Figure 5.

The milky spot volume of the omentum is not affected by the immune status of the host. Giemsa-stained sections of omenta harvested from B6, Nude, Rag1, Igh6, and BN XID mice were processed, sectioned, Giemsa stained, and imaged to determine the area of milky spots and the whole omenta area on each section. A: Milky spot volume per omentum, calculated by multiplying the area of each section by 4 μm and summing the sections. B: Total volume of the whole omentum. C: Milky spot volume as a percentage of the total omentum volume. For each mouse strain, milky spot and omental volumes were determined for five independent animals. No measurements differed statistically among any of the mouse strains (one-way analysis of variance). Data are expressed as means ± SEM.