Table 3. Effect of stocking density on components of leukocyte, erythrocyte and platelets profile in broiler (d 35)

Parameters	Stock density (birds/m2)				SEM1	P-values2
	26	22	19	16		Linear	Quadratic
Leukocytes
WBC (K/pL)	27.90	26.81	32.38	28.77	1.474	0.252	0.263
HE (K/pL)	8.41	8.12	10.48	9.41	0.679	0.112	0.395
LY (K/pL)	14.98	14.32	16.54	14.51	0.562	0.881	0.153
H/L	0.56	0.56	0.64	0.65	0.038	0.051	0.971
MO (K/pL)	2.96	2.80	3.16	2.83	0.166	0.889	0.518
EO (K/pL)	1.17	1.17	1.57	1.48	0.177	0.113	0.628
BA (K/pL)	0.38	0.41	0.63	0.55	0.080	0.667	0.384
Erythrocyte
RBC (K/pL)	2.42	2.45	2.61	2.52	0.087	0.295	0.390
HCT (%)	23.72	24.40	26.48	25.45	0.731	0.051	0.164
MCV (fL)	98.47	99.73	101.77	101.38	2.068	0.274	0.617
MCH (g/dL)	35.90	36.18	36.95	35.48	0.683	0.789	0.195
MCHC (g/dL)	36.47	36.28	36.33	35.08	0.467	0.053	0.301
Platelets (K/pL)	21.17	20.67	23.83	27.67	3.856	0.194	0.657

SEM, standard error of means.
Orthogonal contrasts: linear and quadratic effect of supplemental yeast culture. WBC, white blood cells; HE, heterophils; LY, lymphocytes; H:L, heterophil:lymphocytes; Mo, monocytes; EO, eosinophils; BA, basophils; RBC, red blood cells; Hb, hemoglobulin; HCT, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobulin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobulin concentration.