A controlled study to determine the efficacy of Loxostylis alata (Anacardiaceae) in the treatment of aspergillus in a chicken ( Gallus domesticus ) model in comparison to ketoconazole

Table 2 Haematological indices of broiler-chicks given varying doses of crude extract of Loxostylis Alata in the toxicity study

Haematology	Units	Dose administered (mg/kg)
		Control (DMSO ml/kg)	50	200	300
Haemoglobin (Hb)	g/dl	143.33 ± 4.7	139.33 ± 0.88	144.67 ± 8.66	135.50 ± 1.50
Red cell count (RCC)	x10¹²/L	2.62 ± 0.12	2.50 ± 0.11	2.83 ± 0.09	2.40 ± 0.02
HT (haematocrit)	l/l	0.36 ± 0.01	0.34 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.01
Mean cell volume (MCV)	Fl	140.00 ± 2.95	135.67 ± 1.77	126.33 ± 6.90	135.00 ± 1.00
Mean cell haemoglobin (MCH)	Pg	54.77 ± 0.84	54.17 ± 0.54	51.40 ± 3.22	55.10 ± 0.35
Mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC)	g/dl	39.27 ± 0.23	39.23 ± 0.84	40.87 ± 0.63	40.90 ± 0.05
Red cell distribution width (RDW)		13.47 ± 0.923	12.47 ± 0.67	14.77 ± 1.76	13.70 ± 1.15
White cell count (WCC)	x10⁹/L	3.73 ± 0.95	5.33 ± 1.09	19.80 ± 8.06^a	4.40 ± 0.80
Absolute neutrophil (total)	x10⁹/L	1.31 ± 0.26	1.94 ± 0.47	10.31 ± 4.77^a	2.30 ± 0.45
Absolute neutrophil (matured)	x10⁹/L	1.31 ± 0.26	1.94 ± 0.47	10.31 ± 4.77^a	2.30 ± 0.45
Absolute neutrophil (immatured)	x10⁹/L	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
Absolute lymphocyte	x10⁹/L	1.99 ± 0.50	2.56 ± 0.49	6.25 ± 1.66^a	1.50 ± 0.34
Absolute monocyte	x10⁹/L	0.35 ± 0.15	0.34 ± 0.05	1.83 ± 1.40	0.40 ± 0.16
Absolute eosinophil	x10⁹/L	0.00 ± 0.00	0.27 ± 0.11	0.88 ± 0.03	0.1 ± 0.03
Absolute basophil	x10⁹/L	0.09 ± 0.06	0.07 ± 0.04	0.42 ± 0.02	0.00 ± 0.00

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