. 2020 Sep 3;4(3):txaa164. doi: 10.1093/tas/txaa164

Table 3.

Day effects of complete blood count variables^a during the feedlot receiving period

	Day					P-value
Item^b	Day 0	Day 14	Day 28	Day 56	SEM^c	Linear	Quadratic	Cubic
Red blood cells, M/μL	9.55^bc	9.33^c	9.66^b	10.02^a	0.18	<0.01	<0.01	0.26
Hemoglobin, g/dL	12.20^bc	11.85^c	12.53^b	13.41^a	0.18	<0.01	<0.01	0.17
Hematocrit, %	36.92^c	36.87^c	38.71^b	40.75^a	—	<0.01	0.02	0.39
Mean corpuscular volume, fL	39.62^c	40.52^b	41.08^ab	41.64^a	1.07	<0.01	0.53	0.77
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, pg	13.24^c	13.19^c	13.46^b	13.85^a	0.31	<0.01	<0.01	0.54
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, g/dL	33.11^a	32.21^b	32.43^b	32.93^a	0.12	0.56	<0.01	0.12
Platelets, K/μL	401.40^b	527.38^a	448.51^b	436.87^b	21.70	0.77	<0.01	<0.01
White blood cells, K/μL	11.93^a	9.44^c	10.55^b	12.23^a	0.31	0.12	<0.01	0.02
Neutrophils, K/μL	4.95^a	2.28^c	2.58^c	3.61^b	0.21	<0.01	<0.01	0.02
Lymphocytes, K/μL	5.33^c	5.30^c	5.86^b	6.47^a	0.17	<0.01	0.05	0.46
Monocytes, K/μL	1.56^b	1.71^b	1.96^a	1.95^a	0.07	<0.01	0.17	0.18
Eosinophils, K/μL	0.0856^b	0.1518^ab	0.1460^ab	0.2045^a	0.0396	<0.01	0.89	0.28
Basophils, K/μL	0.0028	0.0026	0.0017	0.0018	0.0006	0.16	0.80	0.54
Neutrophils, %	40.66^a	23.14^b	22.53^b	28.40^c	—	<0.01	<0.01	0.05
Lymphocytes, %	45.32^b	56.83^a	56.94^a	53.83^a	—	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Monocytes, %	13.28^c	18.45^a	19.12^a	16.16^b	—	<0.01	<0.01	0.68
Eosinophils, %	0.73^b	1.56^a	1.40^a	1.60^a	—	0.02	0.18	0.20
Basophils, %	0.0278	0.0247	0.0167	0.0167	—	0.12	0.79	0.63
Neutrophil:lymphocyte	0.96^a	0.44^c	0.46^bc	0.57^b	0.04	<0.01	<0.01	0.01

^aComplete blood count analysis was conducted using ProCyte Dx Hematology Analyzer, IDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, ME.

^bItems without common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).

^cPooled standard error of the least square mean.