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Table 5 Hematological profile in non-infected and infected horses with T. equi and/or B. caballi

From: Assessment of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in equine populations in Egypt by molecular, serological and hematological approaches

Groups

Parameters

Control

Non-infected

Diagnostic techniques performed on infected horses

Sig.

Blood film

cELISA

nPCR

Blood film + ELISA + PCR

No. of Animals

12

12

9

9

6

 

Red blood cell count (×106/μl)

7.54 ± 0.19a

6.59 ± 0.23b

6.74 ± 0.30b

6.33 ± 0.13b

6.65 ± 0.31b

**

Haematocrit (%)

32.79 ± 0.86

31.14 ± 0.80

31.40 ± 1.52

29.01 ± 0.43

30.75 ± 2.22

NS

Haemoglobin (g/dl)

11.91 ± 0.27a

10.96 ± 0.26ab

11.20 ± 0.49ab

10.37 ± 0.12b

11.03 ± 0.66ab

*

Mean corpuscular volume (fl)

43.53 ± 0.70b

47.42 ± 0.53a

46.59 ± 0.77a

45.90 ± 0.58a

46.07 ± 1.47

**

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin (pg)

15.82 ± 0.18b

16.71 ± 0.25a

16.61 ± 0.12a

16.47 ± 0.29ab

16.57 ± 0.37a

*

MCHC (mg/dl)

36.40 ± 0.30

35.23 ± 0.29

35.73 ± 0.40

35.86 ± 0.24

36.08 ± 0.45

NS

Red blood cell distribution width (fl)

37.89 ± 1.08

40.96 ± 0.66

40.84 ± 1.04

41.04 ± 0.48

40.83 ± 2.35

NS

Red blood cell distribution width (%)

21.23 ± 0.48

20.13 ± 0.69

20.77 ± 0.27

21.72 ± 0.48

21.30 ± 0.83

NS

White blood cell count(×103/μl)

7.47 ± 0.32

7.60 ± 0.13

8.00 ± 0.71

6.36 ± 0.36

7.63 ± 0.62

NS

Lymphocytes(×103/μl)

1.65 ± 0.11

1.54 ± 0.10

1.63 ± 0.23

1.34 ± 0.14

1.95 ± 0.29

NS

Lymphocytes (%)

22.22 ± 1.36

20.32 ± 1.33

20.12 ± 1.35

22.06 ± 2.08

25.50 ± 2.53

NS

Granulocytes (×103/μl)

5.19 ± 0.28ab

5.53 ± 0.16a

5.69 ± 0.45a

4.34 ± 0.32b

5.05 ± 0.42ab

*

Granulocytes (%)

69.38 ± 1.54

72.68 ± 1.62

72.04 ± 1.23

68.22 ± 2.55

66.80 ± 3.06

NS

Mid cells(×103/μl)

0.63 ± 0.03

0.53 ± 0.03

0.68 ± 0.06

0.67 ± 0.09

0.63 ± 0.06

NS

Mid cells (%)

8.39 ± 0.36ab

7.00 ± 0.33b

7.83 ± 0.36b

9.72 ± 0.85a

7.70 ± 0.64b

**

Platelet count(×103/μl)

220.58 ± 16.98a

136.17 ± 5.28b

140.22 ± 10.57b

139.67 ± 11.97b

152.67 ± 12.00b

***

Mean platelet volume (fl)

8.28 ± 0.25a

7.30 ± 0.21b

7.32 ± 0.17b

8.06 ± 0.15ab

7.77 ± 0.30b

**

Platelet distribution width (fl)

14.58 ± 0.34a

12.78 ± 0.49c

13.21 ± 0.25bc

14.20 ± 0.29ab

13.50 ± 0.53abc

**

Plateletcrit (%)

0.19 ± 0.02a

0.10 ± 0.01b

0.10 ± 0.01b

0.11 ± 0.01b

0.12 ± 0.01b

***

Large platelet concentration ratio

32.57 ± 2.45a

21.03 ± 2.33c

22.59 ± 1.16bc

28.42 ± 1.84ab

25.25 ± 3.28bc

**

  1. Hemogram values expressed as mean ± standard error for each technique. Means followed by different superscripts (a, b, c) within the same row are significantly different at (P < 0.05). Two means that are not follow by the same letter (a, b, or c) are significantly different (P < 0.05). Two means followed with the same letter implies that they are not significantly different. Sig. represents statistical significance: *P < 0.05; **P <0.01; ***P <0.001; NS, non-significant