Research Article

[Retracted] Role of Wheat Based Diet on the Pathology of Necrotic Enteritis in Turkeys

Table 4

Effect of C. perfringens on blood profile picture of turkeys (mean ± SD) on day 7 after infection (day 35 after hatch).

Blood profileGroup AGroup BGroup CGroup D

TEC (×106/µL)3.12 ± 3.52.98 ± 3.52.90 ± 4.12.36 ± 3.7
Hb (g/dL)11.90 ± 3.611.83 ± 3.710.15 ± 3.58.3 ± 2.2
PCV (%)34.45 ± 3.933.20 ± 3.630.33 ± 2.926.45 ± 4.8
TLC (×103/µL)11.65 ± 4.112.95 ± 3.813.60 ± 3.116.33 ± 6.9
Lymphocytes count (%)35.55 ± 4.234.68 ± 4.144.17 ± 3.548.34 ± 9.2
Monocytes count (%)5.35 ± 3.94.56 ± 3.94.93 ± 3.86.2 ± 1.2
Heterophils count (%)48.50 ± 3.748.62 ± 4.551.57 ± 3.660.22 ± 5.3
Basophils count (%)3.90 ± 3.63.61 ± 3.94.11 ± 3.75.7 ± 1.8
Eosinophils count (%)1.75 ± 5.21.70 ± 4.11.93 ± 3.42.44 ± 0.43

Means bearing different superscripts within the column are significantly different ().