Table 2.
Haematological and serum biochemical data for twelve cases of feline lower respiratory tract infection
| Case | Infection | Analyte with reference range | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCV 0.30–0.45l/l | TPP59–78 g/l | WCC8–14×109/l | Neutrophils 3.8–10.1×109/l | Bands 0–0.4×109/l | Lymphocytes 1.6–7×109/l | Monocytes 0.1–0.6×109/l | Eosinophils 0.2–1.4×109/l | Globulin 26–51 g/l | ALT <60 U/l | CK <200 U/l | ||
| 2 | mycoplasma | N | N | |||||||||
| 5 | mycoplasma | 0.23 | N | 5.5 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | N | N | |||
| 6 | myoplasma | N | N | 18.1 | 10.2 | N | N | 1.1 | N | N | 84 | N |
| 7 | mycoplasma | 0.25 | 95 | 28.3 | 23.8 | N | N | N | 60 | N | 2616 | |
| 9 | mycoplasma | 0.28 | 97 | 26.3 | 20 | N | N | N | 2.1 | 61 | N | N |
| 10 | mycoplasma | N | 93 | 16 | 14.2 | N | 1.1 | N | N | 52 | N | N |
| 12 | mycoplasma, Bordetella bronchiseptica | N | 88 | |||||||||
| 13 | mycoplasma, Pasteurella multocida | 0.28 | 96 | 32.4 | 24.3 | N | N | 1.6 | 1.9 | 71 | 166 | 223 |
| 14 | Pasteurella, Gram negative bacterium | N | 89 | 24.6 | 13.0 | N | 9.1 | N | 1.7 | |||
| 15 | Pasteurella, mixed anaerobes | N | 87 | N | 12.0 | N | 0.5 | 1.1 | N | N | 97 | 239 |
| 16 | Salmonella typhimurium, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus | N | N | 25.6 | 16.1 | N | N | N | 3.1 | |||
| 19 | Eucoleus aerophilus | N | 90 | 17.1 | 15.6 | N | 0.9 | N | N | 54 | 81 | 1020 |
Abbreviations: N=normal (value in reference range); PCV=packed cell volume; TPP=total plasma protein (measured by refractometry); WCC=white cell count; ALT=alanine aminotransferase; CK=creatine kinase.