Haematological Parameters | T. evansi infected cattle (n = 3) | Candidatus M. haemobos infected cattle (n = 5) | T. sinensis infected cattle (n = 9) | T. orientalis + A. marginale infected cattle (n = 10) | A. platys + T. sinensis infected cattle (n = 3) | T. sinensis + C. M. haemobos infected cattle (n = 17) | T. orientalis + T. sinensis infected cattle (n = 9) | C. M. haemobos + T. sinensis + A. marginale infected cattle (n = 5) | Clinically healthy cattle (n = 17) |
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PCV (L/L) | 0.20 ± 0.01a | 0.32 ± 0.04c | 0.23 ± 0.01ab | 0.33 ± 0.02cd | 0.32 ± 0.06c | 0.33 ± 0.01cd | 0.34 ± 0.02cd | 0.30 ± 0.02bc | 0.40 ± 0.01d |
RBC count (× 1012/L) | 3.03 ± 0.03a | 6.47 ± 0.38bcd | 3.86 ± 0.37a | 5.83 ± 0.45bc | 4.78 ± 0.45ab | 7.05 ± 0.41cd | 6.47 ± 0.52bcd | 6.11 ± 0.51bcd | 8.05 ± 0.23d |
Haemoglobin (g/L) | 62.50 ± 0.50a | 84.33 ± 0.50bcd | 67.88 ± 2.82ab | 95.63 ± 4.84cd | 78.00 ± 0.00abc | 103.00 ± 3.78d | 87.00 ± 5.99bcd | 86.00 ± 2.35bc | 126.14 ± 2.02e |
MCV (fL) | 66.09 ± 2.76bc | 48.68 ± 5.54a | 54.56 ± 3.28ab | 58.63 ± 3.43abc | 68.79 ± 3.14c | 49.75 ± 2.53a | 54.77 ± 3.83ab | 54.23 ± 7.01ab | 49.31 ± 1.02a |
MCHC (g/L) | 328.00 ± 4.00 | 339.75 ± 6.32 | 293.03 ± 5.79 | 329.67 ± 4.26 | 321.00 ± 3.00 | 330.83 ± 5.75 | 329.78 ± 4.26 | 330.83 ± 5.76 | 311.53 ± 1.11 |
Plasma proteins (g/L) | 109.00 ± 1.41c | 86.25 ± 5.07ab | 91.11 ± 2.65ab | 93.60 ± 4.11b | 95.00 ± 5.00b | 95.35 ± 3.10b | 90.63 ± 4.12ab | 89.50 ± 4.11ab | 77.13 ± 1.15a |
Icteric index (units) | 50.00 ± 0.00b | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 5.00 ± 0.00a | 5.00 ± 0.00a |
Platelets (×  109/L) | 321.50 ± 6.50a | 392.00 ± 2.36a | 378.11 ± 7.42a | 357.44 ± 5.01a | 420.00 ± 7.00 ab | 458.72 ± 6.59ab | 322.25 ± 9.89a | 600.33 ± 8.61b | 461.51 ± 3.35ab |
WBC count (× 109/L) | 4.94 ± 0.28 | 5.22 ± 0.65 | 5.07 ± 0.58 | 4.97 ± 0.93 | 6.96 ± 0.72 | 6.75 ± 0.59 | 6.91 ± 0.54 | 6.36 ± 0.97 | 7.30 ± 0.30 |
Lymphocyte (× 109/L) | 3.97 ± 0.42 | 4.08 ± 0.71 | 3.81 ± 0.50 | 3.66 ± 0.52 | 5.47 ± 0.67 | 5.88 ± 0.52 | 5.24 ± 0.56 | 4.98 ± 0.82 | 2.5–7.5 |
Promyelocyte (× 109/L) | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.01 ± 0.00ab | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.03 ± 0.01b | 0.01 ± 0.00ab | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a |
Myelocyte (× 109/L) | 0.12 ± 0.07a | 0.15 ± 0.09ab | 0.20 ± 0.06ab | 0.40 ± 0.18ab | 0.16 ± 0.02ab | 0.14 ± 0.04ab | 0.34 ± 0.13ab | 0.08 ± 0.05ab | 0.00 ± 0.00a |
Metamyelocyte (× 109/L) | 0.40 ± 0.03d | 0.22 ± 0.08bc | 0.26 ± 0.10bcd | 0.20 ± 0.04bc | 0.29 ± 0.02cd | 0.12 ± 0.03abc | 0.16 ± 0.04abc | 0.15 ± 0.08abc | 0.00 ± 0.00a |
Band (× 109/L) | 0.27 ± 0.11abc | 0.66 ± 0.06a | 0.34 ± 0.08bc | 0.39 ± 0.11bc | 0.25 ± 0.06abc | 0.29 ± 0.05abc | 0.52 ± 0.14c | 0.85 ± 0.07c | 0.00 ± 0.00a |
Segmented Neutrophil (×  109/L) | 0.18 ± 0.04a | 0.11 ± 0.02 | 0.11 ± 0.02a | 0.20 ± 0.04a | 0.27 ± 0.16a | 0.31 ± 0.04a | 0.31 ± 0.08a | 0.29 ± 0.11a | 3.06 ± 0.15b |
Eosinophil (× 109/L) | 0.03 ± 0.01a | 0.31 ± 0.17ab | 0.27 ± 0.11ab | 0.78 ± 0.04b | 0.33 ± 0.21ab | 0.50 ± 0.05ab | 0.49 ± 0.03ab | 0.70 ± 0.16b | 0.52 ± 0.07ab |
Basophil (× 109/L) | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.05 ± 0.02c | 0.06 ± 0.01c | 0.01 ± 0.01ab | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.04 ± 0.02bc | 0.00 ± 0.00a |
Monocyte (×  109/L) | 0.10 ± 0.01a | 0.08 ± 0.03a | 0.44 ± 0.11a | 0.12 ± 0.04a | 0.11 ± 0.05a | 0.20 ± 0.05a | 0.16 ± 0.33a | 0.17 ± 0.03a | 0.46 ± 0.05a |