. 2020 Apr 10;99(6):3038–3046. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.01.029

Table 9.

Effects of C. lanatus essential oil inclusion in diets on hematological parameters in layer hens (mean ± SEM).

Parameters	Diet¹
Parameters	Control	1gCL	2gCL
White blood cell (x 10⁹/l)	168.71 ± 24.89^a	291.55 ± 27.82^c	227.72 ± 22.72^b
Red blood cell (x 10¹²/l)	1.02 ± 0.20^a	1.98 ± 0.17^c	1.41 ± 0.14^b
Platelets count	2089.80 ± 184.26^a	2500.00 ± 206.01^b	2500.00 ± 168.21^b
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	8.43 ± 0.73	10.00 ± 0.63	9.42 ± 0.52
Neutrophils (x 10⁹/l)	3.80 ± 4.39^a	14.90 ± 4.39^b	9.82 ± 3.11^b
Lymphocytes (x 10⁹/l)	92.47 ± 7.54	78.68 ± 6.53	84.07 ± 5.33
Monocytes (x 10⁹/l)	2.50 ± 4.49^a	3.58 ± 3.89^b	3.18 ± 3.17^b
Eosinophils (x 10⁹/l)	1.13 ± 0.89^a	2.80 ± 0.77^b	2.70 ± 0.63^b
Basophils (x 10⁹/l)	0.10 ± 0.09^a	0.20 ± 0.07^a	0.32 ± 0.06^b

^a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Diet: Control, commercial layer diet; 1gCL, commercial layer diet mixed with 1 g/kg C. lanatus oil; 2gCL, commercial layer diet mixed with 2 g/kg C. lanatus oil.