Month
Purification time (hours)
Granulocyte (%)
Mussels parasitized with
Marteilia
spp.
Marteilia
-free mussels
0
63
71
May
24
77
74
48
69
83
0
68
87
June
24
69
73
48
49
57
0
82
74
October
24
68
65
48
71
76
Table 5:
Granulocyte/hyalinocyte rate reported as the number of granulocytes counted out of 100 haemocytes, observed in parasitized and parasite-free mussels (
M. galloprovincialis
) at different purification times.
