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Table 4 Effect of two doses of dietary menthol-rich PBLC on different haematological values in sheep

From: Effects of dietary menthol-rich bioactive lipid compounds on zootechnical traits, blood variables and gastrointestinal function in growing sheep

Attribute

Treatmenta,b

SEM

Contrastc

Control

PBLC-L

PBLC-H

 

1

2

3

Leucocyte profile

 Total leucocytes, ×109/L

15.2

13.4

14.1

0.72

0.34

0.19

0.12

 Lymphocyte, ×109/L

12.0

10.9

12.0

0.060

0.95

0.16

0.41

 Lymphocyte, %

79.7

85.0**

83.0*

1.09

0.044

0.020

0.006

 Monocyte, ×109/L

0.074

0.068

0.072

0.0038

0.65

0.29

0.34

 Monocyte, %

0.48

0.51

0.51

0.026

0.38

0.78

0.39

 Neutrophil, ×109/L

2.96

2.26#

2.18*

0.277

0.055

0.34

0.031

 Neutrophil, %

19.8

14.4**

16.5*

1.08

0.042

0.019

0.005

Erythrocyte profile

 Total erythrocytes, × 106/L

15.0

14.6

14.7

0.46

0.66

0.65

0.54

 Haemoglobin, g/dL

12.5

12.2

12.5

0.38

0.94

0.53

0.70

 PCV, %

43.7

44.4

44.3

1.41

0.76

0.80

0.69

 MCV, fL

23.1

23.9

23.4

0.64

0.79

0.44

0.53

 MCH, pg

8.30

8.36

8.40

0.23

0.76

0.96

0.78

 MCHC, g/dL

35.8

35.2

36.0

0.70

0.89

0.42

0.70

 RDWc, %

28.4

28.3

28.8

0.70

0.67

0.72

0.85

 RDWs, fL

24.7

25.0

25.1

0.62

0.66

0.90

0.66

Platelet profile

 Platelets, ×106/L

368

372

389

61.3

0.81

0.93

0.87

 MPV, fL

5.15

5.08

5.14

0.11

0.94

0.62

0.75

 PCT, %

0.19

0.19

0.20

0.031

0.84

0.81

0.96

 PDWc, %

21.6

21.2

21.7

0.55

0.95

0.52

0.79

 PDWs, fL

3.84

3.70

3.80

0.16

0.87

0.55

0.66

  1. PCV packed cell volume, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, RDWc red cell distribution width (co-efficient of variations), RDWs red cell distribution width (standard deviation), MPV mean platelet volume, PCT plateletcrit, PDWc platelet distribution width (co-efficient of variations); and PDWs: platelet distribution width (standard deviation)
  2. aControl: without PBLC; PBLC-L: lower dose (133.3 mg/kg) of PBLC; and PBLC-H: higher dose (266.7 mg/kg) of PBLC
  3. bOne outlier for lymphocyte (%) < 70 in PBLC-L (n = 7) and neutrophil (%) > 29 in PBLC-L (n = 7) and leucocyte number > 22.9 × 109/L in PBLC-H (n = 7) was removed before analysis
  4. cContrast: 1 = linear effect; 2 = quadratic effect; and 3 = Control versus both PBLC groups
  5. #/*/**Mean values differ compared with the control at P < 0.10/0.05/0.01