Table 1 Mean haematological values during the study period (mean of recordings of 8 consecutive weeks) in young Zebu cattle experimentally infected with T. vivax isolates from tsetse infested (TT) and non-tsetse infested (NT1 and NT2) areas, and non-infected control (NIC)

22.72 ± 3.55^a

21.44-24.0

20.41 ± 3.67^ab

19.08-21.73

19.39 ± 4.59 ^b

17.84-20.94

27.19 ± 2.05^c

26.5-27.89

7.73 ± 1.13^a

7.22-8.25

6.82 ± 1.34^ab

6.34-7.30

6.53 ± 1.86a^b

5.90-7.17

9.17 ± 0.68^c

8.94-9.40

5.75 ± 0.91^a

5.42-6.08

4.85 ± 1.20^ab

4.41-5.28

4.54 ± 1.46^b

4.05-5.04

6.47 ± 0.64^c

6.25-6.68

42.29 ± 3.77^a

41.02-43.57

43.25 ± 7.08^a

40.70-45.80

44.34 ± 7.83^a

41.69-47.00

39.64 ± 2.98^b

38.57-40.72

13.46 ± 1.34^a

12.98-13.95

14.40 ± 2.23^a

13.60-15.21

14.72 ± 2.36^a

13.92-15.52

14.25 ± 1.24^a

13.83-14.68

33.97 ± 2.36^a

33.12-34.82

33.38 ± 1.61^a

32.80-33.96

33.39 ± 2.56^a

32.52-34.26

33.74 ± 1.34^a

33.28-34.19

6.78 ± 2.51^a

5.87-7.68

7.04 ± 2.03^a

6.31-7.77

6.75 ± 1.57^a

6.21-7.28

9.03 ± 1.17^b

8.64-9.43