Table 2.

Occurrence of vector-borne pathogens and pretreatment hematocrit (HCT) values in fighting dogs.

Pathogen	No. of dogs positive by PCR				Mean HCT ± SDa in dogs with:
	Mhc co-infection	CMhp co-infection	Mhc and CMhp co-infection	No co-infection	Mhc co-infection	CMhp co-infection	Mhc and CMhp co-infection	No co-infection
Babesia gibsoni (n = 32)	9	8	4	11	38.13 ± 9.77	40.86 ± 3.53	33.00 ± 7.26	39.44 ± 6.75
Babesia vulpes (n = 8)	1	1	2	4	44b	48b	42.50 ± 3.53	42b

Abbreviations: HCT, hematocrit; SD, standard deviation; Mhc, Mycoplasma haemocanis; CMhp, “Candidatus Mycoplasma haematoparvum”.

^aTo assess this parameter, blood samples were available from 28 B. gibsoni-infected and from 5 B. vulpes-infected dogs.

^bBlood sample from one dog was available for hematological evaluation.