Table 5.

Complete blood count results for dogs fed diets containing increasing levels of dehulled FB (0%, FB0; 10%, FB10; 20%, FB20; and 30%; FB30)

Parameter	FB0	FB10	FB20	FB30	SEM	P-value	Reference1 range
Leukocyte count, K/uL	7.28	7.26	7.20	7.47	0.22	0.846	4.3 to 13.6
Erythrocyte concentration, M/uL	7.49	7.43	7.57	7.48	0.18	0.960	5.8 to 8.20
Hemoglobin, g/dL	17.98	17.81	18.14	17.84	0.39	0.932	14.1 to 20.5
Cellular Hemoglobin, g/dL	18.22	18.07	18.33	18.12	0.44	0.974	14.1 to 20.6
Hematocrit, %	52.81	52.49	53.17	52.56	1.25	0.981	41.0 to 59.0
Mean cell volume, fL	70.62	70.68	70.33	70.47	0.63	0.980	64.0 to 76.0
Mean cell hemoglobin, pg	24.03	24.01	23.99	23.93	0.18	0.983	22.0 to 26.0
Mean cell hemoglobin concentration, g/dL	34.05	33.97	34.13	33.98	0.20	0.933	33.0 to 36.0
Cell hemoglobin concentration. Mean, g/dL	34.48	34.43	34.5	34.48	0.11	0.967	33.0 to 36.0
Cellular hemoglobin content, pg	24.26	24.23	24.18	24.22	0.22	0.996	No Ref.
RBC distribution width, %	12.83	12.82	12.68	12.67	0.14	0.731	11.4 to 13.7
Mean platelet volume, fL	10.67	10.77	10.76	10.71	0.18	0.977	8.3 to 15.3
Absolute reticulocyte, M/uL	0.037	0.039	0.038	0.037	0.006	0.989	0.01 to 0.12
Reticulocyte cellular hemoglobin, pg	25.73	25.74	25.78	25.77	0.21	0.998	23–28
Reticulocyte mean cell volume, fL	93.07	94.36	94.67	94.22	0.841	0.568	78 to 100
Segmented neutrophil concentration, K/uL	4.46	4.38	4.59	4.66	0.18	0.680	2.5 to 9.3
Band neutrophil concentration, K/uL	0.017	0.017	0.018	0.008	0.0121	0.914	0.0 to 0.1
Lymphocyte concentration, K/uL	2.22	2.19	1.99	2.08	0.141	0.653	0.8 to 4.3
Monocyte concentration, K/uL	0.29	0.43	0.35	0.40	0.061	0.393	0.1 to 0.9
Eosinophil concentration, K/uL	0.29	0.25	0.25	0.28	0.051	0.920	0.0 to 1.5
Basophil concentration, K/uL	0.008	0.000	0.000	0.008	0.0051	0.595	0.0 to 0.1
Hematocrit (spun), %	51.17	51.00	52.18	50.75	1.161	0.842	40 to 57
Plasma protein, g/dL	6.94	6.90	7.01	6.97	0.111	0.919	6.3 to 8.0

¹ Friedrichs et al. (2012).