Table 3.
Mean (±SEM) hematology values of individual elephants in the study.
| Parameter | Elephant ID (Blood Sample Number) | Range | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1 (n = 13) |
E2 (n = 13) |
E3 (n = 13) |
E4 (n = 13) |
E5 * (n = 7) |
E6 (n = 13) |
E7 (n = 13) |
E8 (n = 13) |
E9 (n = 13) |
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| PCV (%) | 42.40 ± 1.08 | 33.50 ± 0.80 | 37.60 ± 1.18 | 36.00 ± 0.30 | 28.90 ± 3.62 | 36.90 ± 0.57 | 35.40 ± 1.11 | 35.70 ± 1.03 | 35.40 ± 1.38 | 32.25–43.80 |
| RBC (×10 6 cells/μL) | 3.37 ± 0.08 | 2.84 ± 0.08 | 3.10 ± 0.12 | 2.88 ± 0.02 | 2.68 ± 0.37 | 3.00 ± 0.06 | 2.93 ± 0.99 | 2.95 ± 0.09 | 2.89 ± 0.08 | 2.17–3.47 |
| WBC (cells/μL) | 17,731 ± 1245 | 19,700 ± 1236 | 17,979 ± 942 | 16,124 ± 709 | 15,181 ± 4051 | 17,262 ± 611 | 17,523 ± 489 | 17,165 ± 910 | 18,257 ± 3088 | 14,810–21,990 |
| Heterophils (cells/μL) | 5147 ± 1246 | 4467 ± 303 | 3687 ± 384 | 4629 ± 500 | 4300 ± 1421 | 4176 ± 539 | 4421 ± 274 | 4421 ± 282 | 3989 ± 274 | 2920–7587 |
| Lymphocyte (cells/μL) | 10,051 ± 1033 | 11,928 ± 877 | 10,633 ± 751 | 7982 ± 956 | 8020 ± 181 | 8725 ± 813 | 9698 ± 301 | 9367 ± 569 | 10,706 ± 1865 | 6918–13,980 |
| Monocytes (cells/μL) | 3059 ± 192 | 3817 ± 892 | 3176 ± 153 | 3298 ± 678 | 2528 ± 690 | 3175 ± 143 | 3176 ± 333 | 3167 ± 342 | 3111 ± 352 | 2316–5578 |
| Eosinophils (cells/μL) | 374 ± 80 | 321 ± 53 | 265 ± 33 | 143 ± 96 | 2234 ± 128 | 413 ± 50 | 282 ± 37 | 276 ± 35 | 208 ± 35 | 0–535 |
| Platelets (×10 3 cells/μL) | 552 ± 23 | 465 ± 14 | 464 ± 18 | 463 ± 20 | 499 ± 104 | 424 ± 39 | 466 ± 15 | 465 ± 18 | 416 ± 8 | 374–554 |
| M:H ratio | 0.66 ± 0.16 | 0.84 ± 0.13 | 0.90 ± 0.14 | 0.74 ± 0.17 | 0.58 ± 0.03 | 0.77 ± 0.07 | 0.72 ± 0.05 | 0.74 ± 0.05 | 0.78 ± 0.13 | 0.41–1.17 |
* Died before the end of sample collection.