. 2022 Mar 11;13:791283. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.791283

TABLE 3.

Effects of the sampling date, breed and the sex on the complete blood count.

Blood component (Giga/L)	Effect			Breed LSMeans (SE)			Sex LSMeans (SE)
Blood component (Giga/L)	Sampling date	Breed	Sex	Romane	Blackbelly	Charollais	Male	Female
White blood cells	***	***	ns	8.13^a (0.28)	9.81^b (0.29)	8.00^a (0.40)	ns	ns
Lymphocytes	***	*	ns	4.90^a (0.23)	5.72^b (0.23)	5.19^ab (0.32)	ns	ns
Neutrophils	***	***	*	2.60^a (0.15)	3.26^b (0.15)	2.27^a (0.22)	2.93^a (0.15)	2.49^b (0.13)
Monocytes	***	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Eosinophils	**	***	ns	0.13^a (0.01)	0.25^b (0.01)	0.13^a (0.02)	ns	ns
Basophils	***	***	ns	0.06^a (0.004)	0.08^b (0.004)	0.06^a (0.006)	ns	ns

Statistical model 1 was used. ∗: p < 0.05, ∗∗: p < 0.01, ∗∗∗: p < 0.001. ns: not significant. Least square means (LSMeans) and the SE, of the breed and sex effects were estimated. For each effect, LSMeans, with different superscripts (a,b) were found to differ significantly (p < 0.05).