. 2024 Jul 5;11:1416459. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1416459

Table 6.

Effect of diclazuril and/or lactoferrin on blood profile during E. tenella infected of broiler chickens.

Groups Parameters	G1: Control healthy group	G2: Infected non-treated	G3: Infected + Diclazuril	G4: Infected + LF	G5: Infected + LF + Diclazuril	p
RBCsx10⁶/cmm	3.37 ± 0.19b^c	2.70 ± 0.05^d	3.49 ± 0.07^b	3.09 ± 0.03^c	5.04 ± 0.13^a	<0.001^***
Hb (g/dl)	12.42 ± 0.09^a	8.82 ± 0.05^d	11.50 ± 0.50^b	9.89 ± 0.01^c	13.11 ± 0.02^a	<0.001^***
Pcv %	31.71 ± 0.08^b	29.18 ± 0.02^c	31.34 ± 0.19^b	29.14 ± 0.08^c	32.79 ± 0.32^a	<0.001^***
PLT X10^3/cmm	265.33 ± 10.35^bc	192.00 ± 9.24^d	283.00 ± 8.08^b	247.67 ± 8.37^c	325.33 ± 8.95^a	<0.001^***
MCV (fl)	94.64 ± 5.65^b	108.14 ± 2.06^a	89.93 ± 1.33^b	94.31 ± 1.15^b	65.22 ± 2.32^c	<0.001^***
MCH (pg)	37.03 ± 1.90^a	32.70 ± 0.79^b	32.95 ± 0.76^b	32.01 ± 0.28^b	26.05 ± 0.63^c	<0.001^***
MCHC (g/dl)	39.16 ± 0.31^a	30.23 ± 0.18^d	36.68 ± 1.38^b	33.94 ± 0.12^c	39.98 ± 0.45^a	<0.001^***
WBCs x103/cmm	22.24 ± 0.10^b	23.79 ± 0.36^a	21.66 ± 0.24^bc	21.13 ± 0.06^c	20.20 ± 0.05^d	<0.001^***
Lymphocyte %	10.86 ± 0.12^a	7.05 ± 0.18^b	7.03 ± 0.09^b	6.64 ± 0.03^b	5.06 ± 0.17^c	<0.001^***
Heterophil %	9.92 ± .05^d	15.50 ± 0.15^a	13.31 ± 0.25^c	13.06 ± 0.01^c	14.03 ± 0.26^b	<0.001^***
Monocyte %	1.07 ± 0.04^a	0.89 ± 0.03^b	1.02 ± 0.07^ab	1.07 ± 0.03^a	0.89 ± 0.03^b	<0.05^*
Eosinophil %	0.31 ± 0.03^a	0.27 ± 0.01^ab	0.22 ± 0.03^bc	0.28 ± 0.00^ab	0.16 ± 0.01^c	<0.01^**
Basophil %	0.07 ± 0.00^ab	0.08 ± 0.01^ab	0.07 ± 0.00^ab	0.09 ± 0.01^a	0.06 ± 0.00^b	0.102

Data are presented as (Mean ± SE). n = 3 chickens; Mean values with different superscript letters in the same raw are significantly different at (p ≤ 0.05). *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001.