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. 2023 May 6;13(9):1558. doi: 10.3390/ani13091558

Table 3.

Comparison of hematological values of Bronze turkey hens from flocks with and without the occurrence of green liver discoloration in the early fattening stage (70 to 75 days of fattening) and the late fattening stage (120 to 127 days of fattening), respectively (comparison of mean (x¯) or median (x˜) ± standard error of mean or median (SE) within the same age).

Hematological
Value
70 to 75 Days of Fattening 120 to 127 Days of Fattening
Green Liver(s) No Green Liver Green Liver(s) No Green Liver
n = 31/30 1 n = 36/34 1 n = 45/40 1 n = 18
x¯ /x˜±SE x¯ /x˜±SE p-Value x¯ /x˜±SE x¯ /x˜±SE p-Value
PCV (L/L) 0.35 ± 0.01 0.35 ± 0.01 0.646 0.38 ± 0.004 0.38 ± 0.01 0.993
Hb (mmol/L) 5.54 ± 0.14 5.47 ± 0.15 0.767 5.78 ± 0.12 5.60 ± 0.10 0.370
WBC (×109/L) 27.60 ± 1.60 21.53 ± 1.98 0.003 27.90 ± 1.72 27.98 ± 1.86 0.939
Heterophils (×109/L) 14.28 ± 1.47 9.59 ± 0.94 0.010 12.75 ± 1.22 13.32 ± 2.55 0.819
Lymphocytes (×109/L) 12.10 ± 0.95 10.27 ± 0.73 0.127 12.77 ± 0.54 13.23 ± 1.02 0.668
Eosinophils (×109/L) 0.00 ± 0.07 0.00 ± 0.06 0.680 0.13 ± 0.10 0.00 ± 0.04 0.105
Basophils (×109/L) 1.54 ± 0.23 0.97 ± 0.13 <0.001 1.23 ± 0.14 0.94 ± 0.27 0.041
Monocytes (×109/L) 0.82 ± 0.19 0.41 ± 0.08 0.034 0.41 ± 0.17 0.33 ± 0.12 0.866
H:L ratio 1.31 ± 0.14 1.10 ± 0.12 0.285 1.04 ± 0.08 0.87 ± 0.23 0.784

1 Number of cases lower for PCV and Hb; Hb: hemoglobin; H:L: heterophile:lymphocyte; PCV: packed cell volume; WBC: white blood cells.