White Mulberry (Morus alba) Foliage Methanolic Extract Can Alleviate Aeromonas hydrophila Infection in African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)
Table 3
Experiment 1: hematological and biochemical indices in African catfish fed different amounts (2, 5, or 7 g/kg dry matter) of Morus alba foliage extract (MFE).
Parameters
Diets1
Control
MFE-2
MFE-5
MFE-7
Red blood cells (106/μL)
2.16 ± 0.06b
2.31 ± 0.07b
2.44 ± 0.09ab
2.58 ± 0.08a
White blood cells (105/μL)
3.62 ± 0.10
3.51 ± 0.08
3.59 ± 0.05
3.55 ± 0.06
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
8.26 ± 0.5b
8.29 ± 0.9b
8.12 ± 0.6b
9.78 ± 0.8a
Hematocrit (%)
28.1 ± 5.3
31.3 ± 6.5
36.9 ± 4.6
38.7 ± 5.1
Albumin (g/100 mL)
17.4 ± 1.8b
18.5 ± 1.4b
22.5 ± 2.1a
26.1 ± 2.3a
Globulin (g/100 mL)
20.7 ± 3.1
17.1 ± 3.4
21.0 ± 3.0
19.6 ± 2.2
Total protein (g/100 mL)
38.1 ± 3.6b
35.6 ± 3.5b
43.5 ± 2.0ab
45.7 ± 2.6a
Total lipids (g/L)
0.87 ± 0.05
0.90 ± 0.06
0.93 ± 0.08
0.81 ± 0.09
2AST (IU/L)
17.0 ± 8.2
22.9 ± 7.3
31.4 ± 8.5
29.2 ± 6.7
3ALT (IU/L)
20.6 ± 4.2
18.5 ± 6.5
23.7 ± 3.9
26.1 ± 5.0
4ALP (IU/L)
30.9 ± 2.7
33.6 ± 3.9
28.8 ± 2.8
32.2 ± 2.4
Means within the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different ().
1MFE-2, MFE-5, and MFE-7 were control diet plus 2, 5, or 7 g/kg of dry matter of Morus alba foliage extract, respectively. Values are the treatment means ± standard error.
2AST: aspartate aminotransferase; 3ALT: alanine aminotransferase; 4ALP: alkaline phosphatase.