STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGES IN LYMPHOID ORGANS AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HERBICIDES

Herbicides  are widely used in  modern  agriculture to  control  weeds  and  improve crop productivity. However, their excessive, prolonged, or improper use may  cause  adverse  effects  on  living  organisms,  particularly  on  the  immune  and  hematopoietic systems. Lymphoid organs, including the spleen, thymus, and lymph  nodes,  play  a  crucial  role  in  immune  defense,  while  peripheral  blood  reflects  the  functional state of the hematopoietic and immune systems.