. 2020 Nov 17;100(2):631–634. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.11.002

Table 1.

Hematological and biochemical parameters of 3-week-old cockerels administered with povidone-iodine at the limit dose (2,000 mg/kg of BW).

Parameters	Groups
Parameters	Normal control	Povidone-iodine (2,000 mg/kg of BW)
Total WBC (10³/μL)	12.50 ± 3.96^a	10.70 ± 1.54^a
Total RBC (×10⁶/μL)	4.57 ± 0.47^a	4.07 ± 0.50^a
Packed cell volume (%)	25.00 ± 2.16^b	22.67 ± 2.32^a
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	8.53 ± 1.36^a	7.53 ± 0.81^a
Heterophil (%)	27.33 ± 6.29^a	28.67 ± 5.03^a
Lymphocyte (%)	72.00 ± 6.29^a	67.33 ± 4.43^a
Heterophil:lymphocyte ratio (H:L)	0.38^a	0.43^a
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)	40.00 ± 2.00^a	45.00 ± 3.46^a
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	23.33 ± 1.53^a	26.00 ± 1.08^a
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	14.00 ± 3.00^a	16.33 ± 4.11^a
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.33 ± 0.15^a	0.53 ± 0.42^a
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	0.53 ± 0.15^a	1.40 ± 0.42^a
Total protein (g/dL)	6.67 ± 0.70^a	6.00 ± 0.87^a

Means in the same row with same superscript letters are not significantly different (P > 0.05).

Abbreviations: RBC, red blood cell; WBC, white blood cell.