Table 1 Medians and frequency distributions of the components of the leukogram in cows with acute toxic mastitis (ATM) and in clinically healthy controls
From: Haematological findings in 158 cows with acute toxic mastitis with a focus on the leukogram
Variable | Finding | Controls | ATM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Leukocytes (/µL) | Median | 8000 (n = 168) | 4300 (n = 158) | |
Normal (5100–13,300)a Decreased (600–5099) Increased (13,301–29,100) | 92.9% (n = 156) 4.1% (n = 7) 3.0% (n = 5) | 29.8% (n = 47) 60.1% (n = 95) 10.1% (n = 16) | ||
Segmented neutrophils (/µL) | Median | 2598 (n = 168) | 860 (n = 128) | |
Normal (1700–6000) Decreased (20–1699) Increased (6001–18,070) | 77.9% (n = 131) 17.3% (n = 29) 4.8% (n = 8) | 14.1% (n = 18) 69.5% (n = 89) 16.4% (n = 21) | ||
Band neutrophils (/µL) | Median | 0 (n = 168) | 530 (n = 128) | |
Normal (0–200) Increased (201–12,670) | 99.4% (n = 167) 0.6% (n = 1) | 22.7% (n = 29) 77.3% (n = 99) | ||
Metamyelocytes (/µL) | Median | 0 (n = 168) | 0 (n = 128) | |
Normal (0) Increased (1–13,301) | 100% (n = 168) 0% | 75% (n = 96) 25% (n = 32) | ||
Eosinophils (/µL) | Median | 582 (n = 168) | 50 (n = 128) | |
Normal (100–1200) Decreased (0–99) Increased (1201–2280) | 85.1% (n = 143) 1.8% (n = 3) 13.1% (n = 22) | 32.8% (n = 42) 66.4% (n = 85) 0.8% (n = 1) | ||
Basophils (/µL) | Median | 70 (n = 168) | 0 (n = 128) | |
Normal (0–200) Increased (201–339) | 97% (n = 163) 3% (n = 5) | 100% (n = 128) 0% | ||
Monocytes (/µL) | Median | 336 (n = 168) | 155 (n = 128) | |
Normal (100–700) Decreased (0–99) Increased (701–2170) | 94% (n = 158) 4.2% (n = 7) 1.8% (n = 3) | 44.6% (n = 57) 40.6% (n = 52) 14.8% (n = 19) | ||
Lymphocytes (/µL) | Median | 3998 (n = 168) | 1550 (n = 128) | |
Normal (1800–8100) Decreased (400–1799) Increased (8101–8721) | 97.0% (163) 1.8% (n = 3) 1.2% (n = 2) | 39.8% (n = 51) 60.2% (n = 77) 0% | ||