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Table-4.

The effect of protein supplementation on red blood cell indices in goats.

Parameters	Period (days)	Treatments				Significance

		T1	T2	T3	T4
MCV (fl)	0	26.96±0.29	26.24±0.28	26.64±0.55	26.31±0.57	NS
	15	25.08±0.53	24.81±0.29	26.38±0.47	25.25±0.68	NS
	30	23.12±0.59^a	23.04±0.27^a	26.08±0.69^b	24.39±0.64^ab	^**
	45	20.76±0.64^a	21.29±0.43^a	25.28±0.47^b	23.72±0.61^b	^**
	60	18.51±0.67^a	18.98±0.56^a	24.61±0.41^c	22.38±0.62^b	^**
MCH (pg)	0	10.21±0.57	9.05±0.30	9.17±0.32	9.23±0.27	NS
	15	9.03±0.63	8.63±0.31	8.65±0.23	8.83±0.28	NS
	30	8.00±0.46	8.09±0.25	8.35±0.24	8.48±0.28	NS
	45	6.85±0.39^a	7.70±0.38^ab	8.04±0.20^b	8.09±0.27^b	^*
	60	5.94±0.35^a	6.81±0.32^ab	7.75±0.21^b	7.66±0.29^b	^**
MCHC (g/dl)	0	37.83±1.89	34.47±1.04	34.40±0.86	35.03±0.78	NS
	15	35.93±2.16	34.76±1.07	32.80±0.65	34.98±0.70	NS
	30	34.55±1.58	35.09±1.01	32.06±0.75	34.79±0.84	NS
	45	33.00±1.60	36.09±1.33	31.84±0.75	34.12±1.04	NS
	60	32.30±2.34	35.82±0.75	31.48±0.76	34.27±1.33	NS

^abc

Means within a row with different superscripts are significantly different

^(*

p<0.05,

^**

p<0.01).

NS=Not significant, MCV=Mean corpuscular volume, MCH=Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC=Mean cell hemoglobin concentration