Fig 1.
Box and whisker plots displaying the number of neutrophils (A), lymphocytes (B), eosinophils (C) and monocytes (D) observed per 100 cells counted in individuals on which injuries were noted (blue, n = 24) compared to individuals with no evident injuries (red, n = 110). Values of cell populations present in low abundances were log-transformed as ln(x+1) for visualization purposes.
Fig 2.
Images taken at 600x or 1000x magnification depicting the variable morphologies of each leukocyte lineage as well as red blood cells and platelets.
(A, B) band neutrophils, (C) granular band neutrophil, (D-F) neutrophils, (G, H) hypersegmented neutrophils, (I-L) lymphocytes, (M) reactive lymphocyte, (N) binuclear lymphocyte, (O-P) large granular lymphocytes, (Q-R) band eosinophils, (S-X) eosinophils, (Y-Ff) mature monocytes, (Gg) erythrocytes, (Hh-Ii) platelet clumps, (Kk) echinocytes, (Ll) erythrocytes with low central pallor, (Mm) dacrocytes, (Nn) erythrocyte anisocytosis.
Fig 3.
Individual cell diameters observed in neutrophils (n = 80), lymphocytes (n = 70), eosinophils (n = 28), monocytes (n = 30), and erythrocytes (n = 134).
Each color represents an individual bat with larger dots depicting the mean for each cell type per bat. The error bars display the mean and 95% confidence intervals for each cell type.
Table 1.
Leukocyte profiles of P. alecto with no observed injuries.
Table 2.
Leukocyte profiles of P. alecto with observed mild/minor injuries.
Table 3.
Cell diameters.
Fig 4.
Erythrocytes with signs of infection by possible Hepatocystis hemoparasites observed in a single individual captured at Redcliffe in December 2018.
Images taken at 1000x magnification.