Table 2.

Hematological records in T. vivax-infected Zebu bulls

Parameters	Non-infected	T. vivax-infected
Red Blood Cells (RBC)
Erythrocytes (cells/mm3) (5-10 × 106)	8.2 ± 1.1 × 106	7.8 ± 1.1 × 106
Hemoglobin (g/dL) (8–15)	11.7 ± 1.9	11.3 ± 1.9
Hematocrit (%) (24–46)	34.5 ± 6.4	34.0 ± 6.5
MCV (fL) (40–60)	42.6 ± 8.6	35.7 ± 17.7
MCHC (g/dL) (30–36)	33.3 ± 2.0	33.4 ± 1.3
White Blood Cells (WBC)
Total leukocytes (cells/mm3) (4 − 12 × 103)	11.6 ± 2.4 × 103	11.8 ± 4.1 × 103
Eosinophils (cells/mm3) (0 − 2.4 × 103)	0.27 ± 0.16 × 103	0.45 ± 0.15 × 103
Neutrophils (cells/mm3) (0.6 − 4 × 103)	2.2 ± 1.0 × 103	2.2 ± 1.4 × 103
Monocytes (cells/mm3) (0.03 − 0.84 × 103)	0.24 ± 0.18 × 103	0.27 ± 0.19 × 103
Lymphocytes (cells/mm3) (2.5 − 7.5 × 103)	8.5 ± 1.7 × 103a	9.1 ± 3.9 × 103a

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation; Reference Values [24] are provided below each parameter; ^aindicate values outside the reference values