Table 2 Change in immunological parameters and measures of oxidative status in LPS challenged and control animals of P. nathusii from Latvia during the pre-migration and migration season. Values indicate mean ± one standard deviation (median).
From: The immune response of bats differs between pre-migration and migration seasons
Pre-migration | Migration | |||
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Control | LPS | Control | LPS | |
Lymphocytes (%) | − 10.4 ± 15.3 (− 14.0) n = 9 pairs | 8.3 ± 23.7 (10.0) n = 8 pairs | − 4.2 ± 14.1 (− 7.0) n = 11 pairs | − 25.4 ± 19.2 (− 27.0) n = 13 pairs |
Neutrophils (%) | 8.1 ± 15.5 (13) n = 9 pairs | − 7.1 ± 25.9 (− 11.0) n = 8 pairs | 6.2 ± 13.6 (12.0) n = 11 pairs | 25.1 ± 18.4 (32.0) n = 13 pairs |
N/L ratio | 0.18 ± 0.45 (0.23) n = 9 pairs | − 0.09 ± 1.14 (− 0.37) n = 8 pairs | 0.07 ± 0.25 (0.17) n = 11 pairs | 0.52 ± 0.47 (0.54) n = 13 pairs |
Haptoglobin (mg/ml) | − 0.02 ± 0.58 (0.08) n = 9 pairs | 0.56 ± 0.46 (0.44) n = 7 pairs | − 0.41 ± 0.49 (− 0.33) n = 8 pairs | 2.40 ± 1.04 (2.58) n = 13 pairs |
ROMs (mM H202 equivalents) | − 0.08 ± 0.49 (− 0.10) n = 9 pairs | 0.19 ± 0.29 (0.33) n = 8 pairs | − 0.36 ± 0.36 (− 0.25) n = 10 pairs | − 0.05 ± 0.40 (− 0.16) n = 8 pairs |
OXY (mM HOCl neutralized) | − 1.5 ± 14.3 (− 3.5) n = 9 pairs | 25.6 ± 43.6 (13.2) n = 9 pairs | − 2.6 ± 20.5 (− 7.8) n = 9 pairs | 22.4 ± 36.7 (13.3) n = 11 pairs |