Molecular Prevalence of Babesia bigemina and Trypanosoma evansi in Dairy Animals from Punjab, India, by Duplex PCR: A Step Forward to the Detection and Management of Concurrent Latent Infections

Table 4

Haematological values of animals infected with B. bigemina, T. evansi, and dual infection.

	Parameter	TLC; (×10^3 cells/µl)	TEC; (×10^6 cells/µl)	Hb; (g/dL)	PCV; (%)	MCV; (fL)	MCH; pg	MCHC; g/dl	Plt; (×10^3 cells/µl)
Positive for T. evansi alone (group A)	Total samples tested = 92	15.39^a ± 5.59	5.50^a ± 1.63	8.51^a ± 2.14	21.61^a ± 9.28	38.12^a ± 4.92	15.81^a ± 2.17	41.02^a ± 3.20	341.51^a ± 214.97
Positive for B. bigemina alone (group B)	Total samples tested = 5	7.376^b ± 3.61	3.846^b ± 1.44	6.60^b ± 1.95	16.10^ab ± 4.69	44.16^b ± 3.24	18.16^b ± 1.71	40.58^a ± 3.12	632.00^b ± 348.59
Positive for T. evansi and B. bigemina (group C)	Total samples tested = 8	21.87^c ± 5.439	3.59^bc ± 1.43	6.96^b ± 1.62	15.91^b ± 3.18	40.75^ab ± 6.03	18.01^bc ± 5.73	44.28^b ± 5.96	240.87^a ± 233.59
Non infected control group (group D)	Total number of samples = 30	11.06^b ± 1.25	6.68^d ± 1.29	10.09^c ± 1.39	28.76^c ± 4.12	43.99^bc ± 6.04	15.42^a ± 2.55	35.12^c ± 3.18	336.83^a ± 112.62
Normal range (NR) [22]		4–12	5–10	8–15	24–46	40–60	14.4–18.6	26–34	100–800

Values of TLC, TEC, Hb, PCV, MCV, MCH, MCHC, and Plt with different superscripts a–d differ significantly at 𝑃 ≤ 0.05 through the columns.
TLC: total leucocyte count, TEC: total erythrocyte count, HB: haemoglobin, PCV: packed cell volume, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC: mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, and Plt: platelets.