Table 3.
Blood profile of dogs in function of administered diet.
| Diets | CTR vs. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | Units | CTR | GF1 | GF2 | CB | RMSE | GF1 | GF2 | CB |
| RBC | M/uL | 6.88 | 7.00 | 6.95 | 6.76 | 0.64 | NS | NS | NS |
| WBC | K/uL | 12.8 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 13.00 | 2.42 | NS | NS | NS |
| Hgb | g/dL | 16.4 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 1.77 | NS | NS | NS |
| Hct | % | 48.1 | 47.9 | 47.3 | 47.3 | 4.57 | NS | NS | NS |
| MCV | fL | 69.2 | 68.4 | 68.0 | 68.7 | 2.80 | NS | NS | NS |
| MCH | Pg | 23.8 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 24.1 | 1.16 | NS | NS | NS |
| MCHC | g/dL | 34.4 | 35.1 | 35.1 | 35.1 | 0.70 | ** | ** | ** |
| Plt | K/uL | 328 | 298 | 306 | 287 | 42.0 | NS | NS | * |
CTR, control; GF1, grain-free diet 1; GF2, grain-free diet 2; CB, cereal based diet; RBC, red blood cells; WBC, white blood cells; Hgb, hemoglobin; Hct, hematocrit; MCV, medium corpuscular volume; MCH, medium corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; Plt, platelets; *, **, P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively; NS, not significant; RMSE, root mean square error.