Table 4.
Anemia in dogs with Babesia gibsoni, Ancylostoma, or hemotropic mycoplasma. For the purposes of this study, anemia was defined as packed cell volume (PCV) < 26% in neonates, PCV < 31% in juveniles, and PCV < 37% in adults.
| Pathogen | Infection status | n (%) | Anemia n (%) |
Median PCV (%) |
PCV range (%) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babesia gibsoni | Uninfected | 165 (61) | 67 (41) | 37 | 10–50 | |
| Infected | 104 (39) | 65 (63) | 34 | 16–52 | 0.0007 | |
| Ancylostoma spp. | Uninfected | 145 (77) | 62 (43) | 37 | 14–52 | |
| Infected | 44 (23) | 23 (52) | 35 | 10–47 | 0.3014 | |
| ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum’ | Uninfected | 183 (68) | 90 (49) | 34 | 10–50 | |
| Infected | 86 (32) | 42 (49) | 37 | 20–52 | 1.000 | |
| Mycoplasma haemocanis | Uninfected | 189 (70) | 98 (52) | 34 | 10–52 | 0.1829 |
| Infected | 80 (30) | 34 (43) | 38 | 19–49 |