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Table 1 Rectal temperatures and blood cell counts of the calf and its mother

From: Congenital infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a calf in northern Germany

 

Reference values calves+

Calf

Reference values cattle+

Dam

Day after birth

0

0

1

2

3

4

4

Time

 

02:00

19:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

11:00

 

nd

Rectal temperature (°C)

38.5 - 39.5

nd

40.1

39.8

39.9

40.1

39.9

38.0 - 39.0

nd

Hemoglobin (g/l)

75 - 120

125

nd

97

80

59

40

80 - 120

139

Packed cell volume (l/l)

0.22 - 0.46

0.40

nd

0.30

0.24

0.18

0.12

0.28 - 0.39

0.40

Red blood cell count (x 1012/l)

6.0 - 10.0

9.14

nd

7.16

5.77

4.44

2.91

5.0 - 8.0

6.76

Reticulocytes (‰)

0 - 10

0

nd

0

0

0

3

0 - 10

1

Thrombocytes (x 109/l)

200 - 1300

180

nd

15

14

3

23

200 - 800

323

White blood cell count (x 109/l)

4.0 - 14.0

4.9

nd

1.5

1.7

3.2

2.7

5.0 - 10.0

10.5

Lymphocytes (x 109/l)

2.5 - 5.5

1.81

nd

0.50

0.44

0.32

0.26

2.5 - 5.5

5.72

Monocytes (x 109/l)

0.2 - 0.8

0.17

nd

0.03

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.2 - 0.8

0.52

Segmented neutrophils (x 109/l)

2.5 - 4.5

2.87

nd

0.72

0.99

2.21

0.99

2.5 - 4.5

3.88

Band neutrophils (x 109/l)

0.0 - 0.2

0.05

nd

0.24

0.27

0.67

1.17

0.0 - 0.2

0.37

Eosinophils (x 109/l)

0.3 - 0.9

0.00

nd

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.3 - 0.9

0.00

Neutrophils with morulae (% of the examined 400)

0

*

nd

60**

53

47

56

0

0

  1. +[16, 17], nd = not determined, *not definable due to cell damage, **30% of lymphocytes and some monocytes also infected.