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Abstract
Nazifi, S., Oryan, A. and Mohebbi, H. 2002. Evaluation of hematological parameters in caprine besnoitiosis. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 21: 123–128.
To evaluate the hematological parameters in caprine besnoitiosis, blood samples from 24, each infected with severe besnoitiosis as well as normal goats, were compared. To identify the besnoitia positive goats, biopsies and tissue samples were taken from mid region of the skin of the right tarsal and carpal joints of the goats that showed symptoms of besnoitiosis. Red blood cells, lymphocytes count, hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit values of the infected goats were significantly (P<0.05) lower and mean corpuscular volume (MCV), Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), white blood cells, neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes and basophils counts were significantly (P>0.05) higher as compared to those of normal ones. Severity of infection effected differences in some of these parameters.