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. 2017 Oct 2;2017:4268926. doi: 10.1155/2017/4268926

Table 2.

Mean ± SE of relative organ weights (g organ per 100 g body weight), white blood cells, differential counts, and liver enzymes (e.g., alanine aminotransferase (ALT)) of male and female O. niloticus exposed to different levels of AFB1 for 24 weeks.

Diet Sex HSI KSI SSI WBC 103 Monocytes% Neutrophils% Lymphocytes% ALT (UL−1)
1 F 0.88 ± 0.03a 0.15 ± 0.002a 0.05 ± 0.001a 19.30 ± 0.28a 3.56 ± 0.003a 0.37 ± 0.001a 10.82 ± 0.2a 41.96 ± 0.08a
2 1.42 ± 0.02b 0.24 ± 0.001b 0.07 ± 0.001a 20.29 ± 0.24a 3.05 ± 0.005b 0.26 ± 0.008b 16.50 ± 0.01b 42.56 ± 0.06a
3 1.94 ± 0.05c 0.33 ± 0.003c 0.11 ± 0.002b 28.26 ± 0.85b 0.52 ± 0.004c 2.01 ± 0.01c 29.21 ± 0.18c 46.82 ± 0.05b
4 2.97 ± 0.04d 0.42 ± 0.005d 0.34 ± 0.12c 37.97 ± 0.08c 0.37 ± 0.003d 3.97 ± 0.005d 30.75 ± 0.03cd 50.50 ± 0.08c

1 M 0.84 ± 0.03a 0.15 ± 0.002a 0.05 ± 0.001a 19.45 ± 0.29a 3.58 ± 0.03a 0.38 ± 0.001a 10.95 ± 0.02a 41.99 ± 0.06a
2 1.40 ± 0.02b 0.24 ± 0.001b 0.07 ± 0.001a 20.47 ± 0.25a 3.06 ± 0.05b 0.28 ± 0.006b 16.70 ± 0.01b 42.60 ± 0.08a
3 1.89 ± 0.05c 0.34 ± 0.003c 0.11 ± 0.02b 28.45 ± 0.85b 0.54 ± 0.03c 2.02 ± 0.01c 29.36 ± 0.10c 46.84 ± 0.08b
4 2.94 ± 0.04d 0.42 ± 0.004d 0.33 ± 0.13c 38.16 ± 0.08c 0.38 ± 0.03d 3.98 ± 0.004d 30.83 ± 0.06d 50.69 ± 0.05c

ANOVA
Aflatoxin sex 0.97 1 1 1.00 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.68
Sex 0.10 0.62 0.98 0.62 0.19 0.33 0.18 0.25
Aflatoxin (dose) <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05

M: male O. niloticus; F: female O. niloticus with n = 10 (10 individual fish per treatment (10 males and 10 females) were measured); diet 1: 0 μg kg−1 (control); diet 2: 20 μg kg−1; diet 3: 200 μg kg−1; diet 4: 2000 μg kg−1. Means followed by similar letters do not differ significantly (P < 0.05).