Table 4 Complete blood count parameters (mean ± SD) in three groups of 7 week old growers before (Initial values) and after (Final values) feeding trial

WBC (10 ⁹ /L)

18.9 - 26.9

group I

30.08 ± 11.46*

18.96 ± 2.88

group II

23.72 ± 4.33*

19.26 ± 4.77

group III

27.78 ± 4.94*

19.86 ± 3.82

p value

(one-way ANOVA)

0.134

0.855

RBC (10 ¹² /L)

5.0 - 8.0

group I

5.84 ± 0.44*

6.77 ± 0.42

group II

5.87 ± 0.18*

6.60 ± 0.57

group III

5.92 ± 0.31*

6.59 ± 0.49

p value

(one-way ANOVA)

0.810

0.628

Hgb (g/L)

100 - 160

group I

99.7 ± 0.8*

116.7 ± 0.7

group II

100.2 ± 0.5*

113.6 ± 0.9

group III

99.6 ± 0.7*

109.8 ± 0.6

p value

(one-way ANOVA)

0.973

0.155

MCV (fL)

50 - 68

group I

58.3 ± 2.9*

55.6 ± 2.9

group II

58.4 ± 1.6*

55.2 ± 1.3

group III

57.6 ± 2.8*

54.1 ± 4.3

p value

(one-way ANOVA)

0.678

0.512

Ht (L/L)

0.32 - 0.50

group I

0.342 ± 0.027*

0.376 ± 0.024

group II

0.341 ± 0.016*

0.364 ± 0.031

group III

0.341 ± 0.025

0.355 ± 0.018

p value

(one-way ANOVA)

1.000

0.643

Plt (10 ⁹ /L)

325 - 715

group I

511.6 ± 115.4*

351.9 ± 76.9

group II

502.0 ± 155.3*

331.1 ± 40.5

group III

514.5 ± 123.3*

367.1 ± 129.0

p value

(one-way ANOVA)

0.972

0.643