“…Assessing the levels and ranges of, inter alia, hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes permits detecting anemia, inflammation, infection, or other disease processes (Clauss et al 2008 ). Complete blood counts are also often used in toxicity studies of various substances (Javed and Usmani 2015 ). Biochemical parameters are also very useful in assessing the physiological state of living organisms, and they facilitate monitoring the functioning of many organs (e.g., liver, kidney, heart) and glands, nutritional status, or systemic hydration (e.g., total protein (TP), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca)), and the occurrence of the stress phenomenon (e.g., glucose (GLU), lactate (LACT)) (Haluzova et al 2010 ; Brinn et al 2012 ; Rożyński et al 2017 ).…”