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Table 2 Summary haematology results and composite haematology scores obtained for each group of calves

From: Evidence of a high incidence of subclinically affected calves in a herd of cattle with fatal cases of Bovine Neonatal Pancytopenia (BNP)

Haematology results at 10-14 days

Calves with no clinical signs of BNP (Group 1)

Clinical BNP cases (Group 2)

Normal calves (Group 3)

Calves from group 1 identified by the models as affected by subclinical BNP

Erythrocytes (×1012/L)

7.69 (6.35-9.03)

5.87 (3.87-7.87)

8.35 (6.96-9.74)

7.77 (6.31-9.23)

Thrombocytes (×109/L)

812 (476-1148)

52 (0-140)

844 (624-1064)

401 (192-610)

Total leukocytes (×109/L)

11.64 (7.86-15.42)

2.53 (0.83-4.23)

13.60 (8.35-18.85)

7.64 (4.50-10.78)

Segmented neutrophils (x109/L)

6.96 (3.73-10.19)

1.28 (0-3.09)

7.07 (2.51-11.63)

5.19 (2-8.38)

Band neutrophils (×109/L)

0.07 (0-0.28)

0.02 (0-0.07)

0.30 (0-0.83)

0.02 (0-0.07)

Lymphocytes (×109/L)

4.19 (2.45-5.92)

1.17 (0-2.05)

4.84 (2.92-6.76)

2.25 (1.46-3.04)

Monocytes (×109/L)

0.35 (0-0.76)

0.02 (0-0.06)

0.86 (0-1.89)

0.11 (0-0.27)

Eosinophils (×109/L)

0.04 (0-0.15)

0.02 (0-0.09)

0.04 (0-0.12)

0.08 (0-0.23)

Basophils (×109/L)

0.02 (0-0.07)

0.00 (0-0)

0.09 (0-0.33)

0.00 (0-0.03)

Composite Haematology Score

13.17 (1.52)

4.55 (2.71)

14.87 (1.94)

 

Haematology results at <24 hours

Calves with no clinical signs of BNP (Group 1)

Clinical BNP cases (Group 2)

Normal calves (Group 3)

Calves from group 1 identified by the models as affected by subclinical BNP

Erythrocytes (×1012/L)

8.75 (7.41-10.10)

8.37 (6.99-9.76)

8.92 (7.06-10.78)

9.13 (7.86-10.41)

Thrombocytes (×109/L)

375 (272-478)

335 (272-398)

504 (239-769)

292 (169-416)

Total leukocytes (×109/L)

12.16 (6.32-17.99)

9.86 (5.46-14.27)

16.50 (8.34-24.66)

8.82 (4.36-13.28)

Segmented neutrophils (×109/L)

9.12 (4.18-14.06)

7.27 (4.27-10.26)

12.58 (5.99-19.16)

6.83 (2.75-10.92)

Band neutrophils (×109/L)

0.63 (0-1.87)

0.93 (0.26-1.60)

0.87 (0.13-1.62)

0.44 (0-0.91)

Lymphocytes (×109/L)

2.12 (0.9-3.35)

1.54 (0-3.07)

2.72 (1.16-4.27)

1.39 (0-2.88)

Monocytes (×109/L)

0.20 (0-0.43)

0.05 (0.01-0.10)

0.25 (0.04-0.45)

0.08 (0-0.21)

Eosinophils (×109/L)

0.06 (0-0.21)

0.05 (0-0.12)

0.03 (0-0.11)

0.04 (0-0.14)

Basophils (×109/L)

0.02 (0-0.09)

0.00 (0-0)

0.04 (0-0.14)

0.01 (0-0.05)

  1. Mean values are shown, with one standard deviation above and below the mean in parentheses.