Anaphylactoid reaction caused by sodium ceftriaxone in two horses experimentally infected by Borrelia burgdorferi

Table 4 Mare red blood cell count before and after anaphylactic reaction to sodium ceftriaxone, which occurred on day 1

	Basal	Day 3	Day 10	Day 28	Reference^a
Erythrocytes x 10⁶ [cells/ml]	8.3	7.1	8.4	7.4	6.0–9.7
Hemoglobin [g/dL]	13	11.2	13	11.5	8.3–14.4
Hematocrit [%]	39	31	39	35.0	30–44
MCV [fL]	47	-	46.4	47.3	36–52.1
MCH [pg]	15.7	-	15.5	15.5	11.5–18.2
MCHC [g/dL]	33.3	-	33.3	32.9	31.2–34.9
Leucocytes [cells/uL]	8600	6600	10000	6900	6400–10600
Basophiles [cells/uL]	0	0	0	0	0
Eosinophils [cells/uL]	344	66	200	138	0–320
Segmented Neutrophils [cells/uL]	4902	4224	7300	3588	2775–7530
Rod Neutrophils [cells/uL]	258	0	800	207	94–420
Lymphocytes [cells/uL]	2924	2244	1500	2898	1088–5096
Monocytes [cells/uL]	172	66	200	69	90–318
Platelets [cells/uL]	151000	154000	191000	165000	90000–322000

^aReference ranges obtained for total blood cell count for 33 domestic horses of different breeds, serum negative for Borrelia burgdorferi, kept under the same feeding and management conditions
Values in italic represent relevant modifications in the parameter

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