Table 3. Effect of dietary Bacillus subtilis and oregano essential oil supplementation in composition of leukocyte, erythrocyte, and platelets profile of late-phase laying hens
| RBC | Hb | HCT | MCV | MCHC | PLT |
Egg production |
H | 2.54 | 9.72 | 25.39 | 100.49 | 37.83 | 19.41 |
A | 2.66 | 10.10 | 26.37 | 100.28 | 37.35 | 18.56 |
SEM | 0.040 | 0.164 | 0.426 | 0.663 | 0.241 | 0.980 |
Additive |
CON | 2.61 | 10.05 | 26.01 | 100.42 | 37.87 | 20.39 |
BS | 2.60 | 9.92 | 25.71 | 100.59 | 37.66 | 19.56 |
OEO | 2.60 | 9.77 | 25.94 | 100.13 | 37.24 | 17.00 |
SEM | 0.049 | 0.201 | 0.522 | 0.812 | 0.295 | 1.200 |
Egg production×Additive |
H | CON | 2.58 | 9.89 | 25.53 | 98.9 | 37.59 | 37.79 |
BS | 2.55 | 9.74 | 25.73 | 101.51 | 38.4 | 37.96 |
OEO | 2.49 | 9.53 | 24.91 | 101.04 | 37.28 | 37.74 |
A | CON | 2.64 | 10.21 | 26.48 | 101.94 | 38.02 | 37.94 |
BS | 2.64 | 10.09 | 25.68 | 99.68 | 36.89 | 37.36 |
OEO | 2.72 | 10 | 26.97 | 99.21 | 36.56 | 36.74 |
SEM | 0.070 | 0.284 | 0.738 | 1.148 | 0.489 | 0.417 |
P-values |
Egg production | 0.0309 | 0.1102 | 0.1097 | 0.8258 | 0.1615 | 0.5415 |
Additive | 0.9887 | 0.6114 | 0.9130 | 0.9191 | 0.3237 | 0.1257 |
Interaction | 0.4558 | 0.9633 | 0.3666 | 0.0587 | 0.3779 | 0.3945 |