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Table 4 Blood hematological parameters and serum antioxidant capacity of dairy goats

From: Effects of antioxidant-rich Lactiplantibacillus plantarum inoculated alfalfa silage on rumen fermentation, antioxidant and immunity status, and mammary gland gene expression in dairy goats

Items1

Dietary treatments2

SEM3

P-value

RSMTD-1

ES24-7

Blood hematological parameters

 WBC, 109/L

11.8

12.4

0.45

0.541

 NEUT, %

10.1

11.2

0.50

0.275

 LYMPH, %

51.8

55.2

1.52

0.287

 MONO, %

36.2

32.4

1.32

0.173

 EO, %

1.62

0.85

0.392

0.338

 BASO, %

0.27

0.34

0.019

0.068

 RBC, 1012/L

1.61

1.95

0.131

0.201

 HCT, %

5.45

6.48

0.379

0.186

 Hb, g/L

90.1

101.6

2.65

0.042

 MCH, pg

49.8

57.4

2.39

0.094

Serum antioxidant

 T-AOC, mmol/L

0.21

0.30

0.007

 < 0.001

 SOD, U/mL

62.7

95.2

1.73

 < 0.001

 GSH-Px, U/mL

102

190

2.5

 < 0.001

 CAT, U/mL

3.47

7.53

0.215

 < 0.001

  1. 1WBC White blood cell, NEUT Neutrophil, LYMPH Lymphocyte, MONO Monocytes, EO Eosinophil, BASO Basophil, RBC Red blood cell, HCT Hematocrit, Hb Hemoglobin, MCH Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, T-AOC Total antioxidant capacity, SOD Superoxide dismutase, GSH-Px Glutathione peroxidase, CAT Catalase
  2. 2RSMTD-1, dairy goats fed with L. plantarum MTD/1 treated alfalfa silage; ES24-7, dairy goats fed with L. plantarum 24-7 treated alfalfa silage
  3. 3SEM Standard error of the mean; values for blood and serum represent the means of 10 samples (n = 10)
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

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