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Table 5 Effect of supplementation of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and vitamin E (Vit E) on selected blood cell numbers (n = 8) measured on d 10 after weaning after experimental infection with an enterotoxigenic strain of E. coli

From: Acetylsalicylic acid supplementation improves protein utilization efficiency while vitamin E supplementation reduces markers of the inflammatory response in weaned pigs challenged with enterotoxigenic E. coli

Items

ASA (A), ppm

 

Vit E (E), IU

 

P=

 

0

125

SEM

50

100

200

SEM

A

E

A × E

RBC, × 1012/L

6.4

6.5

0.07

6.5

6.5

6.3

0.07

0.826

0.374

0.902

CHCM, g/L

270

274

1.7

271

271

274

1.7

0.077

0.428

0.203

Platelet, × 109/L

501

527

24.5

498

543

502

24.7

0.575

0.675

0.058

WBC, × 109/L

17.6

19.2

1.00

16.7

22.3

16.2

0.93

0.407

0.017

0.938

Neutrophil, %a

48.9

49.7

1.63

46.8

54.2

46.9

1.57

0.769

0.078

0.576

Lymphocyte, %a

44.9

44.4

1.60

47.1

40.0

46.8

1.54

0.856

0.093

0.675

  1. RBC red blood cell, CHCM mean red blood cell hemoglobin content, WBC white blood cell
  2. aExpressed as a percentage of total white blood cell count