Table 2.

Haematology and coagulation at termination of the study.

	Control	Krill powder
Males
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	15.7 ± 0.8	15.5 ± 0.4
Red blood cells (×1012/L)	8.55 ± 0.70	8.49 ± 0.29
Haematocritt (L/L)	0.43 ± 0.02	0.43 ± 0.01
Mean cell haemoglobin (pg)	18.5 ± 1.5	18.3 ± 0.8
Mean cell volume (fL)	50.6 ± 3.2	50.8 ± 1.5
Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	36.5 ± 0.9	36.0 ± 1.2
Reticulocytes (%)	1.8 ± 0.3	2.1 ± 0.2
White blood cells (×109/L)	6.41 ± 1.27	6.57 ± 1.31
Neutrophils (×109/L)	1.12 ± 0.37	1.00 ± 0.21
Lymphocytes (×109/L)	5.00 ± 1.04	5.27 ± 1.16
Monocytes (×109/L)	0.10 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.03
Eosinophils (×109/L)	0.14 ± 0.05	0.14 ± 0.04
Basophils (×109/L)	0.02 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01
Large unclassified cells (×109/L)	0.04 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01
Platelets (×109/L)	747 ± 119	702 ± 182
Prothrombin time (s)	15 ± 1	16 ± 1
Activated partial thromboplastin time (s)	20 ± 2	22 ± 2
Females
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	15.0 ± 0.6	14.4 ± 0.7
Red blood cells (×1012/L)	8.06 ± 0.45	7.80 ± 0.41
Haematocritt (L/L)	0.42 ± 0.02	0.40 ± 0.02
Mean cell haemoglobin (pg)	18.6 ± 0.8	18.5 ± 0.4
Mean cell volume (fL)	51.5 ± 1.8	51.2 ± 0.6
Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	36.1 ± 0.9	36.1 ± 0.8
Reticulocytes (%)	2.6 ± 0.5	2.4 ± 0.8
White blood cells (×109/L)	4.54 ± 0.56	4.81 ± 0.96
Neutrophils (×109/L)	0.62 ± 0.2	0.70 ± 0.37
Lymphocytes (×109/L)	3.71 ± 0.65	3.88 ± 0.90
Monocytes (×109/L)	0.08 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.04
Eosinophils (×109/L)	0.09 ± 0.03	0.09 ± 0.04
Basophils (×109/L)	0.01 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01
Large unclassified cells (×109/L)	0.03 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.01
Platelets (×109/L)	692 ± 108	715 ± 81
Prothrombin time (s)	15 ± 1	14 ± 1
Activated partial thromboplastin time (s)	21 ± 2	22 ± 3

No significant changes were observed between the control and krill powder group (p < 0.05). All values are means ± SD for 6–10 animals.