Table 3. Red blood cell variables in relation to the dietary treatments and sampling time.

Item	Group			SEM	P-value
	C	T1	T2		G	T	G × T
Total erythrocyte count; RBC (1012/l)
D0	6.82	7.22	7.05	0.199	ns	ns	ns
D30	6.57	7.38	7.18	0.190
D60	6.79	7.21	7.16	0.201
D90	7.09	7.22	7.34	0.193
Haemoglobin; HGB (g/l)
D0	127.10	133.30	128.80	2.713	ns	ns	ns
D30	122.20	134.70	131.00	2.866
D60	126.10	129.50	129.20	2.194
D90	129.90	130.80	132.30	2.174
Haematocrit; HCT (%)
D0	41.24	42.65	40.62	0.492	–	–	–
D30	39.95	43.70	43.78	0.993	–	–	–
D60	41.06	42.14	42.62	0.835	–	–	–
D90	42.84	42.78	44.13	0.561	ns	ns	ns
Average erythrocyte volume; MCV (fl)
D0	60.62	59.13	57.65	1.264	ns	ns	ns
D30	60.77	59.30	61.05	1.313
D60	60.41	58.61	59.69	0.983
D90	60.51	59.32	60.21	1.184
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCH (pg)
D0	18.69	18.47	18.27	0.193	ns	ns	ns
D30	18.60	18.25	18.27	0.340
D60	18.56	18.00	18.08	0.407
D90	18.34	18.13	18.07	0.348
Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; MCHC (g/l)
D0	308.40	312.50	317.00	2.443	ns	ns	ns
D30	306.40	308.00	299.40	3.651
D60	307.10	307.20	303.00	1.106
D90	303.00	305.80	300.00	4.828
Red cell distribution width; RDWc (%)
D0	13.93	13.83	13.89	0.185	–	–	–
D30	14.05	14.53	13.70	0.209
D60	14.10	14.08	13.47	0.166
D90	14.83	14.75	13.91	0.249

C = rabbits fed by commercial feed; G = fixed effect of the dietary supplementation; G × T = interaction of the dietary supplementation × time; ns = not significant; T = fixed effect of time; T1 = rabbits fed by feed supplemented with 0.3% of an algae-polyphenolic extract mixture; T2 = rabbits fed by feed supplemented with 0.6% of an algae-polyphenolic extract mixture