Haematological Features of White Rats (Rattus norvegicus) Infected with S. pyogenes and Administered with Probiotics (Yogurt)

Table 2

Results of rat’s blood haematology analysis.

Parameter	Day	Treatment groups
		K0	K1	K2	K3
Platelets (cells/μL)	1; 7; 14	355500 ± 7778.2^b; 362500 ± 24748.7^b; 324500 ± 31819.8^b	96000 ± 1414.2^a; 92500 ± 3535.5^a; 91500 ± 2121.3^a	247500 ± 22627.4^c; 390000 ± 12727.9^b; 330000 ± 4242.6^b	238000 ± 99649.4^c; 230000 ± 70710.6^c; 324500 ± 7778.2^b
Leukocyte (cells/μL)	1; 7; 14	10750 ± 353.5^b; 10800 ± 424.2^b; 10850 ± 353.5^b	8200 ± 141.4^a; 8250 ± 353.5^a; 8000 ± 1272.8^a	10700 ± 989.9^b; 10550 ± 494.9^b; 10500 ± 565.6^b	9500 ± 565.6^a,b; 9550 ± 353.5^b; 9800 ± 565.6^a,b
Lymphocyte (%)	1; 7; 14	32.50 ± 0.71^a; 30.00 ± 0.00^a; 31.00 ± 0.00^a	40.00 ± 1.41^b; 45.50 ± 0.71^c; 43.00 ± 1.41^b	32.00 ± 1.41^a; 29.50 ± 0.71^a; 30.00 ± 1.41^a	30.50 ± 0.71^a; 34.50 ± 2.12^b,a; 29.00 ± 2.82^a
Neutrophil (%)	1; 7; 14	25.50 ± 0.71^a; 24.50 ± 0.71^a; 24.00 ± 1.41^a	35.50 ± 0.71^c; 39.00 ± 1.41^c; 37.50 ± 2.12^c	29.50 ± 2.12^b; 25.00 ± 1.41^a; 23.00 ± 1.41^a	27.50 ± 0.71^a; 33.50 ± 0.71^b; 29.00 ± 1.41^b
Monocyte (%)	1; 7; 14	2.70 ± 0.42^a; 2.55 ± 0.64^a; 2.60 ± 0.56^a	5.55 ± 0.78^a; 6.15 ± 1.20^b; 6.45 ± 0.63^b	2.80 ± 0.28^a; 2.55 ± 0.78^a; 2.95 ± 1.34^a	3.30 ± 0.98^a; 4.50 ± 0.71^a; 4.00 ± 0.00^a

^{a, b}Similar letter notation indicates no significant difference in Duncan’s test with a value of 5%.