Effects of L-lysine·H2SO4 product on the intestinal morphology and liver pathology using broiler model

Table 6 Effect of dietary L-lysine·H₂SO₄ levels on blood hematology of broiler chickens¹

Items	Dietary L-lysine·H₂SO₄ levels, %					SEM	P-value
Items	0	1	4	7	10	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
White blood cells, 10⁹/L	49.0^ab	37.9^b	48.6^ab	55.8^a	54.1^ab	4.20	0.05	0.07	0.11
Red blood cells, 10¹²/L	2.6^ab	2.6^ab	2.7^ab	2.8^a	2.5^b	0.07	0.04	0.91	0.11
Hemoglobin, g/L	86.5^a	86.6^a	83.6^a	89.1^a	73.0^b	3.30	0.02	0.06	0.04
Hematocrit, %	33.1^ab	33.7^ab	33.0^ab	34.9^a	30.1^b	0.99	0.05	0.26	0.08
Corpuscular volume, fL	127.7^ab	130.4^a	121.7^b	124.7^ab	122.4^b	1.81	0.01	0.01	0.05
Corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, g/L	261.1^a	258.4^a	252.3^ab	255.4^ab	242.2^b	4.07	0.03	< 0.01	0.01
Red cell distribution width, fL	35.7	37.5	36.3	37.3	38.5	1.40	0.66	0.22	0.47
Platelet distribution width, fL	6.8	6.1	7.1	6.6	6.5	0.59	0.80	0.91	0.99
Platelet volume, fL	8.2	8.8	9.2	9.1	8.3	0.49	0.49	0.65	0.18
Proportion of large platelets, %	15.2	20.5	20.4	18.7	15.4	3.20	0.62	0.98	0.28

¹Means in the same row with different superscripts significantly differ from one another (P < 05); SEM standard error of the mean; n = 6/diet

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