Table 4.
Blood physiological indices of Snowy White chickens raised at high and low altitudes.
| Indicators | Rooster |
Hen |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High altitude | Low altitude | High altitude | Low altitude | |
| RBC | 4.47±0.29a | 3.14±0.33b | 3.27±0.36b | 2.34±0.22c |
| HGB | 243.83±18.13a | 200.75±19.42b | 257.19±34.00a | 139.94±10.87c |
| HCT | 54.47±3.26a | 37.60±3.86b | 39.51±5.29b | 28.76±2.08c |
| MCV | 88.95±2.78b | 119.86±3.34a | 121.17±3.74a | 123.00±4.36a |
| MCH | 78.49±3.16a | 64.03±1.84b | 78.78±3.32a | 59.85±1.89c |
| MCHC | 575.33±18.15b | 534.50±18.06c | 650.94±20.31a | 486.25±6.63d |
| SD/RDW-SD | 50.93±4.28b | 64.59±7.36a | 38.33±2.02d | 45.48±3.00c |
| CV/RDW-CV | 10.28±1.16b | 11.38±0.56a | 11.01±0.77ab | 9.18±0.61c |
Note: All results are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Different superscript letters within the same row indicate significant differences.