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Table 2 The comparison of blood parameters between transgenic and non-transgenic sheep

From: Efficient production of pronuclear embryos in breeding and nonbreeding season for generating transgenic sheep overexpressing TLR4

Parameters

Transgenic

Non-transgenic

Normal range [42, 43]

Number of sheep

5

10

 

RBC, 1012/L

10.67 ± 0.49

9.77 ± 0.85

8–15

HGB, g/L

108.67 ± 8.08

96.29 ± 8.46

80–160

HCT, %

36.73 ± 2.67*

30.07 ± 2.03

24–45

MCV, fL

32.53 ± 1.65

30.87 ± 2.02

23–48

MCH, pg

10.20 ± 0.56

9.87 ± 0.66

8–12

MCHC, g/L

312.67 ± 3.06

319.71 ± 8.44

290–350

PLT, 109/L

348.00 ± 13.53

312.43 ± 139.79

175–500

WBC,109/L

9.20 ± 0.61

8.87 ± 1.27

4–12

SEG, %

65.70 ± 4.35

46.73 ± 15.13

1–52

BAND, %

0.10 ± 0.01

0.09 ± 0.04

0–3

MON, %

2.43 ± 1.15

2.66 ± 1.73

1–5

LYM, %

27.13 ± 4.43

43.89 ± 14.90

40–75

EOS, %

3.40 ± 1.64

5.66 ± 3.13

1–8

BAS, %

1.33 ± 0.21

1.07 ± 0.51

0–3

  1. Superscript letter (*) represents statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). Tg = Transgenic sheep, N = 5. NTg = Non-transgenic sheep, N = 10