Table 1. Assessment hematological parameters in natural L. infantum-infected and non-infected dogs.
| Hematological parameters | Clinical groups | ||||
| NID | AD-I | AD-II | OD | SD | |
| Erythrocytes (106/mm3) | 6.8 (6.6–7.0) | 7.3 (6.6–7.5) | 6.2 (6.0–6.3) | 5.7 (5.1–6.1) | 4.1 (3.4–5.0)a,b,c |
| Hemoglobin (g%) | 16.9 (16.8–17.1) | 15 (13.0–16.2) | 15.4 (14.5–15.9) | 13.8 (13.6–16.4) | 10.5 (7.7–10.9)a |
| Hematocrit (%) | 49.3 (48.5–49.9) | 46.1 (40.5–49.4) | 42.1 (42.0–44.2) | 39.9 (37.6–44.7) | 29.3 (22.6–33.4)a |
| Leucocytes (103/mm3) | 11.4 (11.1–16.4) | 13.3 (9.3–14.1) | 13.8 (9.3–16.2) | 12.6 (10.6–14.6) | 11.7 (7.5–13.0) |
| Granulocytes | 8.7 (7.3–12.6) | 8.1 (5.3–11.0) | 5.2 (4.5–9.1) | 7.7 (6.6–11.6) | 8.8 (6.6–11.5) |
| Total neutrophils | 7.4 (5.2–10.6) | 5.7 (3.7–9.6) | 4.9 (4.3–7.4) | 7.4 (5.8–10.4) | 8.7 (6.5–9.7) |
| Band neutrophils | 0.8 (0.5–1.0) | 0.4 (0.3–0.8) | 0.7 (0.3–0.9) | 1.0 (0.6–1.4) | 1.4 (0.8–1.7) |
| Segmented neutrophils | 6.3 (4.9–9.5) | 5.2 (2.9–9.0) | 3.9 (3.7–6.6) | 6.6 (5.0–8.7) | 7.2 (5.2–8.2) |
| Eosinophils | 2.2 (1.5–2.5) | 1.4 (1.1–2.1) | 0.4 (0.2–1.0)a | 0.7 (0.4–1.2)a | 0.2 (0.1–0.8)a |
| Lymphocytes | 2.4 (1.4–2.7) | 2.4 (1.9–4.0) | 3.8 (3.3–5.5)a | 3.2 (2.2–3.9) | 1.4 (0.8–2.1)c |
| Monocytes | 1.3 (1.0–1.6) | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) | 1.0 (0.6–1.4) | 0.6 (0.5–1.1) | 0.5 (0.4–0.7)a |
| Platelets (105/mm3) | 1.9 (1.3–2.7) | 2.3 (2.0–2.7) | 1.9 (1.4–2.1) | 2.0 (1.9–2.1) | 1.7 (1.4–2.2) |
Results are shown as the median and interquartile range. NID, noninfected dogs; AD-I, asymptomatic dogs I; AD-II, asymptomatic dogs II; SD, symptomatic dogs. Letters a, b and c indicate statistically significant differences (p<0.05) compared to NID, AD-I, and AD-II, respectively.