Table 5.

Hematology of adult cats fed black soldier fly larvae (BSFL)-containing canned diets

Item	Reference range1	Treatment				SEM2	P-value
		Control	BSFL meal	BSFL whole	BSFL oil
Red blood cells, 106 per uL	5.00–10.00	8.53	8.62	7.86	8.26	0.130	0.1567
Reticulocyte count, %	-	0.11	0.12	0.08	0.12	0.012	0.4768
Hemoglobin, g/dL	8.0–15.0	12.34	12.40	11.64	11.8	0.206	0.4803
Hematocrit, %	30.0–55.0	35.28	36.28	33.34	33.74	0.576	0.2442
Mean cell volume, fi	37.0–55.0	41.41	42.43	42.36	40.9	0.372	0.5084
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, pg	13.0–18.0	14.50	14.41	14.79	14.3	0.154	0.7303
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin, g/dL	29.0–38.0	34.98	34.23	34.90	34.93	0.211	0.5647
White blood cells, 103 per μL	5.50–19.50	12.88	12.31	10.59	11.95	2.876	0.7412
Lymphocytes, 103 per μL	1.70–7.00	3.68	3.63	3.22	4.71	0.317	0.4016
Lymphocytes, %	-	28.98	29.26	32.46	39.63	1.905	0.1651
Monocytes, 103 per μL	0.00–0.90	0.42	0.30	0.41	0.35	0.026	0.3671
Monocytes, %	-	3.36	2.89	4.30	3.11	0.300	0.3737
Eosinophils, 103 per μL	0.00–0.80	0.91	0.86	0.70	0.69	0.058	0.4544
Eosinophils, %	-	7.80	7.48	7.19	6.03	0.660	0.8103
Basophils, 103 per μL	0.0–2.0	0.07	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.008	0.0673
Basophils, %	-	0.73	0.13	0.34	0.26	0.098	0.1594

University of Illinois Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Reference Ranges.

Pooled standard error of the mean.