Haematological reference intervals of sows at end gestation in ten French herds, the impact of parity on haematological parameters and the consequences on reproductive performance

Table 4 Mean haematological variables of our study compared with the literature

Variables	Unit	Mean	Thorn CE., 2010 [2]	Ježek et al., 2018 [3]	Bhattarai et al., 2019 [4]
Stage		5-12 days before parturition	2 weeks or less before parturition	Gestation	Mid-gestation (between 56-70 days of gestation)
RBC	10¹²/L	5.8	5.7	5.62	6.14
Hb	g/dL	12.1	12.6	11.6	12.03
HCT	%	39.7	40.0	34.9	-
MCV	fl	68.6	70.0	62.2	63.4
MCH	pg	21.0	-	20.6	-
MCHC	g/dL	30.5	31.6	33.2	31.04
WBC	10⁹/L	12.1	15.6	15.21	15.44
Neutrophils	%	59.3	39.0	-	38.4
Eosinophils	%	7.7	0.7	7.0	7.4
Monocytes	%	4.8	6.0	1.0	4.2
Lymphocytes	%	28.2	52.0	43.0	47.8
PLT	10⁹/L	225.8	-	274	-

RBC red blood cell count, Hb haemoglobin, HCT haematocrit, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, WBC white blood cell count, PLT platelet count

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