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Table 2 Haematological parameters of three additional fatal cases of EEHV-1A and EEHV-1B infections from the same zoological collection

From: Surviving and fatal Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus-1A infections in juvenile Asian elephants – lessons learned and recommendations on anti-herpesviral therapy

Animals (date of sampling)

Virus type

WBC (*10e9/L)

Neutrophils (*10e9/L)

Lymphocytes (*10e9/L)

Monocytes (*10e9/L)

Eosinophils (*10e9/L)

Basophils (*10e9/L)

  

Emilia

(18/12/2006)

EEHV-1B

17

11.85

3.21

1.9 (11.2 %)

0.03

0.02

  

Riddle

(01/05/2009)

EEHV-1A

2.71

1.49

0.84

0.27 (10 %)

0

0

  

Betts

(15/05/2009)

EEHV-1A

5.1

3.11

1.02

0.97 (19 %)

0

0

  

Physiological mean

(% of WBC)

 

15.51

3.77

(25.5 %)

5.02

(23.65 %)

6.46

(50 %)

0.24

(1.55 %)

0.02

(0.10 %)

  

Animals

(date of sampling)

RBC

(*10e12/L)

HGB

(g/dL)

HCT

(%)

MCV

(fL)

MCH (pg)

MCHV

(g/dL)

RDW

(%)

PLT

(*10e9/L)

PCV

(%)

Emilia

(18/12/2006)

3.05

12.8

39.2

122

42

34.4

15.7

34.6

NA

Riddle

(01/05/2009)

3.55

13

37.7

106

36.7

34.6

17.4

25.6

35

Betts

(15/05/2009)

3.16

12.9

55.1

112

40.8

36.5

17.3

71.5

NA

Physiological (mean)

3.55

14.28

40.60

114.25

40.19

35.17

14.33

617.65

40.80

  1. Blood samples were taken following the observation of EEHV-1 infection clinical signs. WBC, lymphocyte, monocyte and platelet counts (highlighted in bold) consistently show substantial drop from their physiological level in the two fatalities caused by EEHV-1A. Percentages of monocytes in the white blood cells are also given in the table
  2. WBC, white blood cell count; RBC, red blood cell count; HGB, haemoglobin; MCV, mean cell volume; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHV, mean corpuscular haemoglobin volume; RDW, red blood cell distribution width; PLT, platelet count; PCV, packed cell volume; NA, not available