Digestive Fermentation, Antioxidant Status, and Haemato-Biochemical Indices of Growing Rabbits Fed on Diets Supplemented with Ziziphus spina-christi Leaf
Table 4
Haematological and serum biochemical indices of rabbits fed on a diet containing ZL.
Item
ZL0
ZL10
ZL20
value
±SE
Blood cells
Haemoglobin (g/dl−1)
11.42
11.45
11.46
0.92
0.077
RBC (105/1)
5.22
5.44
5.49
0.30
0.121
White blood cell (×109/l)
9.16
9.35
9.44
0.40
0.136
Lymphocytes (%)
62.03
62.17
62.36
0.45
0.175
Neutrophils (%)
30.55
30.46
30.39
0.94
0.338
Monocytes (%)
3.07
3.07
3.08
0.98
0.074
Basophils (%)
2.63
2.63
2.64
0.98
0.063
Eosinophils (%)
1.72
1.65
1.52
0.95
0.466
Blood chemistry
TP (g/dl−1)
6.14
6.26
6.32
0.16
0.060
ALB (g/dl−1)
2.62
2.67
2.70
0.83
0.093
Glucose (mg/dl)
71.25a
70.54b
70.21b
0.002
0.119
ALT (U/L)
23.00
23.12
23.34
0.38
0.165
AST (U/L)
14.72b
15.01a
15.16a
0.002
0.05
a, b, cThe same row having different superscripts differ significantly (). ZL0: control group, ZL10: 10 g·ZL/kg, and ZL20: 20 g·ZL/kg.
