Table 3 Mean values (M ± SD) of whole blood picture indices in Cont^gr (n = 30), OnlyBp^gr (n = 210) and BpFl^gr (n = 10) male camels

RBCs (_X10¹²/L)

11.34 ± 3.63^a

10.51 ± 2.63^a

6.61 ± 1.34^b

(7.5–12)²⁰ or (15.05 ± 2.10)⁵⁵

Hb (g/L)

136.08 ± 3.48^a

121.28 ± 4.11^a

82.28 ± 4.11^b

(120–150)²⁰

PCV (L/L)

0.31 ± 0.03^a

0.34 ± 0.05^a

0.32 ± 0.02^a

(0.26–0.38)²⁰

TLC (_X10⁹/L)

11.44 ± 2.26^b

17.69 ± 3.96^a

19.33 ± 4.81^a

(6–13.5)²⁰ or (11.12 ± 1.89)⁵⁸

Neutrophils (%)

56.05 ± 3.11^b

65.36 ± 4.08^a

55.73 ± 4.66^b

(50–60)²⁰ or (52.25 ± 0.85)⁵⁷

Lymphocytes (%)

35.87 ± 4.82^a

31.51 ± 3.88^a

32.45 ± 2.87^a

(30–45)²⁰ or (34.25 ± 1.37)⁵⁷

Monocytes (%)

5.26 ± 1.12^a

3.5 ± 1.68^a

4.76 ± 1.03^a

(2–8)²⁰ or (6.5 ± 0.86)⁵⁷

Eosinophil (%)

2.32 ± 0.45^b

2.25 ± 1.82^b

12.51 ± 3.29^a

(5.31 ± 0.1)⁵⁵ or (6.5 ± 0.64)⁵⁷

Band cells (%)

0.51 ± 0.46^a

0.58 ± 0.33^a

0.61 ± 0.29^a

(2.53 ± 0.11)⁵⁵