Table 5.
Effect of acetic acid and sodium bicarbonate supplemented to drinking water on hematological parameters of young broilers (10 days).
| Experimental Treatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | T1 | T2 | T3 | SEM± | p-Value |
| Erythrocytes (×10 L) | 2.60 | 3.01 | 2.71 | 0.184 | 0.335 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 8.53 | 9.95 | 8.87 | 0.652 | 0.342 |
| CVP (%) | 26.03 | 30.05 | 27.03 | 1.825 | 0.337 |
| MVC (fL) | 108.13 | 107.70 | 109.60 | 3.899 | 0.938 |
| MCH (pg) | 34.27 | 35.30 | 36.40 | 1.191 | 0.491 |
| PLT (×10 L) | 26.90 | 35.15 | 28.70 | 2.699 | 0.155 |
| Leukocytes(L) | 18,076 | 17050 | 21526 | 263.34 | 0.494 |
| Heterophiles (%) | 27.33 | 27.50 | 33.67 | 6.164 | 0.723 |
| Eosinophils (%) | 3.00 | 2.50 | 1.67 | 1.134 | 0.717 |
| Lymphocytes (%) | 64.67 | 64.50 | 60.00 | 4.951 | 0.761 |
| Monocytes (%) | 5.00 | 5.50 | 4.67 | 0.788 | 0.763 |
| Basophils (%) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
SEM: standard error of the mean. CVP: central venous pressure; MVC: medium corpuscular volume; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; PLT: platelets.