Table 2.

Hematological profiles, in control and treatment groups

	Control	AOM	BV	AOM+BV
WBCs (106/µl)	13.7 ± 1.24	21.73 ± 2.25***	13.05 ± 0.81	15.6 ± 1.4**a
RBC (106/µl)	9.96 ± 0.12	5.15 ± 0.51***	8.88 ± 0.18	8.02 ± 0.2 *b
Hb (g/dl)	15.85 ± 2.43	7.8 ± 0.38***	14.7 ± 1.03	11.7 ± 0.2**c
Hct (%)	35.2 ± 0.67	29.4 ± 2.4**	34.8 ± 1.38	32.6 ± 1.3 *a
MCV (fl)	44.2 ± 0.67	33.2 ± 1.8**	43.2 ± 1.03	39.7 ± 2.2**a
MCH (pg)	22.8 ± 0.17	29.2 ± 0.1***	21.43 ± 0.09	25.2 ± 0.1**a
MCHC (g/dl)	377 ± 5.8	522 ± 7.3***	374 ± 4.61	420 ± 6.7**b

Data are given in mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01 and

^***p<0.001 are statistically different from control.

^ap<0.05,

^bp<0.01 and

^cp<0.001 are statistically different from AOM.

AOM: Azoxymethane (10mg/kg body weight, i.p once for 2 weeks).

BV: Bee venom (0.76 5mg/kg body weight, i.p for two weeks).