Table 3.
Parameters | Control | Ginger powder Level | P-value | ||
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0.2 g/kg | 0.4 g/kg | 0.6 g/kg | |||
Hemoglobin,g/dL | 10.2±0.22b | 10.3±0.44b | 12.4±0.27a | 12.1±0.42a | 0.0001 |
PCV,% | 32.3±0.68c | 32.1±0.45bc | 34.8±0.61ab | 35.3±0.53a | 0.006 |
MCV,fL | 84.74±2.29 | 86.14±3.10 | 88.53±2.52 | 87.57±1.25 | 0.367 |
MCH,pg | 26.58±0.81b | 26.71±2.34b | 31.39±0.87a | 29.86±1.32ab | 0.011 |
MCHC,g/ dL | 31.5±0.17b | 31.2±1.22b | 35.5±0.94a | 34.1±0.94ab | 0.012 |
WBCs,103/mm3 | 26.7±0.32b | 27.7±0.65ab | 27.9±0.37ab | 28.8±0.46a | 0. 037 |
Lymphocytes,% | 42.5±0.90b | 44.4±0.54ab | 46.4±0.97a | 45.2±1.08ab | 0.046 |
Monocytes,% | 6.08±0.44 | 6.71±0.35 | 7.80±0.41 | 6.93±0.85 | 0.139 |
Basophils,% | 0.641±0.019 | 0.645±0.032 | 0.655±0.023 | 0.661±0.025 | 0.984 |
Eosinophils,% | 11.1±0.37 | 11.8±0.59 | 11.5±0.64 | 11.4±0.17 | 0.908 |
Heterophils,% | 24.5±0.33a | 23.4±0.32ab | 23.2±0.32b | 23.1±0.26b | 0.018 |
L/Hratio | 0.575±0.016a | 0.526±0.007ab | 0.498±0.015b | 0.509±0.015b | 0.006 |
Means in the same row having different letters are significantly different at (P≤ 0.05)