Table 2.
Comparison of hematological examination in grazing cattle (n = 89) according to hemoplasma infection
| Parameters | M. wenyonii infection (n = 20) |
C. M. haemobos infection (n = 4) | Co-infection (n = 9) |
Hemoplasmas negative (n = 57) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC (106/µL) | 4.90 ± 1.47 | 4.00 ± 1.22 | 5.10 ± 0.99 | 5.00 ± 1.16 | 0.5252 |
| HCT (%) | 27.2 ± 6.48 | 25.3 ± 7.65 | 25.2 ± 4.45 | 27.9 ± 4.49 | 0.4153 |
| MCV (fL) | 58.3 ± 13.07 | 64.6 ± 7.98 | 49.7 ± 5.63 | 57.6 ± 12.00 | 0.0584 |
| MCHC (g/dL) | 31.0 ± 1.65 | 31.1 ± 1.32 | 32.6 ± 1.23 | 31.1 ± 1.61 | 0.0744 |
| WBC (103/µL) | 14.8 ± 2.13 | 14.6 ± 3.81 | 15.9 ± 3.37 | 14.6 ± 3.08 | 0.7033 |
RBC, red blood cell; HCT, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; WBC, white blood cell