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Table 3 Haematological alterations in animals with haemoprotozoon and rickettsial infection

From: Epidemiology, haematology and molecular characterization of haemoprotozoon and rickettsial organisms causing infections in cattle of Jammu region, North India

Haematological Parameter

Non infected control (n = 10)

Babesia spp.(n = 27)

Anaplasma spp.(n = 46)

Theileria spp.(n = 2)

Mixed infection (n = 9)

Hb (g/dl)

10.65 ± 1.02b

6.16 ± 0.48a

7.41 ± 0.55ab

7.08 ± 2.07ab

7.22 ± 1.09ab

PCV (%)

28.79 ± 1.32c

17.67 ± 1.39a

22.91 ± 1.26bc

19.50 ± 4.5ab

18.22 ± 2.22ab

RBC (106/mm3)

5.82 ± 0.56b

3.07 ± 0.22a

4.27 ± 0.43ab

3.40 ± 0.70ab

3.28 ± 0.84a

WBC (×103/ μl)

10.52 ± 0.96ab

6.39 ± 0.31a

11.98 ± 1.07b

9.00 ± 2.0ab

9.83 ± 1.41ab

LYM (%)

62.96 ± 3.13

59.93 ± 2.76

60.24 ± 2.26

73.50 ± 7.5

59.89 ± 4.40

MON (%)

1.54 ± 0.1

1.55 ± 0.21

1.56 ± 0.14

1.00 ± 0.5

1.60 ± 0.36

GRA (%)

36.77 ± 1.54

40.62 ± 2.12

40.19 ± 1.3

27.50 ± 6.5

39.67 ± 3.46

MCH (pg)

15.82 ± 1.30

14.54 ± 1.25

14.63 ± 1.01

14.50 ± 3.5

13.22 ± 2.22

MCHC (g/dl)

34.62 ± 1.23a

45.69 ± 2.54b

32.02 ± 1.0a

36.50 ± 7.5ab

34.67 ± 2.62a

MCV (fl)

46.42 ± 1.97

47.54 ± 2.47

48.21 ± 1.21

51.50 ± 5.50

45.11 ± 3.35

  1. Values of Hb (g/dl), PCV (%), RBC (106/mm3), WBC (×103/ μl), and MCHC (g/dl) with different superscripts a,b,c differ significantly in a row. Hb Haemoglobin; PCV Packed cell volume; RBC Red blood cells; WBC White blood cells; LYM Lymphocytes; MON Monocytes; GRA Granulocytes; MCH Mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; MCV Mean corpuscular volume