Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for H. contortus fecal egg count (FEC, eggs/gram) FAMACHA score, average daily gain (ADG), body condition score (BCS), hematocrit (HCT, %), red blood cell count (RBC, M/μL), hemoglobin level (HGB, g/dL), white blood cell count (WBC, K/μL), neutrophil count (NEU, K/μL), lymphocyte count (LC, K/μL), monocyte count (MC, K/μL), basophil count (BC, K/μL), and eosinophil count (EC, K/μL) at −10 d baseline, 0 d (baseline), and 28 d post-baseline in Florida Native sheep
| Trait | Time | n | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEC, eggs/gram | Initial FEC (−10 d) | 100 | 1,926.00 | 312.6 | 0.00 | 15,800.00 |
| FEC (0 d) | 100 | 21.00 | 7.10 | 0.00 | 500.0 | |
| FEC (28 d) | 100 | 1,593.00 | 270.5 | 0.00 | 19,300.00 | |
| FAMACHA, score | Initial FAMACHA (−10 d) | 100 | 2.93 | 0.72 | 2.00 | 4.00 |
| FAMACHA (0 d) | 100 | 2.87 | 0.63 | 2.00 | 5.00 | |
| FAMACHA (28 d) | 100 | 2.75 | 0.68 | 1.00 | 4.00 | |
| ADG, g | 100 | 167.83 | 58.97 | 49.89 | 344.73 | |
| BCS, score | Initial BCS (−10 d) | 100 | 2.32 | 0.26 | 1.75 | 3.00 |
| BCS (0 d) | 100 | 2.42 | 0.28 | 2.00 | 3.25 | |
| BCS (28 d) | 100 | 2.37 | 0.26 | 1.75 | 3.00 | |
| HCT, % | HCT (0 d) | 100 | 41.00 | 0.40 | 24.00 | 52.00 |
| HCT (28 d) | 100 | 40.00 | 0.50 | 22.00 | 50.00 | |
| RBC, M/μL | RBC (0 d) | 100 | 13.11 | 1.22 | 10.64 | 16.40 |
| RBC (28 d) | 100 | 13.42 | 1.80 | 7.63 | 18.17 | |
| HGB, g/dL | HGB (0 d) | 100 | 11.82 | 1.01 | 8.60 | 14.00 |
| HGB (28 d) | 100 | 11.99 | 1.37 | 7.10 | 15.10 | |
| WBC, K/μL | WBC (0 d) | 100 | 10.30 | 2.78 | 5.22 | 21.68 |
| WBC (28 d) | 100 | 10.24 | 2.24 | 4.60 | 15.06 | |
| NEU, K/μL | NEU (0 d) | 100 | 2.73 | 1.66 | 0.55 | 12.26 |
| NEU (28 d) | 100 | 2.40 | 0.79 | 1.00 | 4.36 | |
| LC, K/μL | LC (0 d) | 100 | 5.48 | 1.90 | 1.63 | 9.62 |
| LC (28 d) | 100 | 5.86 | 1.97 | 1.28 | 10.27 | |
| MC, K/μL | MC (0 d) | 100 | 1.42 | 0.72 | 0.21 | 3.33 |
| MC (28 d) | 100 | 1.65 | 0.74 | 0.24 | 4.20 | |
| BC, K/μL | BC (0 d) | 100 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.61 |
| BC (28 d) | 100 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.43 | |
| EC, K/μL | EC (0 d) | 100 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.01 | 3.15 |
| EC (28 d) | 100 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 1.19 |