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	Diets^1
	Control	MFE-2	MFE-5	MFE-7
Red blood cells (10^6/μL)	2.16 ± 0.06^b	2.31 ± 0.07^b	2.44 ± 0.09^ab	2.58 ± 0.08^a
White blood cells (10^5/μL)	3.62 ± 0.10	3.51 ± 0.08	3.59 ± 0.05	3.55 ± 0.06
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	8.26 ± 0.5^b	8.29 ± 0.9^b	8.12 ± 0.6^b	9.78 ± 0.8^a
Hematocrit (%)	28.1 ± 5.3	31.3 ± 6.5	36.9 ± 4.6	38.7 ± 5.1
Albumin (g/100 mL)	17.4 ± 1.8^b	18.5 ± 1.4^b	22.5 ± 2.1^a	26.1 ± 2.3^a
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 ± 3.6^b	35.6 ± 3.5^b	43.5 ± 2.0^ab	45.7 ± 2.6^a
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.