Table 5.

Effect of feed form (meal or pellets) by delivery (dry, wet/dry, or liquid) interaction on the hematological profile of pigs at slaughter (N = 18/treatment)¹

Form	Meal			Pellet				P-value
Delivery	Dry	Wet/dry	Liquid	Dry	Wet/dry	Liquid	SEM	Form × Delivery	Form	Delivery
White blood cells, ×109 cells/L	20.8	20.7	20.5	22.7	22.5	23.7	1.20	0.80	0.02	0.91
Lymphocytes
%	25.3	30.7	27.6	26.4	25.4	26.9	1.99	0.26	0.33	0.54
×109 cells/L	5.1	6.3	5.5	6.0	5.6	6.1	3.69	0.10	0.40	0.56
Monocytes
%	8.7	8.9	9.6	9.0	8.6	7.5	0.84	0.34	0.31	0.92
×109 cells/L	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.8	2.09	0.57	0.86	0.99
Granulocytes
Neutrophils
%	64.4	58.8	61.0	62.7	64.0	64.2	1.97	0.20	0.17	0.55
×109 cells/L	13.6	12.3	12.6	14.3	14.5	15.5	1.52	0.58	0.03	0.79
Eosinophils
%	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.05	0.42	0.54	0.12
×109 cells/L	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.099	0.37	0.39	0.29
Basophils
%	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.3	0.24	0.25	0.75	0.82
×109 cells/L	0.29	0.33	0.35	0.38	0.40	0.33	0.053	0.53	0.30	0.90
Red blood cells, ×1012 cells/L	8.4	8.3	8.1	8.2	8.4	8.3	0.17	0.43	0.79	0.75
Hemoglobin, g/dL	14.6	14.0	14.1	13.4	13.7	14.1	0.29	0.10	0.03	0.69
Mean corpuscular volume, fL	58.8	57.5	57.2	56.6	55.6	57.9	1.32	0.49	0.29	0.64
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin
Concentration, g/dL	29.6	29.5	30.9	29.0	29.7	29.4	0.63	0.39	0.20	0.40
Pg	17.4	16.9	17.5	16.4	16.4	17.0	0.34	0.72	0.02	0.28
Platelets, × 109 cells /L	201.5	220.2	252.5	284.2	241.0	260.1	269.70	0.34	0.10	0.64
Packed cell volume, L/L	0.49	0.47	0.46	0.46	0.46	0.48	0.010	0.06	0.34	0.60

¹Least squares means and pooled standard errors of the mean are presented. Values are the mean of data from both batches of the experiment.