The nutritional status affects the complete blood count of goats experimentally infected with Haemonchus contortus

Table 2 Estimate of eigenvalues (λj), percentage of variance (λ%), and cumulative variance and eigenvectors associated to the three first principal components of the animal responses during an experimental H. contortus infection (from 28 to 49 days post-infection)

F ^a	λj	λ(%)	Cumulative variance (%)	Associated eigenvectors^b
F ^a	λj	λ(%)	Cumulative variance (%)	ADG^b	FEC^c	PCV^d	RBC^e	Hgb^f	MCV^g	MCH^h	MCHCⁱ	Plat^j	Lym^k	Mon^l	Neut^m	Eosⁿ
1	4.78	34.14	34.14	0.26	−0.36	0.48	0.66	0.84	−0.50	0.63	0.71	0.80	0.67	0.55	0.50	0.24
2	2.73	19.49	53.63	0.59	0.03	0.76	0.67	0.52	0.25	−0.13	−0.23	0.13	−0.48	−0.56	−0.29	−0.31
3	2.33	16.63	70.27	0.31	0.31	0.37	0.18	−0.02	0.55	−0.44	−0.61	−0.44	0.54	0.42	0.53	0.16

^a F Functions (Principal components), ^b ADG Average Daily Gain, ^c FEC Feacal Egg counts, ^d PCV Packed Cell Volume, ^e RBC Red Blood Cells, ^f Hgb Hemoglobin, ^g MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume, ^h MCH Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin, ⁱ MCHC Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration, ^j Plat Platelets, ^k Lym Lymphocytes, ^l Mon Monocytes, ^m Neut Neutrophiles, ⁿ Eos Eosinophils

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