Table 3.

Effect of DSS on haematological characteristics of GF and BF mice.

	GF-WA	BF-WA	GF-DSS	BF-DSS
Leukocytes (103 cells/μL)	7.0 ± 1.04	7.1 ± 1.02	10.8 ± 1.73#	6.8 ± 0.61*
Neutrophils	0.7 ± 0.11	0.7 ± 0.26	1.0 ± 0.14#	0.8 ± 0.17
Lymphocyte	5.5 ± 1.31	4.3 ± 1.2	8.9 ± 1.6#	4.8 ± 0.17*
Monocyte	0.08 ± 0.03	0.05 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.05#	0.06 ± 0.01*
Erythrocytes (106 cells/μL)	10.1 ± 0.44	10.2 ± 0.46	6.2 ± 1.40#	8.9 ± 0.83*
Haemoglobin level (g/dL)	14.4 ± 0.34	14.3 ± 0.73	8.4 ± 1.89#	12.9 ± 1.24*
Haematocrit value (%)	48.8 ± 2.13	49.0 ± 2.50	30.3 ± 4.80#	41.2 ± 3.86*
Platelet count (/μL)	1394.6 ± 170.93	1632.6 ± 153.32	1393.7 ± 315.47	1554.9 ± 302.49

^# P < 0.05 compared with GF-WA; *P < 0.05 compared with GF-DSS.