Tissue Residues, Hematological and Biochemical Effects of Tilmicosin in Broiler Chicken

Table 2

Effect of repeated oral administration of 25 mg/kg BW of tilmicosin daily for 5 consecutive days on some hematological parameters in broiler chicken (𝑛=5).

Parameters	Days
	Control	1	5	10	15	20
RBCs (×10^6/𝜇L)	4.64±0.19^a	3.57±0.22^c	3.15±0.08^c	3.43±0.07^c	4.08±0.08^b	4.19±0.27^ab
WBCs (×10^6/𝜇L)	5.12±0.18^a	4.29±0.23^b	4.10±0.13^c	5.02±0.12^a	4.81±0.32^ab	4.99±0.17^a
PCV (%)	28.4±1.54	28.8±0.37	28.6±0.40	29±0.63	28.4±1.17	28.8±0.31
Hb (g/dL)	9.38±0.50	9.65±0.34	9.91±0.49	10.09±0.38	9.73±0.66	10.01±0.31

a,b,cMean values having different letters in column differ significantly (𝑃<0.05).