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. 2016 Aug 30;5(1):1441. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-3118-0

Table 4.

Hematology of broilers fed different levels of garden cress seed powder

Parameters Treatments SEM p value
0GC 0.75GC 1.5GC 2.25GC
Hb (g/100 mL) 8.38c 9.67a 8.89bc 9.28ab 0.21 0.002
PCV (%) 27.6b 30.4a 29.4ab 29.2ab 0.65 0.045
RBC (106cells/mm3) 2.56c 3.17a 3.10a 2.88b 0.08 0.000
MCV (fL) 108a 95.9c 94.7c 103b 1.71 0.000
MCH (pg) 33.0a 30.5bc 29.1c 32.3ab 0.71 0.003
MCHC (%) 30.4 31.8 30.8 31.5 0.52 0.221
WBC (103cells/mm3) 18.0a 17.1ab 15.1b 16.1ab 0.68 0.032

SEM standard error of the mean, Hb hemoglobin, PCV packed cell volume, RBC red blood cell, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, WBC white blood cell, GC garden cress; 0GC Ration containing 0 % GC, 0.75GC 0.75 % GC, 1.5GC 1.5 % GC, 2.25GC 2.25 % GC

abcMeans in a row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05)