. 2016 Oct 31;8(11):316. doi: 10.3390/toxins8110316

Table 2.

Ratio of polychromatic erythrocytes to normochromatic erythrocytes (PCE/NCE) from a total of 1000 erythrocytes of broiler chickens.

	Treatment (Mean ± SD)
Time	CONTROL	PIPERINE (P)	AFB₁ (A)	P + A	CV (%) *
24 h	0.097 ^a ± 0.027	0.081 ^a ± 0.024	0.045 ^b ± 0.011	0.070 ^a ± 0.016	28.14
48 h	0.107 ^a ± 0.029	0.089 ^a ± 0.010	0.060 ^b ± 0.017	0.096 ^a ± 0.018	21.57
72 h	0.130 ^a ± 0.036	0.126 ^a ± 0.027	0.075 ^b ± 0.071	0.116 ^a ± 0.024	27.10
96 h	0.153 ^a ± 0.036	0.149 ^a ± 0.038	0.084 ^b ± 0.025	0.156 ^a ± 0.021	22.99
26 days	0.268 ^a ± 0.020	0.263 ^a ± 0.024	0.062 ^b ± 0.018	0.246 ^a ± 0.017	13.68

Note: Statistical analysis of the data was done by analysis of variance with means compared by the Student-Newman-Keuls test. ^a,b in the rows, means followed by different letters differ statistically (p < 0.05). * CV: coefficient of variation; SD: standard deviation.