Effects of Exogenous Corticosterone on Circulating Leukocytes of a Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) with Unusually Abundant Eosinophils

Table 1

Summary of leukocyte differentials of salamanders (Ambystoma talpoideum) in all treatments in this study. Shown are the average percentages (±1 SD) of each cell type out of the total number of cells, as well as the average N : L ratio for each treatment group. Reference animals were sampled within 1 hour of capture, sham and corticosterone groups sampled 24 hours after capture and injection.

Salamander group	N	Leukocyte type					N : L
		Neutrophils	Lymphocytes	Eosinophils	Basophils	Monocytes
Reference	11	21.3 (9.9)	40.5 (11.7)	32.0 (16.1)	4.9 (4.8)	1.3 (2.1)	0.56 (0.29)
Sham injected	8	44.8 (25.9)	17.7 (7.5)	27.5 (24.2)	5.8 (6.0)	4.1 (3.0)	2.17 (1.66)
Corticosterone injected	28	54.9 (19.7)	17.2 (19.8)	19.8 (18.9)	4.3 (3.7)	3.8 (3.1)	4.42 (2.67)