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. 2021 Aug 19;100(11):101442. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101442

Table 3.

Hematology parameters of broilers reared with different stocking densities (n = 156/breed).

	Arbor acres breed					Ross-308 breed
Parameters	SD₁	SD₂	SD₃	SEM¹	P-value	SD₁	SD₂	SD₃	SEM	P-value
Lymphocyte %	62.20^a	60.97^b	60.83^b	0.09	0.000	66.76^a	64.37^b	61.06^c	0.33	0.000
Heterophil %	23.97^c	25.77^b	26.93^a	0.18	0.000	21.59^c	22.17^b	26.50^a	0.32	0.000
H/L²	0.39^c	0.42^b	0.44^a	0.004	0.000	0.32^c	0.34^b	0.43^a	0.01	0.000
Creatinin (mg/dL)	0.86^c	1.06^b	1.52^a	0.05	0.000	1.09^b	1.19^b	2.54^a	0.13	0.000
Urea (mg/dL)	17.03^b	18.10^b	21.27^a	0.40	0.000	14.49^b	16.60^b	24.70^a	1.99	0.000
TP (g/dL)³	7.43^a	7.48^a	6.67^b	0.10	0.000	8.01^a	7.73^b	6.75^c	0.08	0.000
Albumin (g/dL)	4.21^a	4.04^a ^b	3.92^b	0.05	0.06	4.41^a	4.32^a ^b	4.16^b	0.04	0.03
Globulin (g/dL)	3.23^b	3.44^a	2.75^c	0.05	0.000	3.60^a	3.41^b	2.59^c	0.07	0.000
A/G⁴	1.30^b	1.17^c	1.43^a	0.02	0.000	1.22^b	1.27^b	1.64^a	0.04	0.000
ALT(U/L)⁵	25.23^b	25.43^b	29.53^a	0.32	0.000	29.71^b	30.03^b	37.65^a	0.66	0.000
AST(U/L)⁶	34.70^b	35.07^b	38.37^a	0.29	0.000	45.13^b	45.33^b	51.40^a	0.86	0.001

SD₁: stocking density of 14 birds/m²; SD₂: stocking density of 18 birds/m²; SD₃: stocking density of 20 birds/m².

¹

SEM, standard error mean.

²

H/L, Heterophil/Lymphocyte ratio.

³

TP, total protein.

⁴

A/G, albumin/globulin ratio.

⁵

ALT, alanine transaminase.

⁶

AST, aspartate transaminase.

^a,b,c

Means within the same row with different superscripts letter was differ significantly.