Table 4.
Effect of Kalahari melon essential oil and butyric acid blend on thrombocytes composition in growing pigs
| Dietary treatments | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | NC | PC | KEO | BA | KEBA | SEM | Significance | 1Normal Range |
| Platelets (K/µL) | 1429.75b | 1512.88b | 2030.37a | 1794.75b | 587.62c | 150.378 | *** | 300–700 |
| Mean platelet volume (fL) | 2.48 | 3.81 | 3.40 | 3.60 | 3.45 | 0.453 | NS | - |
| Platelet distribution width (%) | 12.75 | 19.39 | 17.39 | 17.86 | 15.56 | 1.912 | NS | - |
| Plateletcrit (%) | 0.34c | 0.55b | 0.68b | 0.62b | 0.31c | 0.067 | ** | - |
a,bmeans in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05). ***(P < 0.0005),** (P < 0.005),*(P < 0.05) and NS, no significant difference. NC, Negative control (without growth promoter); PC, Positive control (with growth promoter); KEO, Kalahari melon essential oil; BA, Butyric acid; KEBA, Kalahari melon essential oil and Butyric acid blend 1IDEXX (2014)