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Table 2.

Hematological parameters (mean ± SD) of dogs (n = 8) in different sampling time points after supplementation with vitamin D. The presence of at least one common superscript letter shows that values in a row are not significantly different (p > 0.05) and vice versa

	Day 0	Day 14	Day 28	Day 42
RBC number (×10⁶/mL)	6.10 ± 0.911^a	6.40 ± 0.526^a	6.85 ± 0.627^a	6.94 ± 0.611^a
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.8 ± 1.32^a	13.9 ± 0.817^a	14.6 ± 1.17^ab	15.2 ± 1.13^b
Hematocrit (%)	38.2 ± 4.33^a	41.3 ± 2.31^ab	43.7 ± 3.55^ab	44.3 ± 3.41^b
MCV (fL)	63.0 ± 2.93^a	64.7 ± 3.17^a	63.9 ± 2.23^a	63.9 ± 2.31^a
MCH (pg)	21.1 ± 1.47^a	21.7 ± 1.09^a	21.4 ± 0.910^a	21.9 ± 0.895^a
MCHC (g/dL)	33.5 ± 0.789^ab	33.5 ± 0.361^ab	33.4 ± 0.328^a	34.2 ± 0.584^b
WBC number (×10³/µL)	11.6 ± 2.02^a	11.7 ± 2.32^a	11.4 ± 1.63^a	12.5 ± 1.63^a
Neutrophils (%)	68.2 ± 11.9^a	67.1 ± 7.18^a	66.5 ± 12.2^a	66.1 ± 10.7^a
Lymphocytes (%)	30.7 ± 11.6^a	32.5 ± 7.44^a	31.3 ± 12.6^a	33.7 ± 10.7^a
Monocytes (%)	1.00 ± 1.15^a	0.285 ± 0.488^a	0.857 ± 0.378^a	0 ± 0^a

RBC: red blood cells; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and WBC: white blood cell.