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Table 6.

Effect of dietary treatments on hematological indices of broiler chicks at starter phase.

Parameters	Basal (B)	B + 200t	B + 400t	B + 100c	B + 200c	B + 200t + 100c	B + 400t + 100c	B + 200t + 200c	B + 400t + 200c	SEM
Packed cell volume (%)	35.50^a	26.50^c	34.00^ab	28.00^bc	28.00^bc	28.50^bc	30.50^abc	26.00^c	34.00^ab	1.94
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	11.80^a	8.85^c	9.65^c	9.35^c	9.35^c	9.50^c	10.15^bc	8.65^c	11.35^ab	0.48
Red blood cell (10¹²/L)	3.14^a	2.33^bc	2.60^bc	2.51^bc	2.51^bc	2.51^bc	2.68^abc	2.33^c	2.97^ab	0.14
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (Pg)	37.63	38.12	37.18	37.37	37.23	37.84	37.97	37.22	38.35	0.66
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	33.24	33.40	33.27	33.40	33.40	33.33	33.28	33.27	33.38	0.05
Mean corpuscular volume (FI)	11.32	11.41	11.17	11.34	11.80	11.35	11.41	11.19	11.49	0.19
White Blood Cell (10³/L)	5.70^abc	3.15^c	3.90^bc	6.25^abc	3.95^bc	8.35^a	5.75^abc	6.70^ab	6.55^abc	1.00
Neutrophil (%)	36.50^ab	36.50^ab	37.00^ab	41.00^a	42.50^a	37.50^ab	38.00^ab	36.00^ab	30.50^b	2.24
Lymphocyte (%)	59.50^ab	59.00^ab	59.00^ab	55.50^b	53.00^b	58.50^ab	57.50^b	60.50^ab	66.50^a	2.39
Eosinophil (%)	3.50	4.00	3.50	3.00	3.50	4.00	3.50	3.00	2.50	0.60
Monocyte (%)	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.41
Basophil (%)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

^{a,b, c} Means in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).

c – Cayenne Pepper Powder; t – Turmeric Powder; g/dl – gram per diluents.

g/dl – gram per deciliter; l – liter.