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Table 3 Leukogram of 119 cows with acute toxic mastitis caused by Gram-positive, Gram-negative or mycotic pathogens (medians and 5th to 95th percentiles)

From: Haematological findings in 158 cows with acute toxic mastitis with a focus on the leukogram

Variable

Controls (n = 168)

Acute toxic mastitis

Gram negative (n = 100)

Gram positive (n = 15)

Yeast (n = 4)

 Leukocytes (/µL)

8000 (5345–11,910)

3950a (1100–13,570)

5700 (2300–14,880)

3650 (2800–4350)

 Segmented neutrophils (/µL)

2598 (1163–5771)

560a (42–9696)

1160 (50–13,142)

1200 (420–2663)

 Band neutrophils (/µL)

0 (0–59)

520a (0–5739)

890a (0–4450

135 (40–1133)

 Metamyelocytes (/µL)

0 (0)

0a (0–284)

0 (0–112)

0 (0–38)

 Eosinophils (/µL)

582 (174–1666)

50a (0–397)

40a (0–270)

125 (110–170)

 Basophils (/µL)

70 (0–179)

0a (0–20)

0a (0–36)

0 (0)

 Monocytes (/µL)

336 (102–640)

100a (2–1072)

320a (100–1020)

110a (80–145)

 Lymphocytes (/µL)

3998 (2292–6959)

1525a (765–3261)

1730a (640–2992)

1545a (840–2028)

  1. aDifferent from control cows P < 0.01