Table 2. Effect of dietary Bacillus subtilis and oregano essential oil supplementation in composition of leukocyte profile of late-phase laying hens
| WBC | HE | LY | HE/LY | MO |
Egg production |
H | 14.04 | 2.13 | 11.09 | 0.18 | 1.44 |
A | 16.32 | 2.06 | 10.96 | 0.17 | 1.42 |
SEM | 0.939 | 0.260 | 0.621 | 0.014 | 0.119 |
Additive |
CON | 13.74 | 2.07 | 10.95 | 0.16 | 1.28 |
BS | 15.30 | 1.99 | 10.61 | 0.18 | 1.51 |
OEO | 16.50 | 2.22 | 11.53 | 0.19 | 1.51 |
SEM | 1.151 | 0.319 | 0.761 | 0.017 | 0.146 |
Egg production×Additive |
H | CON | 11.1 | 1.67 | 10.05 | 0.15 | 1.22 |
BS | 15.15 | 2.39 | 11.39 | 0.2 | 1.55 |
OEO | 15.86 | 2.32 | 11.85 | 0.19 | 1.55 |
A | CON | 16.38 | 2.47 | 11.86 | 0.18 | 1.34 |
BS | 15.44 | 1.59 | 9.82 | 0.15 | 1.47 |
OEO | 17.15 | 2.13 | 11.21 | 0.18 | 1.46 |
SEM | 1.672 | 0.451 | 1.076 | 0.024 | 0.206 |
P-values |
Egg production | 0.0917 | 0.8587 | 0.8829 | 0.6760 | 0.9060 |
Additive | 0.2447 | 0.8712 | 0.6877 | 0.7066 | 0.4426 |
Interaction | 0.2771 | 0.2095 | 0.2779 | 0.2918 | 0.8462 |