Table 6.
Haematological parameters of red hybrid tilapia maintained with experimental diets. Data are presented in mean ± SEM, n = 3 fish per treatment. Different superscripts in each row show a significant difference (p < 0.05).
| Parameters | Diets |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | |
| WBC (103/μl) | 78.07 ± 20.06 | 82.77 ± 17.81 | 86.87 ± 6.38 | 78.27 ± 25.35 | 61.57 ± 29.00 |
| LYM | 72.00 ± 17.13 | 74.73 ± 13.73 | 81.97 ± 4.29 | 68.47 ± 20.18 | 57.70 ± 26.68 |
| MON | 5.30 ± 2.92 | 7.03 ± 4.02 | 4.37 ± 2.03 | 8.37 ± 4.98 | 3.47 ± 2.49 |
| GRA | 0.80 ± 0.35 | 1.00 ± 0.67 | 0.53 ± 0.30 | 1.43 ± 0.96 | 0.40 ± 0.26 |
| LYM (%) | 93.50 ± 2.70 | 91.97 ± 4.25 | 94.67 ± 2.26 | 90.50 ± 5.06 | 95.70 ± 2.44 |
| MON (%) | 5.53 ± 2.57 | 7.03 ± 3.67 | 4.77 ± 1.97 | 8.03 ± 4.33 | 3.70 ± 4.31 |
| GRA (%) | 0.97 ± 0.26 | 1.00 ± 0.61 | 0.57 ± 0.29 | 1.47 ± 0.78 | 0.60 ± 0.15 |
| RBC (103/μl) | 1.26 ± 0.16 | 1.38 ± 0.38 | 1.47 ± 0.13 | 1.22 ± 0.35 | 0.96 ± 0.39 |
| HGB (g/dl) | 7.30 ± 0.36 | 7.00 ± 1.40 | 7.57 ± 0.64 | 8.13 ± 0.85 | 6.87 ± 0.37 |
| HCT (%) | 15.17 ± 3.99 | 20.43 ± 5.28 | 16.10 ± 4.40 | 15.40 ± 4.80 | 18.95 ± 2.05 |
| MCV (μm3) | 115.70 ± 19.15 | 148.53 ± 6.31 | 110.07 ± 22.71 | 122.30 ± 6.54 | 140.60 ± 3.20 |
| MCH (pg) | 59.80 ± 6.80 | 53.17 ± 4.95 | 52.70 ± 0.81 | 82.43 ± 29.30 | 52.45 ± 0.35 |
| MCHC(g/dl) | 57.73 ± 18.36 | 35.77 ± 3.00 | 52.17 ± 10.55 | 70.73 ± 29.25 | 37.35 ± 1.15 |
| RDW (%) | 11.57 ± 2.84ab | 7.77 ± 0.54a | 24.00 ± 8.70b | 14.4 7 ± 5.39ab | 8.45 ± 1.15a |
| PLT (103/μl) | 68.00 ± 28.73ab | 31.00 ± 9.61a | 137.00 ± 54.08b | 63.67 ± 39.07ab | 35.00 ± 15.82a |
| MPV (μm3) | 6.95 ± 0.75 | 6.20 ± 0.4 | 6.45 ± 0.75 | 6.75 ± 0.05 | 6.77 ± 0.15 |
| PCT (%) | 0.05 ± 0.04a | 0.01 ± 0.00a | 0.12 ± 0.011b | 0.06 ± 0.03ab | 0.02 ± 0.00a |
| PDW (%) | 6.40 ± 0.80a | 6.95 ± 0.05ab | 7.80 ± 1.00ab | 9.45 ± 1.15b | 8.20 ± 0.70ab |
Abbreviations: PDW-Platelet Distribution Width; MCV-Mean Corpuscular Volume; RBC-Red blood cell; MCH-Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin; WBC-White blood cell; MON-Monocytes; MCHC-Mean Corpuscular Haemoglobin Concentration; HGB-Haemoglobin; RDW-Red Cell Distribution Width; LYM-Lymphocytosis; PCT-Procalcitonin; MPV-Mean Platelet Volume; GRA-Granulocytosis; PLT- Platelet; HCT, Hematocrit.