Table 6.
Hematology profile of dogs fed diets containing graded levels of cricket meal
| Cricket meal | P-value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | 0% | 8% | 16% | 24% | SEM | Treatment | Linear | Quadratic | Cubic | Reference interval1 |
| WBC, 103/mm3 | 7.64 | 7.36 | 7.76 | 7.68 | 0.57 | 0.958 | 0.841 | 0.863 | 0.637 | 4.0 to 15.5 |
| RBC, 106/mm3 | 6.83 | 6.77 | 6.61 | 6.51 | 0.11 | 0.197 | 0.036 | 0.901 | 0.769 | 4.8 to 9.3 |
| Hemoglobin, g/dL | 15.7a | 15.5a,b | 15.1b,c | 14.9c | 0.22 | 0.044 | 0.006 | 0.856 | 0.540 | 12.1 to 20.3 |
| Hematocrit, % | 51.1 | 49.6 | 48.4 | 48.0 | 0.81 | 0.060 | 0.009 | 0.533 | 0.908 | 36.0 to 60.0 |
| Mean corpuscular volume, um3 | 74.4 | 73.6 | 73.1 | 74.0 | 1.05 | 0.856 | 0.762 | 0.441 | 0.833 | 58.0 to 79.0 |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, uug | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.8 | 23.0 | 0.22 | 0.845 | 0.899 | 0.693 | 0.432 | 19.0 to 28.0 |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, g/dL | 30.8 | 31.1 | 31.4 | 31.3 | 0.25 | 0.350 | 0.124 | 0.362 | 0.872 | 30.0 to 38.0 |
| Platelets, 103/mm3 | 272 | 264 | 317 | 285 | 14.42 | 0.078 | 0.179 | 0.410 | 0.032 | 170.0 to 400.0 |
| Absolute Monocytes | 444 | 341 | 384 | 392 | 64.45 | 0.772 | 0.712 | 0.418 | 0.517 | 0.0 to 840.0 |
| Absolute Eosinophils | 199 | 264 | 306 | 311 | 33.96 | 0.119 | 0.023 | 0.390 | 0.931 | 0.0 to 1,200.0 |
| Absolute Basophils | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 to 150.0 |
| Absolute Bands | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.0 to 300.0 |
| Absolute Polys | 5,177 | 4,654 | 4,975 | 5,148 | 451.14 | 0.843 | 0.910 | 0.471 | 0.617 | 2,060.0 to 10,600.0 |
| Absolute Lymphocytes | 1,903 | 2,010 | 2,058 | 1,885 | 102.97 | 0.578 | 0.991 | 0.182 | 0.723 | 690.0 to 4,500.0 |
1Reference intervals are laboratory specific.
a–cMeans within a row lacking a common superscript letter are different (P < 0.05).