“…The parameters included: red blood cell (RBC) count, leukocyte (WBC) count, haemoglobin (Hb), haematocrit (HCt), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), platelet count, lymphocyte, monocyte, neutrophil, basophil and eosinophil counts (Silva et al, 2007;Lahlou et al, 2008).…”