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Table 3 Absolute number of white blood cells (WBCs)

From: Phenotyping and comparing the immune cell populations of free-ranging Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and dolphins under human care

Dolphin #

Sex

Age (years)

Health Status

WBCs/ml (x106)

Monocytes (%)

Lymphocytes (%)

Neutrophils (%)

Basophils (%)

Eosinophils (%)

HC

FR

HC

FR

HC

FR

HC

FR

HC

FR

HC

FR

HC

FR

HC

FR

HC

FR

1 (A)

M

M

12

31a

Normal

Possibly diseased

7.6

11.2

3.3

0.9

14

7.1

74

40.2

1

0

8.3

51.8

2 (A)

M

M

21

32a

Normal

Diseased

7

16.2

5.7

1.2

13

17.3

61

32.1

1

0

20

50

3 (A)

F

M

13

26a

Normal

Normal

7.6

9.8

2

2

15.7

25.5

65

21.4

2

2

16

50

4 (A)

F

F

8

35b

Normal

Normal

4.5

8.1

2

4.9

27

29.6

55

42

1

1.2

15.7

22.2

5 (A)

F

F

11

e

Normal

Possible Disease

7.5

11.3

5

1.8

19

17.7

49

32.7

1

1.8

26

45.1

6 (A)

F

F

8

18a

Normal

Diseased

5.2

19

2.7

1.1

17

23.2

73

32.1

1.5

3.2

6.3

41.1

7 (A)

M

M

11

e

Normal

Possible Disease

4.4

14.9

7

0.7

4

24.8

65

38.9

1

2

4

32.9

8 (A)

M

F

11

e

Normal

Possibly diseased

8.7

13.8

2

2.2

29

24.6

61

34.1

1

0.7

7

37.7

9 (A)

F

M

12

8c

Normal

Possibly diseased

6.1

13.8

5.3

0.7

21.3

13.8

67

39.1

1

0.7

5.7

44.9

10 (A)

 

M

 

33c

 

Diseased

 

11.5

 

4.3

 

4.3

 

34.8

 

0

 

57.4

11 (A)

 

M

 

33a

 

Possibly diseased

 

11.3

 

4.4

 

13.3

 

36.3

 

0

 

46

12 (A)

 

F

 

d

 

Diseased

 

8.1

 

8.6

 

19.8

 

42

 

0

 

29.6

13 (B)

 

F

 

F

 

Diseased

 

9.9

 

3

 

11.1

 

54.5

 

0

 

31.3

14 (B)

 

M

 

25a

 

Diseased

 

13.1

 

2.3

 

12.2

 

58

 

0.8

 

26.7

15 (B)

 

M

 

17c

 

Diseased

 

18.7

 

3.7

 

11.8

 

48.7

 

1.1

 

33.7

16 (B)

 

F

 

9.5a

 

Possibly diseased

 

12.9

 

0.8

 

16.3

 

45

 

0.8

 

32.6

Average

      

6.5

12.7

3.9

2.7

17.8

17

63.3

39.5

1.2

0.9

12.1

39.6

  1. This table shows the total WBC counts. Dolphins under human care dolphins (HC) from Georgia Aquarium (Atlanta, GA) and free-ranging dolphins (FR) from the Dolphin Health and Environmental Risk Assessment (HERA) Project (Charleston, SC). The first column shows the number of dolphins sampled, dolphins under human care (n = 9) and free-ranging (n = 12 group A and n = 4 group B). The second column shows the sex of each dolphin. The third column shows the age of each dolphin: HC dolphins were born under human care and their exact birthdate is known while free-ranging dolphins’ ages were: adetermined from previous capture; bestimated from Photo-ID;cestimated from tooth; dclassified as adult based on pregnancy; eunknown and classified as juvenile; and Funknown and classified as adult. The fourth column shows the classification of each dolphins’ health status. The fifth column shows the total number of WBCs per ml of blood. The sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth columns show the percentages of monocyte, lymphocyte, neutrophil, basophil, and eosinophil fractions within the total WBCs, respectively. Also the table shows the average for each column