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. 2018 Jun 5;2(3):231–240. doi: 10.1093/tas/txy065

Table 1.

Milk leukocyte proportions (mean ± SE) and milk leukocyte ratios by quarter position (front vs. rear) in healthy (TLC ≤ 100,000) and affected quarters (n = 411 quarters)

Parameter Front quarters Rear quarters P value
TLC ≤100,000 (n = 151)
 NEU (%) 51.4 ± 0.02 52.5 ± 0.02 0.50
 LYM (%) 17.4 ± 0.02 19.1 ± 0.02 0.21
 MAC (%) 30.1 ± 0.04 26.7 ± 0.03 0.11
 NEU:LYM ratio 3.47 ± 0.28 3.48 ± 0.27 0.99
 NEU:MAC ratio 1.84 ± 0.25 2.64 ± 0.24 0.01
 PHAG:LYM ratio 5.78 ± 0.48 5.58 ± 0.46 0.75
TLC >100,000 (n = 260)
 NEU (%) 58.4 ± 0.017 62.4 ± 0.02 0.03
 LYM (%) 14.6 ± 0.005 14.6 ± 0.01 0.99
 MAC (%) 25.0 ± 0.02 21.5 ± 0.03 0.06
 NEU:LYM ratio 4.50 ± 0.17 4.62 ± 0.18 0.61
 NEU:MAC ratio 4.31 ± 0.35 4.50 ± 0.35 0.71
 PHAG:LYM ratio 7.12 ± 0.33 6.59 ± 0.34 0.26