter referred to as Aleutian mink bodies ( AMB).