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. 2014 Sep 11;9(9):e107284. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107284

Table 2. Pre- and post-immune stimulation hematologic values for uninfected and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis-infected Litoria caerulea.

Status Uninfected (n = 10) Infected (n = 10)
Immune Stimulation Pre (day 0) Post (day 7) Pre (day 0) Post (day 7)
Parameter Mean SD Mean SD P valuea Mean SD Mean SD P valuea P valueb
PCV (%) 35.9 3.4 28.9 4.8 0.004 36.1 4.0 34.5 7.5 0.485 0.074
Hb (g dl−1) 8.7 1.2 6.2 1.4 0.000 9.0 2.4 8.6 1.8 0.670 0.042
RBC (x109 l−1) 694 135 588 120 0.137 553 90 580 132 0.515 0.098
MCV (fl) 536 117 503 107 0.402 663 91 606 107 0.237 0.697
MCH (pg) 129 25 107 24 0.021 165 44 151 26 0.493 0.675
MCHC (g l−1) 245 38 214 30 0.010 247 46 252 33 0.827 0.137
Thrombocyte (×109 l−1) 34.8 9.0 30.5 7.3 0.299 27.0 5.9 23.6 4.0 0.042 0.823
WBC (x109 l−1) 24.6 8.9 39.7 15.4 0.026 6.8 1.9 8.5 4.0 0.175 0.044
Neutrophil (×109 l−1) 3.9 1.8 4.9 2.2 0.303 2.0 1.0 2.3 1.8 0.576 0.513
Lymphocyte (×109 l−1) 19.0 7.1 31.2 13.9 0.026 4.1 1.5 5.0 1.9 0.179 0.035
Neut-lymph ratio 0.22 0.10 0.18 0.09 0.224 0.54 0.32 0.46 0.24 0.376 0.694
Monocyte (×109 l−1) 1.3 0.9 3.1 1.7 0.005 0.6 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.115 0.038
Eosinophil (×109 l−1) 0.50 0.95 0.50 0.68 0.814 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.055 0.676
Basophil (×109 l−1) 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.12 0.343 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - 0.343
Polychromasia (%) 6.9 4.0 13.8 10.5 0.044 3.3 1.8 2.6 2.8 0.396 0.032
d

BW, body weight.

a

Paired-samples t-tests between days 0 and 7 within each group (uninfected and infected).

b

Independent-samples t-tests between the two groups for the change in each variable from day 0 to day 7.