Table 2.

Comparison of selected blood parameters in classifying the severity of the main symptoms in canine babesiosis.

Symptoms and associated blood parameters ± SEM	Severity class			Reference values	Value of statistics F	P
	Class 0 (normal)	Class 1 (mild)	Class 2 (advanced disorder)
Anemia	N = 101	N = 38	N = 31
Erythrocytes (T/l)	6.75 ± 0.79	5.06 ± 0.129	3.39 ± 0.142	5.50–8.50	F2, 169 = 231.75	< 0.001
Leukocytes (G/l)	8.09 ± 0.562	7.17 ± 0.917	8.12 ± 1.015	6.0–12.0	F2, 169 = 0.40	0.673
Hemoglobin (mmol/l)	9.96 ± -0.122	7.56 ± 0.199	5.21 ± 0.220	9.30–11.8	F2, 169 = 194.04	< 0.001
Hematocrit (%)	39.51 ± 1.778	26.48 ± 2.899	15.90 ± 3.210	44.0–55.0	F2, 169 = 23.28	< 0.001
Thrombocytes (g/l)	164.40 ± 14.680	151.23 ± 23.932	28.10 ± 26.497	150.0–500.0	F2, 169 = 10.36	< 0.001

Hepatic dysfunction	N = 80	N = 48	N = 33
AST (U/l)	42.50 ± 10.146	82.53 ± 13.099	140.56 ± 15.798	1.0–76.0	F2, 160 = 13.90	< 0.001
ALT (U/l)	38.10 ± 7.330	65.49 ± 9.366	124.46 ± 11.413	1.0–80.0	F2, 161 = 20.28	< 0.001
ALP (U/l)	68.89 ± 6.229	124.67 ± 8.049	249.81 ± 9.960	1.0–141.0	F2, 160 = 117.93	< 0.001

Renal dysfunction	N = 106	N = 33	N = 24
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.899 ± 0.093	1.003 ± 0.167	1.795 ± 0.195	0.396–1.49	F2, 162 = 8.62	< 0.001
Serum urea (mg/dl)	31.69 ± 5.180	70.06 ± 9.284	190.40 ± 10.887	19.9–50.0	F2, 162 = 87.02	< 0.001