Clinical, hematological and some biochemical alterations during diarrhea in Friesian calves naturally infected with E. coli and Salmonella

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 2 Clinical examination parameters in diarrheic and healthy calves included in the present study

Parameters	Healthy calves (n = 10)	Diarrheic calves (n = 33)	Reference values
Body weight (Kg)	43.7 ± 1.2^a	37.79 ± 1.8^b	–
Rectal temperature (°C)	38.6 ± 0.1^b	39.7 ± 0.2^a	38.5–39.5 [24]
Respiratory rate (breaths/min)	25.48 ± 1.27^b	34.12 ± 2.17^a	20–50 [41]
Heart rate (beats/min)	98.5 ± 2.5^b	123 ± 3.31^a	126 ± 4 [36]

The data are presented as mean ± SE
^a,bMeans within the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)