Gastrointestinal Motility, Mucosal Mast Cell, and Intestinal Histology in Rats: Effect of Prednisone

Table 1

Total leukocytes and differential cell counts after vehicle or prednisone treated rats with 0.625 mg/Kg/day and 2.5 mg/Kg/day, respectively.

	Vehicle	0.625 mg/Kg	2.5 mg/Kg
Total leukocytes	4.41 ± 0.26	2.43 ± 0.32	2.49 ± 0.06
Lymphocytes	2.83 ± 0.11	1.37 ± 0.36	1.37 ± 0.27
Neutrophils	1.40 ± 0.11	0.94 ± 0.18	1.01 ± 0.27
Monocytes	0.13 ± 0.07	0.09 ± 0.04	0.09 ± 0.03
Eosinophils	0.04 ± 0.0	0.02 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01

Cell counts expressed in 10³/mm³; versus vehicle.