Groups Parameters | Control Non-infected | Method for the detection of Babesia sp. used in cattle | Sig. | |||
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Blood film | cELISA | nPCR | Blood film + cELISA + nPCR | |||
No. of Animals | 23 | 5 | 28 | 43 | 8 | Â |
Red blood cell count (×106/μl) | 7.09 ± 0.18a | 6.03 ± 0.10bc | 6.31 ± 0.14b | 5.45 ± 0.14c | 6.13 ± 0.19bc | *** |
Hematocrit (%) | 27.73 ± 0.32a | 25.34 ± 0.41ab | 25.58 ± 0.44ab | 24.10 ± 0.58b | 23.90 ± 0.96b | *** |
Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 11.16 ± 0.23a | 9.14 ± 0.49b | 9.00 ± 0.13b | 8.42 ± 0.19b | 8.48 ± 0.32b | *** |
Mean corpuscular volume (fl) | 39.53 ± 0.86b | 42.08 ± 0.95ab | 40.87 ± 0.78b | 44.43 ± 0.60a | 38.95 ± 0.76b | *** |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg) | 15.86 ± 0.35a | 15.19 ± 0.91ab | 14.40 ± 0.27bc | 15.53 ± 0.19ab | 13.82 ± 0.29c | *** |
MCHC (mg/dl) | 40.20 ± 0.58a | 36.03 ± 1.59b | 35.26 ± 0.21b | 34.97 ± 0.09b | 35.48 ± 0.21b | *** |
Red blood cell distribution width (fl) | 31.51 ± 0.73b | 43.74 ± 5.00a | 31.38 ± 1.14b | 33.54 ± 0.69b | 31.66 ± 0.73b | *** |
Red blood cell distribution width (%) | 21.01 ± 0.42b | 26.96 ± 2.35a | 19.44 ± 0.30bc | 18.20 ± 0.30bc | 19.93 ± 0.36bc | *** |
White blood cell count (×103/μl) | 10.93 ± 0.40bc | 13.48 ± 0.37a | 12.20 ± 0.70ab | 9.63 ± 0.39c | 11.56 ± 0.21abc | ** |
Lymphocytes (×103/μl) | 5.6 ± 0.28a | 6.73 ± 0.54a | 5.58 ± 0.39a | 3.51 ± 0.29b | 3.72 ± 0.71b | *** |
Lymphocytes (%) | 52.38 ± 1.20a | 50.44 ± 5.05a | 45.77 ± 1.80ab | 37.20 ± 2.53bc | 32.38 ± 6.29c | *** |
Granulocytes (×103/μl) | 4.08 ± 0.14b | 5.60 ± 0.94ab | 5.52 ± 0.39ab | 5.26 ± 0.38b | 6.90 ± 0.77a | * |
Granulocytes (%) | 37.89 ± 1.34c | 40.96 ± 5.46c | 44.90 ± 1.76bc | 53.63 ± 2.61ab | 59.49 ± 6.42a | ** |
MID cells (×103/μl) | 1.08 ± 0.07a | 1.15 ± 0.06a | 1.10 ± 0.06a | 0.86 ± 0.03b | 0.94 ± 0.05a | * |
MID cells (%) | 9.73 ± 0.30 | 8.60 ± 0.55 | 9.33 ± 0.46 | 9.17 ± 0.31 | 8.14 ± 0.45 | NS |
Platelet count (×103/μl) | 269.78 ± 14.93a | 232.00 ± 2.86b | 214.75 ± 16.22bc | 158.16 ± 8.40c | 224.63 ± 29.66b | *** |
Mean platelet volume (fl) | 6.47 ± 0.07a | 6.30 ± 0.09abc | 6.44 ± 0.07ab | 6.17 ± 0.04bc | 6.10 ± 0.09c | *** |
Platelet distribution width (fl) | 10.43 ± 0.12a | 10.14 ± 0.18ab | 10.44 ± 0.12a | 10.00 ± 0.08ab | 9.78 ± 0.12b | ** |
Plateletcrit (%) | 0.18 ± 0.01a | 0.16 ± 0.00a | 0.14 ± 0.01a | 0.10 ± 0.01b | 0.17 ± 0.02a | ** |