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ArticleVeterinary research communications2021

Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration as haematological marker to detect changes in red blood cells in sheep infected with Haemonchus contortus.

G Jiménez-Penago, O Hernández-Mendo, R González-Garduño, G Torres-Hernández, O M Torres-Chablé, E Maldonado-Simán

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

G Jiménez-Penago, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Estado de México, México.
O Hernández-Mendo, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Estado de México, México.
R González-GarduñoUnidad Regional Universitaria Sursureste, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Teapa, Tabasco, México. rgonzalezg@chapingo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-7787
G Torres-Hernández, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Estado de México, México.
O M Torres-ChabléDivisión Académica de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
E Maldonado-SimánPosgrado en Producción Animal, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Estado de México, México.
Colegio de Postgraduados · MXChapingo Autonomous University · MXUniversidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haemonchus contortus is a nematode parasite that causes anaemia and affects the health of sheep. The mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) is an excellent indicator to detect anaemia that could help to characterize resistant or susceptible lambs to gastrointestinal nematodes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of MCHC in detecting changes in red blood cells and their relation to anaemia in lambs re-infected with H. contortus. An analysis of information was performed using 24 Pelibuey lambs previously infected in grazing, dewormed and experimentally re-infected with H. contortus. At the first haematological sampling (admission) the lambs were classified based on MCHC quartiles (Q). Subsequently, the lambs were housed for 56 days. Blood samples were taken every seven days to determine the haematological parameters using an impedance haematological instrument. Confidence limits were constructed with the records of the lambs that recovered their haematological parameters. Each quartile was analysed as a treatment in a repeated measures design over time. To know the optimal combination of sensitivity and specificity of MCHC to detect anaemia a curve of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the cut-off values were evaluated. In quartile 4 (Q4), lambs showed the highest faecal egg count (FEC, 764 eggs/g of faeces), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (17.0 pg) and MCHC (54.6 g/dL). This group also presented the lowest RBC values (5.8 × 10

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AnimalsErythrocyte IndicesErythrocytesHaemonchiasisHaemonchusHemoglobinsSheepSheep DiseasesSheep, DomesticHemoglobinsAnaemiaGastrointestinal nematodesHaematological parametersRed blood cells

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