The Effects of Agave fourcroydes Powder as a Dietary Supplement on Growth Performance, Gut Morphology, Concentration of IgG, and Hematology Parameters in Broiler Rabbits

Table 4

Effects of dietary supplementation of Agave fourcroydes powder on hematology parameters of broiler rabbits (95 days old).

Items	Treatments		SEM ±	P value	Reference values
	No additive	1.5% A. fourcroydes powder
RBCs, millions/mm^3	6.53	5.92	0.492	0.178	4.5–7.0
Leucocytes, thousands/mm^3	6.69	6.00	0.476	0.150	6.00–9.30
Hemoglobin, g/dL	13.44	12.70	0.578	0.392	8–15
Hematocrit, %	40.50	37.58	1.814	0.288	30–50
MCH, pg	20.80	19.94	1.321	0.658	19–30
MCV, fL	62.14	58.80	3.613	0.532	40–80
MCHC, g/dL	33.16	33.20	0.076	0.720	32–38
Platelets, thousands/mm^3	449.21	410.02	15.84	0.118	400–700
Total protein, g/dL	7.28	7.30	0.082	0.867	5.2–7.8

The experiment lasted for 60 days; . Giusti et al. [10].
(i) MCH: Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin.
(ii) MCV: Mean Corpuscular Volume.
(iii) MCHC: Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration.
SEM: standard error of the mean.