Table II.

Cell counts in the synovial fluid of the left tarsocrural joint of the 5 calves

	Count: mean (and range), × 109/La
Day	Total leukocytes	Neutrophils	Monocytes	Lymphocytes
1	0.45 (0.22–0.83)	0.05 (0–0.15)	0.31 (0.18–0.60)	0.27 (0.03–0.91)
2	14.36b (3.74–25.74)	7.92b (1.38–16.99)	5.99b (2.32–10.16)	0.38 (0.13–0.92)
3	7.84bc (4.12–15.68)	4.24bc (1.77–8.00)	3.14bc (1.66–6.27)	0.41 (0.12–1.12)
4	4.72b (2.97–6.27)	2.13 (1.69–2.50)	2.24b (1.01–3.32)	0.33 (0.10–0.78)
8	0.84 (0.22–1.60)	0.14 (0.03–0.26)	0.55 (0.18–1.12)	0.19 (0.03–0.55)
12	0.82 (0.28–1.49)	0.17 (0–0.45)	0.60 (0.24–1.10)	0.23 (0–0.99)
16	0.93 (0.33–2.09)	0.08 (0.01–0.25)	0.75 (0.26–1.73)	0.23 (0.05–0.72)
20	0.98 (1.43–0.60)	0.03 (0–0.11)	0.86 (0.46–1.32)	0.19 (0.02–0.63)
24	0.91 (1.43–0.28)	0.01 (0–0.01)	0.72 (0.23–1.23)	0.26 (0.04–0.77)

^aNormally less than 2.5 × 10⁹/L (8).

^bSignificantly different from the mean on day 1.

^cSignificantly different from the mean on the previous sampling day.