It can be concluded that there are natural apoptotic phenomena of lymphocytes in spleen of Gushi chickens.The main changes of apoptotic lymphocytes were in nucleon and mitochondria proliferated.

• 由此可见，固始鸡脾脏内淋巴细胞存在着自然凋亡现象，凋亡细胞主要表现为细胞核的变化，其次是线粒体增多。