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. 2023 Nov 14;13:1284166. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1284166

Table 3.

Effects of B. coagulans on blood hematological parameters of young piglets infected with ETEC K88.

Items Control ETEC BC+ETEC P
WBC (10e9/L) 8.517 ± 1.21a 6.382 ± 0.57b 8.861 ± 1.575a 0.001
RBC (10e12/L) 6.373 ± 0.79 6.831 ± 0.738 6.774 ± 0.908 0.484
HGB (g/dL) 119.875 ± 8.254 120.429 ± 3.995 118.714 ± 7.814 0.882
HCT (%) 40.275 ± 2.81 40.513 ± 3.606 39.271 ± 2.261 0.675
CH (pg) 21.163 ± 1.684 20.413 ± 1.184 20.35 ± 1.177 0.433
MCV (fL) 63.713 ± 5.345 59.5 ± 3.055 60.538 ± 3.057 0.111
MCHC (g/dl) 297.375 ± 3.068b 303.571 ± 2.259a 302 ± 7.819ab 0.057
MCH (pg) 18.938 ± 1.543 18.213 ± 1.044 18.275 ± 0.962 0.429
CHCM (g/dL) 332.875 ± 4.998b 343.625 ± 8.618a 337 ± 11.563ab 0.070
RDW (%) 20.825 ± 1.996 19.85 ± 1.655 19.538 ± 1.088 0.276
HDW (g/dL) 22.7 ± 1.192b 27.013 ± 2.983a 25.643 ± 1.458a 0.001
MPV (fL) 7.95 ± 1.06 8.175 ± 0.767 8.225 ± 1.025 0.831
NEUT (10e9/L) 0.312 ± 0.056 0.304 ± 0.044 0.33 ± 0.045 0.558
LYMPH (10e9/L) 4.173 ± 0.488 4.37 ± 0.67 4.396 ± 0.482 0.682
MONO (10e9/L) 3.144 ± 0.756a 1.874 ± 0.349b 2.884 ± 0.538a 0.001
EOS (10e9/L) 0.01 ± 0.000b 0.011 ± 0.001b 0.025 ± 0.004a <0.001
BASO (10e9/L) 0.03 ± 0.005b 0.044 ± 0.011a 0.031 ± 0.008b 0.006
LUC (10e9/L) 0.371 ± 0.094b 0.488 ± 0.079a 0.406 ± 0.071ab 0.029
PDW (%) 50.513 ± 13.542 48.05 ± 8.605 53.113 ± 12.004 0.686

WBC, white blood cell; RBC, red blood cell; HGB, haemoglobin; HCT, haematocrit; CH, cholesterol; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; CHCM, mean cell haemoglobin concentration; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW, red blood cell distribution width; HDW, hemoglobin distribution width; MPV, mean platelet volume; NEUT, neutrophils; LYMPH, lymphocyte; MONO, monocytic cell count; EOS, eosinophil; BASO, basophil; LUC, large unstained cells; PDW, platelet distribution width. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 8). a,b,c means with different superscript letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).