Table 2.

Mean (±standard deviation) erythrocyte count and haemoglobin content (HGB), haematocrit value (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and erythrocytes cell distribution width (RDW) of broilers receiving different treatments.

Treatment	RBC (10 6 /µl)		HGB (g/dl)		HCT (%)		MCV (f)		MCH (pg)		MCHC (g/dl)		RDW (%)
	19 D	29 D	19 D	29 D	19 D	29 D	19 D	29 D	19 D	29 D	19 D	29 D	19 D	29 D
Control	2.22 ± 0.26	2.59 ± 0.34	13.24 ± 1.71	14.75 ± 1.83	18.33 ± 2.12	20.49 ± 2.85	82.56 ± 2.85	81.17 ± 2.84	59.62 ± 1.86	58.31 ± 2.17	72.24 ± 2.02	71.88 ± 2.84	12.70bc ± 0.85	12.56 ± 0.63
Antibiotic	2.19 ± 0.28	2.27 ± 0.74	13.22 ± 1.83	12.56 ± 5.11	18.39 ± 2.16	19.10 ± 4.73	84.06 ± 2.71	81.33 ± 3.47	60.24 ± 1.33	58.08 ± 1.33	71.72 ± 2.57	71.44 ± 2.70	12.93b ± 1.08	12.67 ± 1.26
Probiotic	2.17 ± 0.45	2.46 ± 0.30	10.88 ± 3.21	14.24 ± 2.12	17.76 ± 3.78	19.41 ± 2.33	81.64 ± 2.40	79.26 ± 2.39	52.43 ± 20.55	57.04 ± 2.42	64.57 ± 25.86	72.01 ± 3.48	13.76a ± 0.41	12.81 ± 0.97
p value	0.960	0.174	0.056	0.135	0.861	0.549	0.140	0.106	0.301	0.223	0.475	0.888	0.022 *	0.794

^*p < 0.05, ^{a, b c}Means within columns with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).