Table 2.

Haematology of pigs before and after inoculation with S. aureus into the right femoral artery

Tests	Normal valuesA	Pig 1		Pig 2		Pig 3		Pig 4
		-4piB	+5piB	0piB	+7pi	-2pi	+7pi	-3pi	+7pi
Leukocytes, 109/L	11.3-22.8	19.9	22.5	19.2	30.4	21.6	15.2	NTC	21.9
Lymphocytes, 109/L	4.6-10.0	11.2	9.8	10.9	6.6	10.0	6.8	NT	4.2
Neutrophils, 109/L	3.1-9.6	3.3	9.5	5.8	20.3	9.7	7.4	NT	16.8
Eosinophils, 109/L	0.0-0.9	4.4	2.4	1.7	2.1	0.7	0.5	NT	0.4
Haemoglobin, mmol/L	6.2-9.4	6.9	7.0	6.7	5.2	6.8	7.5	NT	4.9
CRP, µg/mL	< 15.0	1.6	82.6	0.8	59.8	9.9	2.2	0.6	41.3
Glucose, mmol/LD	3.5-6.6	NT	NT	NT	3.8	NT	3.8	NT	3.1

^ANormal values supplied by the Central Laboratory.

For the C-reactive protein (CRP) the normal-value shown here (< 15 μg/mL) corresponds to the highest value recorded in 5 normal pigs presented in two different publications using the same CRP test as employed in the present study [20,32].

^B-4pi indicates blood sampling four days prior to inoculation, +5pi indicates sampling five days after inoculation, and 0pi indicates sampling immediately before inoculation.

^CNT indicates not tested.

^DBlood glucose was measured at the day of scan (+7pi) in pigs 2, 3 and 4.