TNF and parasitic infectious disease: Decreases in BUN levels, plasma GOT, plasma ALP, plasma total protein, plasma albumin, the A/G ratio, hemoglobin, hematocrit, monocytes, TNF-α levels, IL-10 levels, and cardiac tissue cell number and increases in plasma globulin, urinary potassium, IFN-γ levels, IL-12p40 levels, and IL-17 levels were used to distinguish animals without parasite detection from animals presenting with mild parasitemia (p <.001) (Table 2).