Table 2.
Effect of repeated oral administration of 25 mg/kg BW of tilmicosin daily for 5 consecutive days on some hematological parameters in broiler chicken (n = 5).
| Parameters | Days | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | |
| RBCs (×106/μL) | 4.64 ± 0.19a | 3.57 ± 0.22c | 3.15 ± 0.08c | 3.43 ± 0.07c | 4.08 ± 0.08b | 4.19 ± 0.27ab |
| WBCs (×106/μL) | 5.12 ± 0.18a | 4.29 ± 0.23b | 4.10 ± 0.13c | 5.02 ± 0.12a | 4.81 ± 0.32ab | 4.99 ± 0.17a |
| PCV (%) | 28.4 ± 1.54 | 28.8 ± 0.37 | 28.6 ± 0.40 | 29 ± 0.63 | 28.4 ± 1.17 | 28.8 ± 0.31 |
| Hb (g/dL) | 9.38 ± 0.50 | 9.65 ± 0.34 | 9.91 ± 0.49 | 10.09 ± 0.38 | 9.73 ± 0.66 | 10.01 ± 0.31 |
a, b, cMean values having different letters in column differ significantly (P < 0.05).