Table 3.

Hematological profile of naturally infected visceral leishmaniasis dogs

Hematological profile	Healthy dogs (N = 10)	Infected dogs (N = 14)
Red blood cells (×106/mm3)	7.0 (6.4–7.3)*	3.5 (2.8–4.1)†
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	15.0 (14.3–16.3)	7.8 (4.5–8.8)†
Hematocrit (%)	45.1 (42.2–48.8)	21.5 (17.6–23.8)†
Mean corpuscular volume (fL)	66.1 (63.8–67.8)	61.5 (58.3–68.5)
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	33.3 (32.8–34.0)	36.3 (32.3–38.3)
Platelets (×103/mm3)	272.0 (224.5–285.8)	111.5 (84.7–181.3)†
Total leukocytes (×103/mm3)	6.8 (5.6–9.5)	6.2 (4.0–12.5)

Significant data are indicated in bold.

* Median (25–75 percentiles).

† P < 0.05 (Mann–Whitney test).