Table 2 Haematological, biochemical and venous blood gas analyses in cows with caecal dilatation
From: Clinical findings and treatment in cattle with caecal dilatation
Variable | Finding | Number of cows |
|---|---|---|
(Mean ± sd, median, minimum, maximum) | ||
[P value from Wilk-Shapiro test] | ||
Haematological variables | ||
PCV (n = 456) | Normal (30 – 35%) | 240 |
(33.0 ± 5.0%) | Decreased (11 – 29%) | 112 |
[0.783] | Increased (36 – 58%) | 104 |
Total leukocyte count (n = 456) | Normal (5000 – 10’000/μl) | 268 |
(9450, 1000, 35‘100/μl) | Decreased (1000 - 4999/μl) | 11 |
[0.000] | Increased (10’001 – 35‘100/μl) | 177 |
Total protein (n = 455) | Normal (60 – 80 g/l) | 270 |
(78.7 ± 8.2 g/l) | Decreased (32 – 59 g/l) | 4 |
[0.962] | Increased (81 – 114 g/l) | 181 |
Fibrinogen (n = 454) | Normal (4 – 7 g/l) | 323 |
(5.9 ± 2.1 g/l) | Decreased (2 – 3 g/l) | 34 |
[0.185] | Increased (8 – 14 g/l) | 97 |
Biochemical variables | ||
Bilirubin (n = 454) | Normal (1.5 – 6.5 μmol/l) | 303 |
(5.4, 0.6, 29.1 μmol/l) | Decreased (0.6 – 1.4 μmol/l) | 5 |
[0.000] | Increased (6.6 – 29.1 μmol/l) | 146 |
Urea (n = 459) | Normal (2.4 – 6.5 mmol/l) | 264 |
(6.0, 1.4, 33.3 mmol/l) | Decreased (1.4 – 2.3) | 8 |
[0.003] | Increased (6.6 – 33.9 mmol/l) | 118 |
Calcium (n = 348) | Normal (2.3 – 2.6 mmol/l) | 49 |
(2.1 ± 0.3 mmol/l) | Decreased (1.0 – 2.2 mmol/l) | 296 |
[0.619] | Increased (2.7 – 3.6 mmol/l) | 3 |
Inorganic phosphorus (n = 346) | Normal (1.3 – 2.4 mmol/l) | 188 |
(1.5 ± 0.6 mmol/l) | Decreased (0.3 – 1.2 mmol/l) | 140 |
[0.000] | Increased (2.5 – 4.5 mmol/l) | 18 |
Magnesium (n = 347) | Normal (0.8 – 1.0 mmol/l) | 186 |
(1.0 ± 0.2 mmol/l) | Decreased (0.6 – 0.7) | 36 |
[0.760] | Increased (1.1 – 2.3 mmol/l) | 125 |
Sodium (n = 459) | Normal (145 – 155 mmol/l) | 266 |
(144.6 ± 3.7 mmol/l) | Decreased (129 – 144 mmol/l) | 191 |
[0.184] | Increased (156 – 160 mmol/l) | 2 |
Chloride (n = 458) | Normal (96 – 105 mmol/l) | 313 |
(101, 68, 119 mmol/l) | Decreased (57 – 95 mmol/l) | 59 |
[0.001] | Increased (106 – 119 mmol/l) | 86 |
Potassium (n = 456) | Normal (4.0 – 5.0 mmol/l) | 175 |
(3.9 ± 0.7 mmol/l) | Decreased (1.8 – 3.9 mmol/l) | 266 |
[0.194] | Increased (5.1 – 7.5) | 15 |
γ-GT (n = 459) | Normal (9 – 30 U/l) | 389 |
(22, 9, 169 U/l) [0.000] | Increased (31 – 169 mmol/l) | 70 |
ASAT (n = 458) | Normal (20 – 103 U/l) | 377 |
(78, 45, 1070 U/l) [0.000] | Increased 104 – 1070 U/l) | 81 |
Venous blood gas | ||
pH (n = 426) | Normal (7.41 – 7.45) | 142 |
(7.9, 5.0, 10.0) | Decreased (7.10 – 7.40) | 264 |
[0.000] | Increased (7.46 – 7.50) | 20 |
pCO2 (n = 426) | Normal (35.0 – 45.0) | 298 |
(40.7, 24.4, 72.6 mmHg) | Decreased (24.4 – 35.0) | 54 |
[0.000] | Increased (45.1 – 72.6) | 74 |
Bicarbonate (n = 426) | Normal (20.0 – 30.0) | 362 |
(23.6, 14.3, 40.6 mmol/l) | Decreased (14.3 – 20.0) | 49 |
[0.000] | Increased (30.1 – 40.6) | 15 |
Base excess (n = 426) | Normal (−2 to +2) | 182 |
(0.20 ± 3.9 mmol/litre) | Decreased (−14.6 to −2.8) | 116 |
[0.051] | Increased (2.1 to 16.1) | 128 |