Clinical investigation on Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in Italian donkeys

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Table 4 IFAT/PCR positivity and changed hematology and serum bilirubin in symptomatic donkeys

Donkeys	Positivity	Clinical signs	Clinical pathology
1	Double IFAT	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↑MCH, ↑MCHC, ↑Neutrophils, ↑Eosinophils
		BCS <2
		Inappetence
2	Double IFAT	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↑MCH, ↑MCHC
		BCS <2
		Inappetence
		Pale MM
3	Double IFAT	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↓PLT
		BCS <2
		Inappetence
4	Double IFAT	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↑Neutrophils, ↓PLT, ↑TB
		BCS <2
		Icterus
		Inappetence
5	Double IFAT	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↓PLT, ↑TB
		BCS <2
		Icterus
		Inappetence
6	Double IFAT	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↑Neutrophils, ↓PLT, ↑TB
		BCS <2
		Icterus
		Inappetence
7	Double IFAT	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PLT, ↑TB
		BCS <2
		Inappetence
8	PCR T.equi	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↑MCH, ↑MCHC, ↑TB
		BCS <2
		Inappetence
9	PCR T.equi	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↓PLT, ↑TB
9	PCR T.equi	Pale MM	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↓PLT, ↑TB
10	PCR and IFAT (T. equi)	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↑MCH, ↑MCHC, ↑WBC, ↓PLT, ↑TB
		BCS <2
		Pale MM
		Icterus
		Inappetence
11	PCR and IFAT (T. equi)	Depression	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↓PCV, ↑MCH, ↑MCHC, ↓PLT, ↑TB
		BCS <2
		Icterus
		Inappetence
12	PCR and IFAT (T. equi)	Pale MM	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↑TB
12	PCR and IFAT (T. equi)	Icterus	↓RGB, ↓Hb, ↑TB

IFAT, indirect fluorescent antibody test; PCR, Polymerase Chain Reaction; RGB, erythrocytes; Hb, hemoglobin; PCV, packed cell volume; WBC, white blood cell; PLT, platelet; TB, total bilirubin; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC,mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, MM mucous membranes.
↑, higher than normal; ↓, lower than normal.

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