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Table 2.

Hemato-immunological parameters of O. niloticus fed on S. cerevisiae and B. subtilis treated diets in low input ponds.

	Diet
Parameter	Diet 0	Diet 1	Diet 2	Diet 3	Diet 4	Diet 5	Diet 6
Hemoglobin (g dl⁻¹)	4.46 ± 0.39^a	6.66 ± 0.41^b	7.28 ± 0.39^b	6.76 ± 0.47 ^b	5.14 ± 0.33^a	7.71 ± 0.27^b	5.10 ± 0.19^a
RBC (10⁶ mm⁻³)	1.67 ± 0.17^a	2.03 ± 0.18^a	2.97 ± 0.19^ab	2.46 ± 0.26^a	2.25 ± 0.20^ac	3.11 ± 0.17^d	2.69 ± 0.15^a
WBC (10⁴ mm⁻³)	41.40 ± 2.99^a	51.04 ± 2.30^b	60.83 ± 4.23^b	51.58 ± 3.27^bc	51.40 ± 1.65^b	56.43 ± 1.61^b	50.38 ± 1.88^b
Total protein (µg dl⁻¹)	4.11 ± 0.30^a	5.07 ± 0.23^b	5.12 ± 0.44^b	5.30 ± 0.41^b	4.85 ± 0.22^ab	4.95 ± 0.19^ab	5.22 ± 0.21^b
Total albumin (µg dl⁻¹)	1.55 ± 0.22^a	1.79 ± 0.22^b	1.86 ± 0.45^ab	2.20 ± 0.28^b	2.15 ± 0.19^b	2.49 ± 0.21^b	2.56 ± 0.15^b
Globulin (µg dl⁻¹)	2.34 ± 0.47^a	3.21 ± 0.55^ab	3.31 ± 0.34^b	3.10 ± 0.55^b	2.70 ± 0.31^c	2.74 ± 0.30^c	2.38 ± 0.31^a
Albumin globulin (A/G) ratio	2.11 ± 1.00^a	1.01 ± 0.47^ab	0.57 ± 0.07^b	1.26 ± 0.49^b	0.97 ± 0.21^b	1.09 ± 0.25^b	1.68 ± 0.54^ab
Lysozyme activity (U ml⁻¹)	9.42 ± 1.51^a	11.86 ± 1.46^b	18.00 ± 3.11^c	14.51 ± 1.99^b	11.96 ± 0.79^b	17.56 ± 5.46^c	15.02 ± 1.51^b

^aData represented as means ± SEM (n = 12). Mean values in the same row having different superscript letters (a, b and c) are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.