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Table 2 Mean and median (in brackets) values of complete blood count (CBC) parameters obtained from group A (L. infantum-positive tigers) and B (L. infantum-negative tigers)

From: Clinical, haematological and biochemical findings in tigers infected by Leishmania infantum

CBC parameters

Reference values (ZIMS)

Group A (n = 9)

Group B (n = 11)

p value

RBC (× 106/μL)

6.98 (7.01)

7.5 (7.7)

7.3 (7.3)

0.49

HGB (g/dL)

13.3 (13.5)

13 (13)

13.4 (13.5)

0.64

HCT (%)

40.1 (40.2)

39.3 (40.1)

39.8 (39.8)

0.83

PLT

238 (229)

322.6 (322)

298.3 (297)

0.19

WBC (× 103/μL)

10.4 (10)

14.6 (13.7)

12.9 (13.2)

0.42

Band neutrophils (/μL)

 

58.1 (0)

82.5 (0)

0.88

Segmented neutrophils (/μL)

7490 (7330)

12,214.2 (11371)

10,859.2 (10,693.5)a

0.50

Lymphocytes (/μL)

1450 (1340)

1549.4 (1344)

1440.7 (1610)a

0.69

Monocytes (/μL)

301 (260)

350.4 (322)

335.4 (312)a

0.60

Eosinophils (/μL)

191 (160)

427.8 (350)

166 (167)a

0.09

  1. Significant p values are printed in bold
  2. ZIMS Species 360 (Zoological Information Management System 2017)
  3. aParameter obtained from 10 out of 11 L. infantum-negative tigers