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Table 1 Hematological and biochemical parameters in a 6-year-old female-spayed European Shorthair cat imported from Spain to Germany infected with Leishmania infantum

From: Feline leishmaniosis with focus on ocular manifestation: a case report

Parameter

RI

Day 0

Day 48

Day 66

Day 96

Day 117

Day 133

Day 196

Day 288

Hematology

 RBCs (× 1012/l)

5.0–10.0

5.82

5.97

6.07

6.85

7.74

8.08

7.94

 Hemoglobin (g/l)

90–150

96

83

80

79

85

86

85

 Hematocrit (l/l)

0.3–0.44

0.32

0.26

0.26

0.27

0.30

0.28

0.3

 Reticulocytes (× 109/l)

< 60.0

64.6

47.3

77.9

86.3

51.9

38

40.5

 CHr (pg)

> 11.5

16.9

16.4

15.1

13.0

14.0

13.3

14.7

 WBCs (× 1012/l)

6.0–11.0

13.7

11.3

7.9

12.8

11.7

10.8

12.4

 Segmented (× 109/l)

3.0–11.0

7.1

6.6

3.0

6.7

7.1

6.2

7.2

 Bands (× 109/l)

< 0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Lymphocytes (× 109/l)

1.0–4.0

5.9

3.6

4.0

4.2

4.0

3.5

4.0

 Eosinophils (× 109/l)

0.04–0.6

0.0

0.1

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

 Monocytes (× 109/l)

0.04–0.5

0.7

0.9

0.3

1.7

0.6

1.1

1.2

 Hypochromasia

Negative

Neg.

Neg.

Pos.

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

 Anisocytosis

Negative

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

Neg.

 Platelets (× 109/l)

180–550

175

337

391

189

311

240

257

Biochemistry

 Alpha-Amylase (U/l)

< 1850.0

1291.0

1265.0

1211.0

1198.0

1311.0

1374.0

1384.0

 DGGR-lipase (U/l)

< 26.0

18.3

20.7

25.0

27.2

32.0

24.5

16.4

 Glucose (mmol/l)

3.1–6.9

5.3

4.4

4.6

4.2

5.1

5.8

5.3

 Fructosamine (µmol/l)

< 340.0

212.0

193.8

200.2

212.9

196.6

246.6

212.9

 Triglycerides (mmol/l)

< 1.14

1.2

0.87

1.05

0.42

1.55

0.53

0.63

 Cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.8–3.9

5.1

4.9

4.6

4.7

4.2

4.4

3.5

 Bilirubin (µmol/l)

< 3.4

1.1

0.5

2.2

2.3

1.8

2.1

3.6

 ALP (U/l)

< 140.0

16.0

16.0

16.0

17.0

29.0

37.0

38.0

 GLDH (U/l)

< 6.0

1.8

2.0

7.0

4.2

4.6

20.7

2.5

 G-GT (U/l)

< 5.0

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

< 0.1

0.1

 ALT (U/l)

< 70.0

18.2

24.3

44.5

32.7

59.3

230.5

99.6

 AST (U/l)

< 30.0

20.9

12.4

20.7

16.4

26.6

61.6

43.3

 Creatin kinase (U/l)

< 130.0

38.0

18.0

22.0

30.0

55.0

124.0

70.0

 Total protein (g/l)

57.0–94.0

85.9

89.9

97.2

101.2

100.7

103.7

98.8

 Albumin (g/l)

26.0–56.0

28.9

28.0

26.0

27.1

29.2

38.8

30.6

 Globulin (g/l)

< 55.0

57.0

61.9

71.2

74.1

71.5

64.9

68.2

 Urea (mmol/l)

5.0–11.3

5.4

6.5

7.1

7.4

8.0

8.3

6.5

 Creatinine (µmol/l)

< 168.0

92.0

106.0

80.0

94.0

104.0

124.0

117.0

 Phosphorus (mmol/l)

0.8–1.9

1.9

1.6

1.3

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.5

 SDMA (µmol/l)

< 0.75

0.62

0.57

0.47

0.56

0.46

 Magnesium (mmol/l)

0.6–1.3

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.8

 Calcium (mmol/l)

2.3–3.0

2.7

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.3

 Sodium (mmol/l)

145.0–158.0

155.0

150.0

148.0

147.0

150.0

152

151

 Potassium (mmol/l)

3.0–4.8

5.0

4.5

4.2

4.7

4.4

4.3

4.1

 Iron (µmol/l)

8–31

7.9

7.5

5.3

6.0

5.7

6.5

5.5

 Serum amyloid A (µg/l)

< 6.7

77.4

35.2

21.4

15.2

13.6

5.9

12.0

Pathogen detection methods

 Leishmania IFAT

≤ 1:64

1:4096

1:512

1:1024

1:1024

1:512

1:256

1:256

1:256

 Leishmania ELISA

< 11 LE

23.7

14.7

12.9

 Leishmania qPCR (/ml)

786

(pos)

191

(pos)

1

(pos)

238

(pos)

94

(pos)

11

(pos)

49

(pos)

  1. RI reference interval, RBCs red blood cells, CHr reticulocyte hemoglobin content, WBCs white blood cells, Segmented segmented neutrophilic granulocytes, Bands banded neutrophilic granulocytes, ALP alkaline phosphatase, GLDH glutamate dehydrogenase, G-GT gamma-glutamyl transferase, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, SDMA symmetric dimethylarginine, ELISA  antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, IFAT immunofluorescence antibody test, qPCR quantitative polymerase chain reaction
  2. parameters outside the reference intervals of the commercial laboratory LABOKLIN