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. 2020 Dec 1;18(12):611. doi: 10.3390/md18120611

Table 3.

Hematological indices of L. ramada fed varying levels of chitosan nanoparticles *.

Item Chitosan Nanoparticles (g/kg)
0 0.5 1 2
Hb (g/100ml) 7.50 ± 0.15 a 7.37 ± 0.12 a 8.53 ± 0.20 b 8.16 ± 0.10 b
RBCs (10/mm6) 2.50 ± 0.05 a 2.46 ± 0.04 a 2.84 ± 0.07 b 2.72 ± 0.04 b
PCV (%) 24.25 ± 0.46 a 23.90 ± 0.38 a 27.58 ± 0.65 b 26.42 ± 0.34 b
MCV (mm3) 97.00 ± 0.01 97.14 ± 0.14 97.00 ± 0.01 97.00 ± 0.01
MCH (Pg) 30.01 ± 0.03 29.96 ± 0.05 30.00 ± 0.02 29.98 ± 0.01
MCHC (%) 30.94 ± 0.03 30.84 ± 0.02 30.93 ± 0.02 30.90 ± 0.01
WBCs (10/mm3) 39.18 ± 0.60 39.16 ± 1.17 39.44 ± 0.39 39.07 ± 0.44
Heterophils (%) 10.67 ± 0.33 10.33 ± 0.33 11.00 ± 0.58 10.33 ± 0.33
Lymphocytes (%) 80.00 ± 0.58 80.00 ± 0.58 79.67 ± 0.67 80.00 ± 0.00
Monocytes (%) 6.67 ± 0.33 7.33 ± 0.33 7.33 ± 0.33 7.00 ± 0.00
Eosinophils (%) 1.67 ± 0.33 1.67 ± 0.33 1.33 ± 0.33 2.00 ± 0.00
Basophils (%) 1.00 ± 0.00 0.67 ± 0.33 0.67 ± 0.33 0.67 ± 0.33

* Different superscripts refer to differences between all groups for each parameter (p < 0.05). Hb: hemoglobin; RBCs: red blood cells; PCV: packed cell volume; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; WBCs: white blood cells.