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Table 2 Haematological parameters of Aequidens metae caught in different sites of the Ocoa River and a reference site (Negro river), Villavicencio—Meta, Colombia during dry and rainy season

From: Using genotoxic and haematological biomarkers as an evidence of environmental contamination in the Ocoa River native fish, Villavicencio—Meta, Colombia

Nuclear alteration

Dry

Rainy

Site 2

Site 3

Reference

Site 2

Site 3

Reference

Erythrocytes (x106x µl-1)

2.06 ± 0.09

2.09 ± 0.10

2.38 ± 0.13

1.58 ± 0.09*

1.80 ± 0.12*

2.26 ± 0.15

Leukocytes (x103x µl-1)

71.65 ± 6.71

74.25 ± 5.95

60.11 ± 5.46

40.09 ± 1.35

56.56 ± 1.85

32.32 ± 1.62

Thrombocytes (x103x µl-1)

70.10 ± 9.04

51.24 ± 4.67

57.36 ± 6.96

33.59 ± 1.33

52.75 ± 2.23*

26.73 ± 0.88

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

7.82 ± 0.31*

7.47 ± 0.32*

10.03 ± 0.27

8.55 ± 0.18

8.15 ± 0.08

8.61 ± 0.51

PVC (%)

21.0 ± 0.68

19.26 ± 0.79*

23.63 ± 0.94

23.57 ± 0.85

21.60 ± 0.46*

26.0 ± 0.98

MCV (fL)

107.38 ± 5.33

105.90 ± 8.40

105.04 ± 8.21

153.80 ± 4.01

138.20 ± 7.0

119.73 ± 5.79

MCH (pg)

41.03 ± 2.75

41.68 ± 3.53

44.33 ± 2.93

59.18 ± 3.60*

55.09 ± 3.85*

35.56 ± 5.46

MCHC (%)

37.70 ± 1.42

40.14 ± 1.78

43.0 ± 1.34

37.91 ± 1.78*

38.63 ± 1.10*

28.30 ± 2.97

Lymphocytes (%)

63.27 ± 0.50*

56.62 ± 0.50*

75.38 ± 1.05

63.18 ± 0.53*

64.93 ± 1.57*

73.93 ± 1.08

Neutrophils (%)

29.30 ± 0.84*

32.41 ± 0.74*

23.75 ± 0.90

28.75 ± 1.05*

28.98 ± 0.96*

23.0 ± 0.95

Monocytes (%)

3.03 ± 0.28

2.51 ± 0.16

2.38 ± 0.29

3.46 ± 0.31

2.98 ± 0.16

2.79 ± 0.32

Basophils (%)

0.55 ± 0.09

0.59 ± 0.08

0.44 ± 0.13

0.57 ± 0.10

0.40 ± 0.08

0.64 ± 0.13

Eosinophils (%)

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

0.38 ± 0.13

0 ± 0

0.30 ± 0.07

0.36 ± 0.13

  1. * For the same season of year, asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between the reference site and the monitoring sites. Site 1 (Nacimiento, before entering the city), site 2 (Centauros, where sewage from the city is dumped), site 3 (Caño Seco, after the city and close to a landfill) and reference site (R)