Table 2.
White blood cells count in the mammary artery blood (109/L).
| Item | Treatment1 |
SEM | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRDS | MRDS | HRDS | |||
| WBC | 8.90b | 9.63b | 14.17a | 0.809 | <0.01 |
| LYMPH | 8.15 | 8.03 | 11.19 | 2.127 | 0.089 |
| MONO | 0.30 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.070 | 0.247 |
| NEUT | 0.39 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 0.136 | 0.076 |
| EO | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.21 | 0.049 | 0.778 |
| BASO | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.008 | 0.192 |
| ALY | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.040 | 0.125 |
SEM = standard error of mean; WBC = white blood cell; LYMPH = lymphocyte; MONO = monocyte; NEUT = neutrophil; EO = eosinophil; BASO = basophils; ALY = atypical lymphocyte.
a, bMeans within same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).
1
LRDS = low rumen degradable starch treatment (RDS = 20.52% DM); MRDS = medium rumen degradable starch treatment (RDS = 22.15% DM); HRDS = high rumen degradable starch treatment (RDS = 24.88% DM).