Table 4.
Haematological values of animals infected with B. bigemina, T. evansi, and dual infection.
| Parameter | TLC (×103 cells/µl) |
TEC (×106 cells/µl) |
Hb (g/dL) |
PCV (%) |
MCV (fL) |
MCH pg |
MCHC g/dl |
Plt (×103 cells/µl) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive for T. evansi alone (group A) | Total samples tested = 92 | 15.39a ± 5.59 | 5.50a ± 1.63 | 8.51a ± 2.14 | 21.61a ± 9.28 | 38.12a ± 4.92 | 15.81a ± 2.17 | 41.02a ± 3.20 | 341.51a ± 214.97 |
| Positive for B. bigemina alone (group B) | Total samples tested = 5 | 7.376b ± 3.61 | 3.846b ± 1.44 | 6.60b ± 1.95 | 16.10ab ± 4.69 | 44.16b ± 3.24 | 18.16b ± 1.71 | 40.58a ± 3.12 | 632.00b ± 348.59 |
| Positive for T. evansi and B. bigemina (group C) | Total samples tested = 8 | 21.87c ± 5.439 | 3.59bc ± 1.43 | 6.96b ± 1.62 | 15.91b ± 3.18 | 40.75ab ± 6.03 | 18.01bc ± 5.73 | 44.28b ± 5.96 | 240.87a ± 233.59 |
| Non infected control group (group D) | Total number of samples = 30 | 11.06b ± 1.25 | 6.68d ± 1.29 | 10.09c ± 1.39 | 28.76c ± 4.12 | 43.99bc ± 6.04 | 15.42a ± 2.55 | 35.12c ± 3.18 | 336.83a ± 112.62 |
| Normal range (NR) [22] | 4–12 | 5–10 | 8–15 | 24–46 | 40–60 | 14.4–18.6 | 26–34 | 100–800 |
Values of TLC, TEC, Hb, PCV, MCV, MCH, MCHC, and Plt with different superscripts a–d differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05 through the columns.
TLC: total leucocyte count, TEC: total erythrocyte count, HB: haemoglobin, PCV: packed cell volume, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC: mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, and Plt: platelets.