Table 7 Complete blood count, blood biochemistry, and mineral profiles of calves on CF and NCF

Complete blood count

WBC (×10³ cells/µL)

10.9 (2.2)

11.1 (2.5)

11.0 (2.1)

11.8 (3.2)

11.4 (4.0)

4.8–16.3

RBC (×10⁶ cells/µL)

10.4 (0.6)

9.6 (0.8)

9.9 (0.9)

9.8 (0.6)

10.5 (0.9)

6.2–11.9

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

12.9 (0.8)

11.8 (0.8)

13.1 (1.6)

12.1 (0.7)

12.6 (0.4)

7.3–14.8

Haematocrit (%)

30.5 (1.8)

29.0 (2.2)

30.8 (2.4)

30.1 (1.3)

30.9 (2.3)

23–45

Platelet (×10³ cells/µL)

470 (74)

623 (112)

560 (107)

674 (194)

671 (272)

238–1213

Neutrophil (×10³ cells/µL)

3.0 (1.8)

3.1 (1.1)

3.5 (1.1)

4.1 (2.5)

3.4 (1.8)

0.9–13.0

Lymphocyte (×10³ cells/µL)

5.6 (1.0)

6.0 (1.4)

6.8 (1.2)

6.9 (1.6)

7.1 (2.6)

0.1–8.4

Monocyte (×10³ cells/µL)

1.9 (0.7)

1.5 (0.5)

0.4 (0.2)

0.5 (0.1)

0.6 (0.3)

0–1.7

Eosinophil (×10³ cells/µL)

0.11 (0.09)

0.04 (0.01)

0.12 (0.05)

0.13 (0.11)

0.15 (0.06)

0–0.4

Basophil (×10³ cells/µL)

0.10 (0.04)

0.12 (0.07)

0.15 (0.03)

0.15 (0.05)

0.20 (0.08)

0–0.3

Blood biochemistry

Albumin (g/L)

40.4 (1.4)

37.5 (3.0)

40.3 (3.0)

37.9 (2.4)

35.7 (2.8)

27–36

Total protein (g/L)

71.3 (2.8)

69.1 (3.0)

71.8 (4.0)

73.9 (5.5)

70.5 (4.8)

45–82

Globulin (g/L)

31.0 (2.5)

31.6 (1.7)

31.4 (3.9)

36.0 (6.3)

34.8 (5.1)

14–53

CK (µ/L)

373 (73)

271 (47)

275 (74)

363 (119)

311 (193)

46–326

GGT (U/L)

23.7 (7.4)

22.7 (5.4)

16.2 (5.7)

19.3 (5.7)

24.8 (2.7)

11.0–27.6^c

GLDH (U/L)

93 (60)

95 (69)

19 (11)

94 (76)

53 (63)

5–60

Ammonia (µmol/L)

152 (49)⁺

129 (35)

223 (42)

25 (11)

22 (18)

< 90^d

BUN (mmol/L)

6.8 (4.6)

6.6 (4.4)

3.7 (1.9)

3.2 (1.3)

3.5 (1.0)

1.7–7.7

Ammonia: BUN

20:1^{^}

20:1

60:1

8:1

6:1

9:1^e

Blood mineral profiles

Calcium (mmol/L)

2.5 (0.2)

2.5 (0.1)

2.5 (0.1)

2.5 (0.1)

2.5 (0.2)

2.4–3.1^f

Cobalt (µg/L)

1.7 (0.7)

3.1 (3.3)

2.6 (0.9)

3.5 (4.9)

12.0 (5.0)

0.17–2.00

Copper (µmol/L)

14.4 (1.7)

14.8 (1.3)

15.4 (1.4)

15.7 (4.0)

14.4 (1.4)

9.4–17.3

Magnesium (mmol/L)

1.01 (0.12)

0.99 (0.11)

1.00 (0.10)

1.00 (0.12)

1.00 (0.08)

0.74–1.10^f

Molybdenum (µg/L)

6.5 (3.5)

6.6 (2.4)

7.5 (2.6)

13.3 (5.1)

12.4 (8.6)

2–35

Phosphorus (mmol/L)

2.1 (0.3)

2.1 (0.2)

2.0 (0.3)

2.0 (0.3)

2.2 (0.5)

1.8–2.1^f

Selenium (µg/L)

68.9 (7.7)

66.1 (12.2)

78.5 (8.5)

63.3 (11.4)

80.7 (14.5)

65–140

Zinc (umol/L)

19.7 (2.1)

18.3 (2.7)

18.7 (3.0)

16.3 (1.7)

17.0 (4.5)

9.2–29.0