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. 2022 May 26;17(5):e0258629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258629

Table 6. Effect of supplementation of milk enriched with n-3 and n-6 on hemogram and leukogram of gilts from 34 to 190 days of age.

Item^a	Treatments^b			P-value^c
Item^a	Control	n-3	n-6	Treatment	Time	Treat*Time	C1^d	C2^d
Hemogram
RBC, 10⁶. mm^-3	7.188 ± 0.1	7.465 ± 0.1	7.484 ± 0.1	0.149	<0.0001	0.127	0.053	0.908
Hemoglobin, g.dl^-1	12.248 ± 0.1	12.298 ± 0.1	12.297 ± 0.1	0.963	<0.0001	0.163	0.786	0.999
Hematocrit, %	40.182 ± 0.6	40.423 ± 0.6	40.808 ± 0.6	0.750	<0.0001	0.111	0.543	0.642
MCV, fl	55.984 ± 0.8	54.222 ± 0.8	54.602 ± 0.8	0.283	0.6070	0.366	0.125	0.748
MCH, pg	17.045 ± 0.2	16.472 ± 0.3	16.448 ± 0.2	0.188	<0.0001	0.622	0.070	0.948
MCHC, %	30.484 ± 0.2	30.416 ± 0.2	30.126 ± 0.1	0.246	<0.0001	0.313	0.264	0.198
Platelets, x10⁵.mm^-3	2.673 ± 0.2	3.202 ± 0.2	3.028 ± 0.2	0.140	<0.0001	0.674	0.064	0.521
Leukogram
Leukocytes, x10³.mm^-3	12.78 ± 0.6	14.20 ± 0.6	14.47 ± 0.7	0.137	<0.0001	0.918	0.049	0.766
Segmented, x10³.mm^-3	5.11 ± 1.1	5.62 ± 1.1	4.96 ± 1.1	0.302	0.0026	0.972	0.665	0.147
Lymphocytes, x10³.mm^-3	6.33 ± 1.0	7.07 ± 1.1	7.91 ± 1.1	0.139	<0.0001	0.732	0.089	0.294
Monocytes, x10³.mm^-3	1.07 ± 0.1	0.80 ± 0.1	0.84 ± 0.1	0.517	0.0184	0.736	0.257	0.890
Eosinophils, x10³.mm^-3	0.32 ± 0.1	0.23 ± 0.1	0.33 ± 0.1	0.488	<0.0001	0.918	0.553	0.281

^aRBCs: Red blood cells; MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; MCH: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration.

^bGilts fed with a non-enriched milk (Control); or supplemented with cow’s milk enriched with n-3 or n-6.

^cC1, contrast between Control vs n-3+n-6; C2, contrast between n-3 vs n-6.