Table 3 Blood hematology and biochemistry analysis of piglets under the three feeding regimens. Respectively n = 10, 10, 10 for the feeding regimens with 0%, 2.5% and 5% added lacto-fermented rapeseed-seaweed blend (FRS), respectively

Erythrocyte count, 10¹²cells/L

6.12 [5.77;6.47]

5.75 [5.43;6.07]

5.87 [5.48;6.26]

0.25

0.23

0.50

0.85

Hemoglobina, g/dL

10.06 [9.53;10.59]

10.07 [9.37;10.77]

9.81 [9.16;10.46]

0.76

1.00

0.80

0.79

Hematocrit, %

33.37 [31.51;35.23]

33.74 [30.92;36.56]

32.21 [29.92;34.50]

0.56

0.97

0.71

0.56

Mean corpuscular volume, fL

54.65 [52.42;56.88]

58.73 [55.51;61.95]

54.98 [52.87;57.09]

0.03

0.04

0.98

0.07

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, pg/cell

16.49 [15.83;17.15]

17.55 [16.76;18.34]

16.77 [16.04;17.50]

0.07

0.07

0.81

0.22

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, g/dL

30.20 [29.19;31.21]

29.93 [28.76;31.10]

30.49 [29.72;31.26]

0.67

0.90

0.89

0.65

Red cell distribution width, %

24.00 [22.30;25.70]

22.37 [19.66;25.08]

24.25 [21.95;26.55]

0.37

0.49

0.98

0.40

Platelets, 10¹¹cells/L

3.74 [3.11;4.38]

3.44 [2.61;4.28]

3.35 [2.48;4.21]

0.71

0.81

0.70

0.98

Leucocyte, 10¹⁰cells/L

3.64 [2.67;4.61]

2.93 [2.31;3.54]

2.97 [2.40;3.54]

0.24

0.29

0.33

0.99

Neutrophile, %

55.15 [43.11;67.19]

47.54 [38.74;56.34]

56.39 [47.12;65.66]

0.33

0.46

0.98

0.36

Limphocytes, %

40.73 [28.77;52.69]

47.14 [37.79;56.49]

38.05 [28.54;47.56]

0.37

0.59

0.91

0.35

Monocytes, %

3.37 [1.59;5.15]

4.21 [2.68;5.74]

4.57 [2.04;7.10]

0.62

0.78

0.60

0.95

Eosinophile, %

0.21 [<0.01;0.42]

0.73 [0.09;1.37]

0.66 [0.01;1.31]

0.27

0.29

0.39

0.98

Basophile, %

0.54 [0.08;1.00]

0.38 [0.11;0.65]

0.33 [0.09;0.57]

0.59

0.73

0.59

0.97

Alanine aminotransferase, units/L

54.80 [40.63;68.97]

45.70 [39.21;52.19]

48.90 [37.41;60.39]

0.43

0.41

0.68

0.89

Aspartate aminotransferase, units/L

120.50 [40.71;200.29]

69.40 [54.69;84.11]

85.40 [56.14;114.66]

0.26

0.25

0.51

0.87

Lactate dehydrogenase, units/L

1072.20 [690.90;1453.50]

960.30 [836.86;1083.74]

969.10 [702.71;1235.49]

0.78

0.80

0.82

1.00

Glucose, mg/dL

102.10 [91.99;112.21]

110.00 [95.14;124.86]

105.90 [86.28;125.52]

0.72

0.69

0.92

0.90

Total protein, g/dL

4.41 [3.86;4.96]

4.68 [4.30;5.06]

4.87 [4.15;5.59]

0.44

0.73

0.41

0.85

Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL

19.50 [16.04;22.96]

10.00 [5.29;14.71]

13.20 [9.87;16.53]

<0.01

<0.01

0.04

0.40

Phosphorous, mg/dL

9.65 [7.82;11.48]

9.52 [8.38;10.66]

8.80 [7.33;10.27]

0.63

0.99

0.64

0.73

Cholesterol, mg/dL

73.00 [57.36;88.64]

70.00 [59.74;80.26]

62.60 [53.55;71.65]

0.37

0.92

0.36

0.59

Triglycerides, mg/dL

44.00 [25.70;62.30]

49.30 [35.66;62.94]

41.50 [33.51;49.49]

0.66

0.82

0.96

0.65

Cholesterol LDL^a, mg/dL

39.94 [30.50;49.38]

38.39 [30.86;45.92]

33.71 [27.46;39.96]

0.43

0.95

0.42

0.61

Cholesterol HDL^b, mg/dL

33.99 [26.12;41.86]

34.33 [28.81;39.85]

29.48 [24.02;34.94]

0.41

1.00

0.50

0.45

IgG, μg/mL

2625.95 [2075.63;3176.26]

2163.86 [1945.63;2382.08]

2559.73 [2110.51;3008.95]

0.20

0.22

0.97

0.32

Lysozyme, pmol/mL

168.09 [119.95;216.22]

154.15 [121.86;186.44]

156.09 [119.40;192.78]

0.83

0.84

0.88

1.00