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Table 1 Physical examination, hematological and serum biochemical parameters from 31 female dogs with pyometra and 16 healthy control dogs.

From: Blood lactate levels in 31 female dogs with pyometra

 

Pyometra dogs

 

Control dogs

  
 

mean ± SD

(range)

n

mean ± SD

(range)

n

p-value

(t-test)

Temperature (°C)

39.0 ± 0.7

(37.0–40.4)

31

38.5 ± 0.4

(38.1–39.3)

16

0.023*

Heart rate

(min-1)

110 ± 24

(66–160)

31

93 ± 22

(60–134)

16

0.018*

Respiratory rate

(min-1)

28 ± 13

(16–60)

29

19 ± 8

(10–40)

16

0.005*

WBC

(×109 l-1)

16.8 ± 9.4

(6.4–37.8)

29

8.59 ± 2.00

(5.5–11.9)

16

0.000*

BN

(×109 l-1)

1.5 ± 1.6

(0–4.1)

29

0.31 ± 1.17

(0–4.7)

16

0.008*

PBN

(%)

11.6 ± 13.5

(0.0–53.0)

29

3.1 ± 11.7

(0–47)

16

0.040*

SN

(×109 l-1)

12.2 ± 7.6

(1.4–28.0)

29

4.94 ± 1.79

(0.1–8.7)

16

0.000*

BaN

(×109 l-1)

0.01 ± 0.04

(0.00–0.20)

29

0.03 ± 0.05

(0–0.1)

16

0.321

EoN

(×109 l-1)

0.25 ± 0.28

(0.0–1.1)

29

0.62 ± 0.42

(0.1–1.3)

16

0.005*

Lymphocytes

(109 l-1)

1.95 ± 1.06

(0.0–4.4)

29

2.13 ± 1.12

(0.7–4.5)

16

0.177

Monocytes

(×109 l-1)

1.7 ± 1.3

(0.4–6.0)

29

0.55 ± 0.41

(0.2–1.7)

16

0.000*

ALAT

(μkat l-1)

0.5 ± 0.4

(0.1–1.8)

27

0.5 ± 0.1

(0.4–0.7)

14

0.390

AP

(μkat l-1)

6.5 ± 6.0

(1.3–32.4)

28

2.5 ± 1.6

(0.9–5.9)

14

0.002*

Urea

(mmol l-1)

5.0 ± 3.2

(1.7–18.6)

27

6.9 ± 2.5

(3–14)

14

0.041*

Creatinin

(μmol l-1)

81 ± 22

(47–132)

26

76 ± 13

(55–111)

14

0.539

BA

(μmol l-1)

6.9 ± 9.2

(0.1–39.5)

25

4.6 ± 2.4

(1.8–8.9)

14

0.266

Total protein

(g l-1)

62.4 ± 8.7

(41–77)

28

59 ± 5.5

(49–70)

14

0.269

Albumin

(g l-1)

23 ± 5

(10–30)

27

28 ± 4

(22–36)

14

0.000*

α1-globulins

(g l-1)

2.4 ± 0.7

(1–4)

27

2 ± 1

(1–4)

14

0.547

α2-globulins

(g l-1)

14 ± 3.2

(9–23)

27

11 ± 2

(8–14)

14

0.000*

β1-globulins

(g l-1)

5.7 ± 1.5

(3–8)

28

3 ± 1

(2–5)

14

0.000*

β2-globulins

(g l-1)

9.9 ± 2.0

(6–15)

27

8 ± 2

(5–12)

14

0.016*

γ-globulins

(g l-1)

8.5 ± 3.8

(4–20)

27

6 ± 2

(3–9)

14

0.010*

Cholesterole

(mmol l-1)

9.9 ± 2.9

(5.6–17.7)

18

7 ± 2

(4–11)

14

0.004*

  1. WBC = total white blood cell count; BN = Band neutrophilic granulocytes; PBN = percentage band neutrophils; SN = segmented neutrophilic granulocytes; BaN = basophilic granulocytes; EoN = eosiniphilic granulocytes; ALAT = alanine aminotransferase; AP = alkaline phosphatise; BA = Bile acids, globulins= respective fraction on electrophoresis. *Statistically significant difference.