Table 5. Effects of the moisture absorbent on blood cells of broilers
Items | NC | PC | W1 | W2 | W3 | SEM | P-Value |
Leukocyte |
WBC (K/μL) | 21.1 | 20.0 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 1.05 | 0.23 |
HE (K/μL) | 6.45 | 5.99 | 5.74 | 6.84 | 6.79 | 0.461 | 0.37 |
LY (K/μL) | 11.3 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 0.41 | 0.15 |
HE/LY | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.033 | 0.53 |
MO (K/μL) | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.07 | 2.38 | 2.20 | 0.131 | 0.184 |
EO (K/μL) | 0.65 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.096 | 0.439 |
BA (K/μL) | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.037 | 0.274 |
Erythrocyte |
RBC (K/μL) | 2.31 | 2.16 | 2.16 | 2.31 | 2.32 | 0.064 | 0.15 |
Hb (g/dL) | 7.98 | 7.59 | 7.80 | 8.28 | 8.39 | 0.210 | 0.06 |
HCT (%) | 22.9 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 23.3 | 23.1 | 0.60 | 0.23 |
MCV (fL) | 98.9 | 101.9 | 100.7 | 101.3 | 99.3 | 1.12 | 0.29 |
MCH (g/dL) | 34.5 | 35.2 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 36.2 | 0.63 | 0.25 |
MCHC (g/dL) | 34.9 | 34.6 | 36.1 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 0.54 | 0.10 |
Platelets | 20.1 | 16.1 | 23.9 | 14.8 | 15.8 | 3.48 | 0.33 |