HEMATOLOGICAL-CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH TOXOCARA-CANIS INFECTION IN MICE

Following experimental infection of Toxocara canis the infected mice, compared to the control, showed marked leukocytosis and eosinophilia from day 4, reached the peak on day 16 followed by gradual decline up to day 32 post-infection (PI). These were still higher than pre-infective values. The differential leukocyte count were higher than pre-infective values. The differential leukocyte count (DLC) showed decrease in lymphocytes and neutrophils but marked increase in eosinophils in the midst of the experiment. However, the values of monocytes, basophils and haeomoglobin (Hb) remained almost unchanged during the experiment.