| Dietary treatment1 | P-value | |||||||||
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 | H | HS | S | Diet | Day2 × Diet | ||||||
Day of age | 4 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 16 | 28 | Â | Â |
 WBC, ×109/L | 12.6c | 8.27a | 10.1b | 12.5c | 8.14a | 9.95b | 13.1c | 8.70a | 10.5b | 0.60 | 0.39 |
 Neutrophils, % | 51.7b | 34.6a | 36.1a | 64.1b | 37.0a | 38.5a | 54.3b | 37.2a | 38.7a | 0.13 | 0.37 |
 Lymphocytes, % | 42.4a | 61.0c | 58.2b | 40.6a | 59.3c | 56.5b | 39.7a | 58.3c | 55.5b | 0.22 | 0.53 |
 NLR | 0.18b | 0.05a | 0.07a | 0.19b | 0.07a | 0.08a | 0.20b | 0.07a | 0.09a | 0.42 | 0.32 |
 Monocytes, % | 5.28de | 3.62ab | 4.83cde | 4.75cde | 3.09a | 4.30bcd | 5.45e | 3.79abc | 5.00de | 0.04 | 0.38 |
 Eosinophils, % | 0.45a | 0.60abc | 0.67abc | 0.45a | 0.81bc | 0.84c | 0.62abc | 0.55ab | 0.68abc | 0.002 | 0.001 |
 Erythrocytes, ×1012/L | 3.91a | 5.57bc | 6.19d | 3.83a | 5.60bc | 6.40d | 3.91a | 5.20b | 6.05cd | 0.01 | 0.03 |
 Haematocrit, % | 24.8a | 36.2c | 33.3b | 25.0a | 36.3c | 33.5b | 23.9a | 35.2c | 32.3b | 0.41 | 0.18 |
 Haemoglobin, mmol/L | 70.8a | 90.1cfg | 93.9bde | 72.6a | 101eg | 95.7bcdf | 68.7a | 97.0defg | 91.8bc | 0.28 | 0.06 |
 MCV, ×10−15 L | 64.1bd | 67.7ce | 53.5a | 64.0bcde | 64.9bcde | 53.1a | 63.7bc | 67.5de | 52.5a | 0.06 | 0.02 |
 MCH, pg/mL | 18.4b | 18.3b | 15.1a | 18.4b | 18.3b | 15.1a | 18.4b | 18.3b | 15.1a | 0.10 | 0.13 |
 MCHC, g/L | 286b | 274a | 285b | 289b | 277a | 287b | 287b | 274a | 284b | 0.28 | 0.19 |
 Reticulocytes, % | 6.78c | 5.89b | 1.59a | 7.38c | 6.48b | 2.18a | 6.76c | 5.85b | 1.56a | 0.12 | 0.22 |
 Thrombocytes, ×109/L | 466a | 542b | 606c | 492a | 568b | 633c | 475a | 552b | 616c | 0.44 | 0.52 |