Enteric Pathogens and Coinfections in Foals with and without Diarrhea
Table 2
Distribution of foals with (56) and without (60) diarrhea per farm and hematological and blood gas findings from diarrheic and nondiarrheic foals until 90 days of age. State of São Paulo, Brazil, 2011-2012.
Parameters (n)
Diarrheic foals (media)
Nondiarrheic foals (media)
Time of evaluation (days)
8.1 (±20.4)
0
HR (bpm)
87.6 (±24.1)
85.7 (±30.6)
RR (mpm)
41.8 (±20.3)
42.0 (±18.8)
Temperature (°C)
38.5 (±1.5)
38.7 (±0.6)
Parameters (n)
Diarrheic foals
Reference values
Erythrocytes ×106/µL (40)
9.3 (±1.6)
7.9–12.0
Hemoglobin g/dL (45)
10.0 (±4.8)
10.9–15.3
Hematocrit % (46)
35.2 (±5.9)
33.0–48.0
PT (plasma) g/dL
6.8 (±0.9)
4.3–7.0
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)
492.1 (±237.5)
200–500
Leucocyte ×103/µL
10.1 (±4,973.1)
6.2–15.0
Metamyelocyte/µL
75.0 (±69.1)
0
Band neutrophils /µL
199.8 (±237.2)
0
Segmented neutrophils/µL
4.3 (±4,987.6)
4.1–5.4
Lymphocytes ×103/µL
1.8 (±1,728.9)
1–4.9
Eosinophils/µL
87.5 (±148.1)
0–0.55
Basophils/µL
64.0 (±77.8)
0–0.07
Monocytes ×103/µL
0.5 (±633.4)
0.07–0.76
pH
7.3 (±0.1)
7.32–7.44
PCO2 (mm Hg)
41.4 (±5.5)
52.7–114.2
PO2 (mm Hg)
35.8 (±9.1)
15.0–42.0
BE (mmol/L)
−2.1 (±7.5)
−7.33–3.9
HCO3 (mmol/L)
22.8 (±5.4)
19.0–27.4
tCO2 (mm Hg)
24.5 (±6.4)
31.0–33.0
SO2 (%)
59.4 (±11.7)
0
Na (mmol/L)
133.4 (±7.3)
148.0 ± 12
K (mmol/L)
3.1 (±0.7)
4.8 ± 1.0
iCa (mmol/L)
1.3 (±0.3)
0.68 ± 0.6
Reference values: Orsini, J. A.; Divers, T. J. Equine Emergencies. 3 ed. Elsevier, 2014. = number of evaluated animals; CR = cardiac rate; RR = respiratory rate; bpm = beats per minute; mpm = respiratory movements per minute.
