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. 2023 Aug 3;102(11):102988. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102988

Table 3.

Effect of ginger and frankincense oil on hematological parameters of Japanese quail laying hens at 21 wk of age.

	Treatments
		Ginger powder		Frankincense oil
Items	Control	0.250 mg	0.500 mg	0.200 mg	0.400 mg	P-value
WBCs (10³/mm³)	19.90 ± 0.79	23.72 ± 2.00	24.60 ± 2.06	24.14 ± 2.18	24.28 ± 2.17	0.417
RBCs (millions/mm³)	1.52 ± 0.19^b	2.34 ± 0.18^a	2.40 ± 0.13^a	2.55 ± 0.22^a	2.37 ± 0.04^a	0.002
Hb (g/dL)	8.44 ± 0.66	10.08 ± 0.73	10.38 ± 0.68	10.68 ± 1.22	10.12 ± 0.12	0.305
PVC (%)	24.24 ± 1.19^c	33.58 ± 1.15^ab	32.46 ± 3.13^b	33.22 ± 2.12^ab	38.64 ± 0.23^a	0.001
Lymphocytes	44.60 ± 1.29^a	37.20 ± 1.62^b	35.40 ± 1.29^b	36.80 ± 1.11^b	37.00 ± 0.45^b	0.001
Heterophils	49.60 ± 1.29^b	56.60 ± 1.57^a	58.00 ± 1.14^a	57.00 ± 1.30^a	57.00 ± 0.45^a	0.001
H/L ratio	1.12 ± 0.06^b	1.54 ± 0.11^a	1.65 ± 0.09^a	1.56 ± 0.08^a	1.54 ± 0.03^a	0.001
Monocytes	5.20 ± 0.20	6.00 ± 0.32	5.80 ± 0.20	5.80 ± 0.20	5.60 ± 0.24	0.203

^a,b,c

Different superscripts within a row indicate significant differences (P < 0.05).