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Table 1 Sex and seasonal differences and the interaction of sex with season in the hematology of captive adult Mauremys mutica

From: Hematologic and plasma biochemical reference values of the yellow pond turtle Mauremys mutica and the effects of sex and season

   

Seasonal differences

  

Sex differences

 

Sex × season

Analyte

Springa

Summera

Falla

Wintera

F valueb

p value

Male

Female

F value

p value

F value

p value

RBCs (106/μl)

-

H

-

-

15.164c

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

PCV (%)

H

-

-

-

22.34

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

Hb (g/dl)

H

-

-

-

14.809

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

WBCs (μl)

-

-

-

H

10.366

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

Heterophils (μl)

-

H

-

-

3.084

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

Lymphocytes (μl)

-

H

-

L

6.469

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

Basophils (μl)

H

-

-

-

11.576

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

Eosinophils (μl)

-

-

 

-

nsd

nsd

-

-

nsd

nsd

nsd

nsd

Monocytes (μl)

-

-

L

H

3.147

**

-

-

nsd

nsd

3.108

*

  1. a Means significantly higher (H) or lower (L) than for the other sex or the other seasons. b Two-way ANOVA (p< 0.05). c nsd, no significant difference. ** p< 0.01. RBCs, red blood cells; PCV, packed cell volume; Hb, hemoglobin; WBCs, white blood cells.