. 2022 Sep 23;9:1011715. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1011715

Table 5.

Effects of dietary supplementation with β-glucan and/or Bacillus coagulans on blood hematological measurements of tilapia fish.

Parameters	Dietary treatments						Pooled SEM	p-value
	CNT	BG	BC1	BC2	BG+BC1	BG+BC2
Erythrocyte's constituents
RBCs (× ¹⁰/mm3)	3.09^c	3.15^c	3.28^b	3.34^b	3.58^a	3.31^b	0.03	0.001
Hb (g/100 ml)	9.42^c	9.50^c	9.96^b	10.20^b	10.84^a	10.0^b	0.07	< 0.001
PCV (%)	30.5^c	31.0^c	33.0^b	33.50^b	33.50^a	33.0^b	0.54	0.005
MCV	94.90	94.78	96.97	96.7	95.86	96.07	0.97	0.557
MCH	30.30	30.04	30.20	30.36	30.16	30.05	0.19	0.764
MCHC	31.66	31.43	30.89	31.15	31.19	31.01	0.39	0.749
Leucocyte's constituents
WBCs (× 103/mm3)	10.3^d	10.5^cd	12^abc	12.5^ab	13.4^a	11.6^bcd	0.46	0.019
Het%	18.87^a	13.33^bc	10^de	12.8^cd	8.96^e	15.52^ab	0.79	0.001
Lym%	68.93^c	74.29^b	78^a	75.14^ab	78.36^a	73.28^bc	1.00	0.005
Mon%	8.4	8.95	9	8.56	9.7	7.5	0.79	0.455
Esin%	1.9	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.49	1.98	0.41	0.489
Bas%	1.9	1.93	1.5	2	1.49	1.72	0.41	0.489
Het (× 103/mm3)	1.93^a	1.4^b	1.2^b	1.6^ab	1.2^b	1.8^a	0.12	0.019
Lym (× 103/mm3)	7.1^d	7.8^cd	9.36^ab	9.39^ab	10.5^a	8.5^bc	0.32	0.003
Mon (× 103/mm3)	0.87	0.94	1.08	1.07	1.3	0.87	0.12	0.171
Esin (× 103/mm3)	0.20	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.20	0.23	0.05	0.848
Bas (× 103/mm3)	0.20	0.20	0.18	0.25	0.20	0.20	0.05	0.568

RBCs, red blood cell count; Hb, hemoglobin; PCV, packed cell volume; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; WBCs, white blood cell count; Het, Heterophil; Lym, Lymphocyte; Mon, Monocyte; Esin, Eosinophil; Bas, Basophil.

One-way ANOVA non-significant for P > 0.05. The different letters within the same raw indicated to significance variation. Data were presented as the mean ± pooled standard error.